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Are there any pitfalls to avoid in buying PCIe/m.2 adapters? (feddit.de)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm planning on giving an older machine a small upgrade with an SSD, but since that machine does not have an m.2 port, I was thinking about buying the cheapest PCIe adapter I could find. Besides the obvious stuff like ports, PCIe gen and lane count, is there anything I should look out for? Specifically regarding Linux?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Get as slow as you can, pcie 4 nvmes get pretty toasty and without proper cooling they will throttle anyway. Either that or make sure you get cooling options.

Not all adapter cards are the same or will run every ssd in every motherboard. I have half a dozen of those things because one brand will work in one computer with one type of ssd and not in any others.

If you get one with multiple, make sure your motherboard can split your pcie lanes so you can access all ssds on the card. Or find one with a pcie switch, though that can slow things down if you are not careful.

Stay away from dell and hp branded stuff unless it is going into a dell or hp. Dell made this awesome four ssd card with fan and everything, can only get it to run in dells.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

make sure your motherboard can split your pcie lanes

I heard of bifurcation in that context, but how is that called in "mainboard spec lingo"? What buzzword should I worry about?

Dell made this awesome four ssd card with fan and everything, can only get it to run in dells.

It's a Dell, so I'm safe here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Somewhere in the bios will be a pcie option, it will look like “4x4x8” or “8x8” or some combination of the like. Most dell workstations and servers have this option that I have run into. If you don’t see this in the bios then you will only be able to run one nvme ssd