Hello,
Getting some SSD storage for a 10+ year old pc. Crucial has deals on the SATA 2.5” and on the m.2 NVMe drives.
For an older pc without native NVMe is it worth getting a PCIe adapter?
I think the SATA would serve fine as it’s mostly media storage but it’s not much more for the NVMe and I like the idea of 10x speed even if not “needed”.
Also, slightly worried the NVMe approach may have some sort of compatibility issue. (Board has PCIe 2.0 slots).
Any NVMe to PCIe adapter recommendations?
I have a few of these in my 7th Gen Intel Z270 chipset machine.
Bejavr M.2 PCIe NVMe X1 Adapter… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCLHQV43?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
There’s not much to the adapters, there are vertical versions like this one too, and adapters with more lanes.
JSER NGFF M-Key NVME AHCI SSD to… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HRLBVXB?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I’m not sure if they’re faster than SATA3 on my machine given it’s an x1 connection but I prefer it to having enclosures hanging off USB.
I also have this to make use of the x1 slot blocked by my GPU.
XRIKUI Dual 90Degree Right Angle… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CBPKZ15N?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share