M.2 SSD to PCIEX1 adaptor

dizzy078

dizzy078

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Hello,

I've bought an M.2 SSD for my PC but I'm having to fit it in a PCIEX1 slot. I bought an adaptor to what I thought would work, but it didn't fit.

Can anyone tell me what adaptor I need to fit the memory? Motherboard is a Gigabyte AB350 gaming 3, SSD is Western Digital WD Green SN350 2TB SSD NVMe Gen3 PCIe Internal SSD.

Thanks for any help.
 
julianhj said:
Are you referring to something like this?
www.overclockers.co.uk

ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCI-e Controller Card V2

Order ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCI-e Controller Card V2 now online and benefit from fast delivery.
www.overclockers.co.uk www.overclockers.co.uk
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I bought this which I can't link as a competitor; PCI Express M.2 SSD NGFF PCIe Card to PCIe 3.0 x 4 Adapter (Support M.2 PCIe 22110,2280, 2260, 2242)
Which needless to say didn't fit the slot labelled PCIEX1
Tetras said:
You have an M.2 slot on that board, so there's no need for an adapter unless you already used the M.2 slot?

If you want an adapter, I'd recommend using the second full length slot, since that has 4 lanes.

As said above, most adapters are intended for what are physically 4 lane slots (or larger), so they won't fit in a physically 1 lane slot.

You may want to ask here what @Cyber-Mav used:

Sata vs nvme on pcie 2.0 x1?

looking to add an extra drive, iv got a free sata port but also have a pcie 2.0 x1 slot that goes through the chipset (x470) available. which would be faster or more ideal for me to go with?
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk
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I have used my M.2 slot, was attempting to add an additional SSD. The item you linked looks far too big to fit in the slot I was thinking. I obviously have no clue what I'm doing.

https://freeimage.host/i/J1hINZg

This is my motherboard, I thought I could use the PCIE X1/2 slots (in red), but is it the PCIE X3 slot I can use? (in blue).
 
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