M.2 SSD NVMe to PCIe Adapter with Aluminum Heatsink and Thermal Pad, for SSDs up to 16TB, M.2 NVMe to PCI-E converter 3.0 X4 X8 X16 Card (EC-PCIE)

Picked this up to add another NVMe drive to my PC and it’s honestly one of those products that just works. Installation is straightforward, slot it into a PCIe lane, mount the SSD and you’re good to go. It’s plug and play with no drivers needed, which makes it ideal if you just want a quick upgrade without messing around. Build quality is solid for the price. The aluminum heat sink and thermal pad are a nice addition and help keep temperatures under control, especially during heavier use. It’s not anything fancy, but it does the job and feels well put together. Performance-wise, it gives you the full benefit of NVMe speeds as long as you’re using a proper PCIe slot. It runs off PCIe x4 lanes, so you’re not bottlenecking the drive, which is exactly what you want when adding extra storage like this. It’s also quite flexible, fits into x4, x8 or x16 slots and supports standard M.2 NVMe drives up to 2280 size, so it’ll work with most common SSDs. If I had to be picky, it’s pretty basic, no RAID support or anything advanced, and it only handles one drive. Also worth noting it doesn’t support SATA M.2 drives, NVMe only, which might catch some people out. Overall, a really good, no-nonsense upgrade option. Perfect if you’ve run out of M.2 slots on your motherboard and want to add more fast storage without spending much. Would definitely recommend for a simple, reliable setup.

Thankfully, it worked first-time in the only PCIe slot that I had available (in my Acer Aspire desktop). The installation was even easier than I expected - it doesn't use a mounting bracket because it actually sits completely inside the case. I've had a few Sabrent products and they are always very well engineered and built to high standards. I attached the supplied silicone heat pads which transfers the SSD heat to the big integrated heatsink. The heatsink keeps the heat level down much better than the usual small external NVMe USB enclosures. I'm amazed at the low cost - less than 15 quid! It's a real high quality bargain! Compact size fits perfectly and it's a speedy installation. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! AAA+++

Worked great for adding a second drive to your system when you have spare pci slots. The included tools made it easy to put together and for the price its a good bit of kit, on a pci 16x lane you get the same high speed as what you would in a regular m.2 slot but I doubt it would be the same if you put it in a lower spec slot like x8 or x4 slow.

This is a well-priced single PCIE to NVME adaptor with a heatsink and heatpads to ensure that the NVME chips reach the heatsink. I tested this with a 1tb 980 in an older gen8 microserver which fits fine although will not give the full speed due to its older PCIE specification. The heatsink is held in-place using 4x screws and there are 3x sizes of thermal pads in the product i recieved. Adaptive sizes such as 2230-2280 are supported also, although id avoid a 2230 model as their small size means they wont generally have a ram cache by default. As this is a fixed size you might as well use the space ;) Performance was good and once i correctly applied the thermal pads plus heatsink it kept the 980 1tb at about 50c when stressing it and idling at about 33c under regular desktop style usage. The HP microserver gen8 its installed on has a big case fan that draws air over it so a passivly cooled case may run hotter. (idle) nvme-pci-0700 Adapter: PCI adapter Composite: +33.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +81.8°C) (crit = +84.8°C) Sensor 1: +33.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C) Sensor 2: +38.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C) nvme-pci-0700 Adapter: PCI adapter Composite: +40.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +81.8°C) (crit = +84.8°C) Sensor 1: +40.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C) Sensor 2: +55.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C) The unit itself had 3x blue lights that flashed according to activity but were only helpful to me to ensure that booting was working correctly.

Works surprisingly well. Very easy to fit and the speed is not too bad. On the whole, very pleased with the purchase.

This adapter is so easy to install and it works straight away with my existing NVMe drive. The design is simple and good value for money! Thank you Amazon for the super quick delivery!

The build quality is superb. so very simple to setup. everything aligns perfectly and the heat sink is decent. They include a thermal pad, which depending on the M.2 drive that you use, can vary the fit between firm and a bit of a struggle for reassembly. in the end, I used the Netac 700 2TB, which doesn't have too much circuitry bulge. it was a perfect fit, a great drive and runs lightening fast. I can see there are some negative comments here from people who have had genuine issues. I can only assume that Sabrent have improved the design, as i was so impressed with the build quality. Like all PC peripherals, you have to be aware of the added heat, and improve your case cooling if required. Personally, i have a gaming rig with some 5 Cooler Master MF140's plus a 360 water cooler for my CPU, so the added heat made zero difference for me. but it is something to bear in mind. I was warned that using the empty slot would have a speed impact on my graphics card. This has not proven to be the case, as i still benchmark the same, except now i have 2 extra hard drives. giving my system 6 NVMe M.2's now. I did a lot of readin, and where performance does drop, the amount is negligable. Personnally, I am fortunate enough to have a very powerful Asus Rog Strix z790f motherboard. Which i think is the reason why I am not seeing a performance drop. So again, you need to be aware that for older boards, you might have a small drop in performance from your graphics card. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend these adaptors to my family and friends, as they are a great way to use an unused PCIe slot.

Worked perfectly in my old pc. It comes with 3 different thicknesses of thermal pad. Doesn't explain why or whether all pads should be used. I just used the thicker one as I wasnt sure whether the thin ones would make contact with the thermal plate once closed. Was easy too install in a pcie slot. For some reason it would not show up in my pcie 2 slot but did in my pcie 3 slot (all being x16 slots) That may be a conflict on my system as it already has 6 drives onboard! As of time of writing, very impressed at tge increase in speadvand ease of fitting. Would recomend.

Ho acquistato questo adattatore Sabrent per cercare di modernizzare il mio PC un po' datato e devo dire che il risultato è andato ben oltre le aspettative. I punti di forza: Facilità di installazione: Anche se il mio computer non è di ultima generazione, l'adattatore è stato riconosciuto immediatamente senza dover impazzire con i driver. Prestazioni: La differenza di velocità è incredibile. Passare a un SSD M.2 tramite questa scheda ha eliminato i rallentamenti che rendevano frustrante l'uso quotidiano. Qualità costruttiva: Il prodotto si presenta solido e ben rifinito, tipico degli standard Sabrent. Il dissipatore incluso (se presente nel tuo modello specifico) aiuta molto a mantenere le temperature basse.

Article bien fini et performant. Parfait pour ajouter un port NVME en PCIE 5.0

After painstakingly searching for an add-in card for SSD without bifurcation and not sketchy AF, this is the one that Amazon recommended me. Finally, I can deprecate my 2x3TB HDD for 2x4TB SSDs! I can't remember, but in the UEFI, my 2 WD SN850X are detected without any issues, it's likely that it's bootable. Even in Windows, it doesn't need anything but to initialised the two NVME drives. Both are running at PCIE 3.0x2 speeds, roughly translates to 1.5 GB/s (Gigabyte per second), which is 2-3 times faster than traditional SATA SSD. I have yet to populate the remaining slots, therefore I do not know if there are any performance penalty if all drive are heavily utilised. For my use case, it's highly unlikely. Unfortunately, the Asmedia controller is limited to PCIE 3.0x4 support. Side note, I wish Sabrent uses a PCIE 4.0 support controller.

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