In order to use an NVMe drive you need an NVMe port. Your current motherboard doesn't have one. Using one of these boards vs a built in NVMe port really doesn't have any performance differences. It's all about getting the connection to the 4 PCIe lanes.
Frankly, the way NVMe works I find very funny. Originally, we had PATA drives. They used a parallel connection, with 40 (later 80) wire connectors allowing data to go across. Then we switched to SATA connectors (Serial ATA), which is essentially using one very fast connection to transport data to/from the hard drives. The original PATA was 33mbps, then the 80 wire PATA was 66. Then SATA came and did 150, then SATA2 at 300, then SATA3 at 600. That's pretty much maxed out the connection speed possible over a SATA connection. So, they got the big idea, lets parallel the serial connection, putting 4 SATA links together for a total of 2400mbps. Thus, you have NVMe using 4 SATA3 connections at the same time. Aren't computers fun? Chris On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 5:48 PM _ Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Chris > I didn't realize I could use an adaptor. I thought it would be it works or > it doesn't. Is there a version of these drives that would plug directly > into my board and how much of a performance hit would I have. I haven't > been paying attention and didn't realize there were so many different > versions. > > Thanks > ________________________________ > From: Hardware <[email protected]> on behalf of > Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:17 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe > > A caveat on the second one: The second one is M.2 SATA, not NVMe, so you > may just want the first one to say the $3. > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 9:15 AM Christopher Fisk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Your motherboard supports PCIe 3.0, so that is good, you will need to use > > either first or second PCIe slot (I suggest the second slot which is an > x16 > > slot that gets limited to x8 when something in the the first slot, use > the > > first slot for your video card) > > > > You will also need to purchase an NVMe adaptor. > > > > Something like: > > > https://www.amazon.com/YATENG-Controller-Expansion-Card-Support-Converter/dp/B07JJTVGZM > > or: > > > https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-advanced-solution-Controller-Expansion/dp/B07JKH5VTL > > > > The second one allows you to throw in a second one in the future. > > > > You can search for other adaptors if you like, those looked fine from my > > very quick research though. > > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 7:16 PM _ Winterlight <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> I am looking at a > >> < > >> > https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN550-1TB-NVMe-Internal/dp/B07YFFX5MD/ref=psdc_1292116011_t1_B073SB2MXT > >> > > >> Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe > 8Gb/s, > >> M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2,400 MB/s - WDS100T2B0C > >> but I am unclear if my motherboard will support it = Ausus P9X79 with > >> these specs > >> > >> 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (dual@x16/x16; Quad@x8/x8/x8/x8; Triple@x16 > /x8/x8) > >> 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (White@x4 speed) > >> * This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC. Functions will be > >> available when using PCIe 3.0-compliant devices > >> > >> Is Gen3 and PCe 3.0 the same thing? > >> > >> <w> > >> > > >
