NVMe PCIe Adapter, M Key M.2 NVME SSD to PCI-e 3.0 x4 Host Controller Expansion Card with Low Profile Bracket, PCIe NVME Adapter for PC Desktop Support 2230 2242 2260 2280

I think this is a great value for the money. I already had a 1 TB drive installed in my only motherboard m.2 slot, so I decided to give this a try. I was skeptical of the speed, but it tested fine. The only issue that I had was that my CPU integrated video (i5 6600K) stopped working after installing this for some reason (my setup is atypical). My system is a little dated now, so I have no idea what caused it. I don't require the integrated video, so it wasn't a major issue.I'm using this with a Silicon Power 2TB NVMe. The drive is working at the advertised speeds, so I'm satisfied. My OS is installed on the 1TB drive that's in my onboard m.2, so I didn't want to move it. I built the system in 2016, so it's a little dated. I'm using MSI Z170A Gaming Pro Carbon with i5 6600k and 4x8GB ram sticks. I have an ASUS GTX 1650 Super GPU, so the onboard video isn't necessary. I had previously enabled the ability to use both the Intel integrated video and the GTX 1650 together because I needed a 2nd HDMI port. The video card only has 1 HDMI, 1 DP, and 1 DVI. For some reason, using the integrated video with the GTX 1650 along with this m.2 adapter board caused my system to BSOD. I bought this back in early Feb. 2020, and after I turned off the video option in the BIOS the system has been fine. I've been running this configuration for 6 months, and I've had no issues since.

Bought to speed up an old home built desktop (AMD A10 CPU - Gigabyte AM3 MB) to use for photo editing (Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS4). It has a SATA SSD but the performance was okay. I ran a Benchmark on the SATA SSD and bested 350 MB/S Read and 300 MB/S Write. I also have a spinning disk that would max at 120 MB/S (Read & write). I purchased this card and a 250 GB Kingston NVME M.2 SSD. It’s an old PC. I wanted to keep the cost down. The total for both was less than $50. My OS is Win 10 64bit. The card and SSD were easy to assemble and I placed it in the 16x slot which is PCIe 3.0. It took about 10 minutes to install. No drivers needs as WIN10 loaded them automatically. I had to do minor configuration in Windows Disk Manager and I was up and running. My benchmark for the drive was 1.6 GB/S Read and 1.17 GB/S Write so that’s a major improvement. Since it’s an old BIOS; it’s not worth the hassle of modifying it to boot from the NVME SSD. The SATA SSD is where the Boot OS resides. I reinstalled Lightroom and the CACHE location to the new drive and now I can edit my photos with decent performance. I read a review where someone was complaining about the system hanging when it went to sleep mode. No issues at all for me. This was a cheap upgrade and allowed me to squeeze about 2 more years from my desktop.

No pic as its installed in my PC. But wow I didn't know these things existed or were so easy to install.I bought this adapter card and a new NVMe SSD drive on the cheap and simply plugged them together and put them in my computer. Easy Back up and running instantly. Very handy.I wish it had room for another drive on the other side but it clearly stated it was for only one when I bought it so I knew what I was getting.

What can I say? This does exactly what it is supposed to do. Provide storage through a pci interface. Like many others on here, I bought this because I had a spare m2 after replacing the drive in my desktop with faster and higher capacity storage. Kit comes with 2 different back plates for LP and regular sized cases, a screwdriver, and the board. As some others have said, the m2 screw is kind of confusing to put in because it’s backwards from where you would normally think it goes. Same goes for attaching the back plate to the board. Performance wise this board works just fine and maxes out the capability of the card I have, for higher speeds I am unsure as I don’t have a high speed spare sitting around. Could have been 5 stars but the lack of instructions can make for a frustrating time for others. Luckily I read through the right and relevant comments before purchasing!

Item works as described

As the title says, this is just an adapter, all it does is connect the 4 PCie lanes of the M.2 NVMe SSD to your motherboard's 4 PCIe lanes, it has nothing to do with drivers.It worked well for me, zero problems. However, it took me some time though to figure out to lock the NVMe in place. There is like a small cut inside the brass nut, you put the NVMe there, push it all down, and then insert the screw from the other side of the board to lock it in place.If you not using Windows 10, it might not support NVMe out of the box, and you'll need to install NVMe patch/driver, which is the case with Windows 7.Note that old motherboards (typically anything older than Z97/H97 chipsets) cannot boot from NVMe. However, there is a guide online (google "AMI bios modding NVMe") that make it often possible, by inserting NVMe drivers into your BIOS image. I did it on GA-H77-D3H motherboard by taking the NVMe files (Nvme, NvmeSmm, NVMEINT13) from the GA-H97-D3H motherboard's BIOS. Deleted IPV6 PXE stuff (Udp6Dxe etc) to make room.

I use a Asus mobo that has two m2 slots but limits the bandwidth of the GPU lane when you fill the 2nd m2 slot. Kind of lame and nobody wants that so I went snooping for a workaround. Insert this lovely and simple PCI-e adaptor. The form factor is nice and small so it's non obstructive and faces away from the GPU fans, which is what you want. Unfortunately on my mobo this runs the m2 drive at 1/2 bandwidth but it avoids limiting the GPU lane and is still faster than a standard SSD (Sata). Good compromise to make a budget board flex a little more than it was originally designed to.