M.2 PCI expansion card query

[SkScotchegg]

Hi guys, please can you offer advice.

I'm wanting to increase my storage on my PC I currently have m.2 2TB as main C drive, but I need more space for games and my motherboard only has one m.2 slot.

I was thinking of buy this expansion card: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/axag...l-sata-6g-port-2x-internal-m.2-hs-003-ax.html

I just wondered, is there any downside to doing this? Or will the m.2 work exactly the same and get the full speed etc?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Meddling-Monk]

What drive you are thinking of using? Because that card is for m.2 SATA drive card, not a m.2 NVMe drive card.

If you're thinking of the former (SATA) then yes, that'll work. But I don't think that is what you are after because that's basically an abandoned thing now. A quick look around and I barely see any 1TB drives, so I can't see how you can expand storage further if every drive is only going to be 512GB in size only.

So I think you're after something like this instead:

AXAGON PCEM2-N PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter, 1x M.2 NVMe SSD With Passive Cooling

Order AXAGON PCEM2-N PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter, 1x M.2 NVMe SSD With Passive Cooling now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

That will let you get the NVMe drives that go up (in theory) to 8TB in size. But most likely another 2TB or 4TB (available now) instead.

 

[SkScotchegg]

What drive you are thinking of using? Because that card is for m.2 SATA drive card, not a m.2 NVMe drive card.

If you're thinking of the former (SATA) then yes, that'll work. But I don't think that is what you are after because that's basically an abandoned thing now. A quick look around and I barely see any 1TB drives, so I can't see how you can expand storage further if every drive is only going to be 512GB in size only.

So I think you're after something like this instead:

AXAGON PCEM2-N PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter, 1x M.2 NVMe SSD With Passive Cooling

Order AXAGON PCEM2-N PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter, 1x M.2 NVMe SSD With Passive Cooling now online and benefit from fast delivery.

www.overclockers.co.uk

That will let you get the NVMe drives that go up (in theory) to 8TB in size. But most likely another 2TB or 4TB (available now) instead.

Thanks for the quick reply mate.

Yeah, I'm wanting to purchase a 4TB m.2 NVMe, thanks.