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NVMe SSD (down slot) as boot drive or storage drive?
For the NVMe boot drive, you need to reinstall the OS (windows 10 64bit/Windows 11 is recommended).
- First, you need to prepare a bootable USB drive and OS (windows 10 64bit/Windows 11).
- When reinstalling the system, please select GUID Partition Table (GPT).
- OS will reboot after completing the installation, remove the bootable USB drive, and enter BIOS to setup UEFI boot mode
For NVMe storage drive, Plug and play in Windows 11/10/8/Linux/Mac OS
- Windows 7 can not support NVMe drive
- Brand new NVMe drive needs to be initialized and formatted before OS recognizes it.
Speed Testing
Testing conditions:
- CPU: Intel I5-11400
- MB: ASUS H510M-F
- OS: Windows 10
- M.2 SATA SSD: Samsung 860 EVO
- M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD: Samsung 980 PRO
Please note:
- To reach PCIe 4.0 X4 full speed, your motherboard and CPU, and M.2 PCIe SSD should all support PCIe 4.0, otherwise can not reach PCIe 4.0 X4 full speed
- Intel CPU 11th generation and above support PCIe 4.0 feature
Design for One M.2 NVMe SSD and One M.2 SATA SSD
- Please note that the upper slot is only used for M.2 SATA SSD, and the down slot is only used for M.2 NVMe SSD. Can not 2 x NVMe SSD or 2 x M.2 SATA SSD.
- M.2 SATA signal and M.2 NVMe signal are totally separate.
- M.2 SATA signal goes through SATA bus, SATA cable needs to connect the adapter SATA port with the motherboard SATA port
- M.2 NVMe signal goes directly through the PCIe bus, which is the motherboard PCI-Express X4 interface
Difference between M.2 SATA SSD and M.2 NVMe SSD
- B-Key: almost M.2 SATA SSDs and older NVMe SSDs
- M+B Key: M.2 SATA SSDs and some NVMe SSDs
- M Key: M.2 NVMe SSDs using the PCIe x4 bus
Max speed between M.2 SATA SSD and M.2 NVMe SSD
- The max speed of M.2 SATA SSD is 400-550Mbps
- The max speed of M.2 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVMe SSD is 2000-3300Mbps
- The max speed of M.2 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVMe SSD is 4000-6700Mbps
Installation
Step 1
- Insert the M.2 SSD into the slot at an oblique angle of 30
- Secure the M.2 SSD to the adapter with screw
Step 2
- Insert the adapter into the PCIE X4/X8/X16 slot
- Please note that PCIE X1 slot is not supported
Step 3
SATA Cable connects M.2 adapter with the motherboard SATA port
Package included
- PA12 M.2 Adapter (including M.2 screws and Standoff for 2230/2242/2260 size SSD)
- 1 x SATA III Cable
- 12cm regular-profile bracket and 8cm low-profile bracket
- Screwdriver
Asga
Reviewed in Germany on February 27, 2025
Gut einfach und schnelle Übertragung
アパート君
Reviewed in Japan on February 22, 2025
Hanye SSD 2TB PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 NVMe 2280を同時に買って接続しましたが、普通に使えました。ただ、ケーブルでマザーボードのsataに接続しないといけないのでs購入前にマザーボードのsataポートがあまってることを確認しましょう。
Gareth L.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2025
Have bought a number of these Glotrends cards in different configurations and found them to be excellent value for money. Simple to install and work well when matched to suitable motherboard architecture. Transfer speeds and memory stick compatability as described. No issues so far and will probably purchase again in the future.
Real__Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025
I love it so far. I got 3008 mbps with Samsung Gen 3x4 NVME.
Uriel Juarez
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2024
As you can see from the photo, I put this in a Dell 5810 (has no NVMe slots) and it booted off the NVMe SSD just fine. Speeds are about what I would expect from this drive. I also used the SATA m.2 slot and it is indeed completely seperate. (ie you plug a sata cable into it)It was plug and play. It worked straight away.
scott peck
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
Easy to install. I was having trouble getting a driver. Have it Frankenstein installed but it does allow access to the hard drive installed on it
BRYAN ANDERSON
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024
Just fired up a new PC build with this card installed and it fried. I am just hoping it didn't get the two M.2 drives installed on it!
Jerl
Reviewed in Spain on March 6, 2023
Funciona bien, pero no seáis como yo que confundí los puertos PCIe y lo he tenido que utilizar en otro ordenador.
TJ H.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2022
First I had to remove the mount so that the card would fit in my mini ITX case. I then added the sata SSD and sata cable. It is definitely plug and play. I then cloned my 2.5 ssd, which was causing air flow issues, the reason why I went to this card and sata ssd. Worked perfectly. pulled and added the NVMe ssd and it also worked perfectly. Great little card for the money. TJ
Axelz
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2021
Bought this for some chia plotting as well as general use for running VM's on. Worked with ESXi 7.02 (latest at time) with no extra drivers needed, showed as NVME storage controller and could use the disk as a datastore or even pass through the PCIe card to a VM (with appropriate licence) which worked flawlessly for a Windows 2016 VM Server to directly use the controller and disk which ran at full speed in the VM, 3500MB/sec read with the particular drive installed I have, as passing the hardware though - note this may not work on all hardware. Not tried to use a second disk via SATA interface, see no point in having that really, a shame you can't use both through the PCIe interface although a few other cards do offer that kind of functionality for quite a lot more. Heatsink attached though not a particularly tight fit with metal brackets so used the silicone ones, hopefully will last! For the money seems decent enough, and brought blinding NVME speeds to my server for a very low cost. RGB LED light seems to cycle through colours.
M. Daniels
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2020
I am delighted. I have a 6 year old game computer that chugs along okay. Planning on rebuilding it again so I'm collecting "new parts" that will find their way into a new computer. I bought this PCIe Adapter card so I could give the NVMe sticks I bought a try. My dated Sabertooth board only has PCIe 2 so a couple generations of that technology has gone by. I had $15 to "gamble" with seeing what this would do. Well, it works much better than expected. I picked it up from the Post Office and literally assembled it at the bar while drinking a couple Miller Lites. So went at it slow and in no hurry... "some assembly required". I can't see all that well and I was drinking and it still went together without much problem. I have two NVMe drives and they both wouldn't go on the Adapter... both are "M" key. So yeah, it will take two drives but one has to be "B" key... *meh*. Assembled it with one PCIe3 class 3500MBs drive. Later I put it in my computer... no problem just snaps into an available PCIe slot. I had a full length "16" slot so that is where it went because it was easy to get at. You can put a smaller device in a larger PCIe slot and they work fine. Didn't show up when I fired up the computer. No panick... it was there in the Device Manager. Had to name and format it. Then shazam there it was. I moved a CIV6 game on to the new Adapter/NVMe rig and gave it a try. Amazing... feels like double the speed. I didn't not expect game play to be enhanced but it is clearly much quicker. I may put off building a new computer as this made the old machine feel brand new. Reminds me of going from a HDD to a SSD a few years back... just a new level of performance. Money well spent. You do need some fiddle skills to assemble and get the new drive into the system but nothing was "hard"... google if you get stuck.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2019
I purchased this adapter to install a 22mm x 80mm NVMME drive. There are limited instructions to installing the drives on the adapter so be sure you know what you are doing before hand. Tiny screws for securing the drive are included in the slot cover package with the tiniest screw driver I have ever seen! Its only about an inch long so you might want to have another to use. The device has pre-installed stand offs for 22x80mm drives however, the slot cover package includes stand offs to install shorter drives. Installation of the adapter was quick and easy. Works Great! Very good read/write speeds. See image attached.
Sterling L. Robertson
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2019
Works great with the closer pci slot to the motherboard just fine. But when I plugged the sata plug in my pc was crashing often even with no drive in that second slot. I unplugged the sata cord and all is well again. The speed are insane. Over 3500mbs on my 1tb nvme drive. So I had to drop a star because of the crashing with sata cord. Not sure if having a drive in the sata slot would stop that from happening though? Overall it's a ver cheap solution to add the epic nvme drive to any desktop with an empty pci card slot.
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