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Will putting a NVME SSD in a PCIe adapter affect its speed? I have a motherboard with an M.2 slot, but I'm missing the hold-down screws that keep the SSD in place so I bought at PCIe adapter to mount it. I'm wondering if it'll affect the speed of the drive. Will it?
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Feb 5, 2021 06:51
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It would depend mainly on the bandwidth/throughput of the PCIe slot itself. Check the motherboard manual for the M.2 specifications and the PCIe specifications. And the adapter card itself should mention its capabilities as well. If they're all rated for certain speeds then any difference (between using the card and plugging directly into the motherboard) should be negligible. Zogo fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Feb 6, 2021 |
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Feb 6, 2021 00:57
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Why can’t you just buy new screws? Not being obtuse, just know that I have a ton of small to medium screws in an old tobacco tin leftover from decades of hardware and pc parts. Then you wouldn’t have to worry, unless I completely missed your reasoning (which is totally possible; I’m not very bright at all 😜).
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Feb 9, 2021 11:26
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It won't as long as it 4 lanes. Duct tape works too. Tape so it's parallel to the board.
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Feb 19, 2021 08:15
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The screws for the M.2 slot are these weird ones that are specific to this application. In my two mayo jars of PC screws I have not a single one like this. As it turns out I did order new screws and they’re on their way. I ask more because I plan on building a NVMe -based SAN at some point and plan on having a couple of PCIe slots stuffed with adapters. I am testing because I am wondering about the performance hit.
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Feb 19, 2021 16:14
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I think they're like m1 or m1.5 @ 2mm long. Would be a good idea to check if you're going to use a lot of em. MacBook pro 2016+ mb screws work in case you were curious.
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Feb 20, 2021 01:18
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As mentioned above, check the ratings on the adapter card but unless you’re doing something that’s very disk intensive like high-end video editing you’re not really going to notice a difference. Screws are cheap
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Mar 26, 2021 03:05
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