Does a SSD case that holds NVME drive to a SATA 3 port exist?

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

I have seen m.2 drives to sata adapters
Have not seen NVME to Sata adapters.

I was thinking I could buy an NVME, put it into an adapter and temporarily used it as a SATA drive in an old PC (connect to mb using sata cable)

Bree · Mar 5, 2024

sdowney717 said:
Have not seen NVME to Sata adapters.

You could use it as an external drive with one of these....

ThrashZone · Mar 5, 2024

Hi,
Nope usc-c yes
Otherwise usb 3

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

unfortunately USB 2.0 is all this old board has
There is an unused PCIe slot on the MB, BUT, the GT640 NVidia card covers that slot up.
Unless someone makes an angled adapter pcie extender?

Then could use this

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-NVMe-PCIe-Aluminum-EC-PCIE/dp/B084GDY2PW/ref=sr_1_11?adgrpid=1342504504677723&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nRbF3sHxS298R105BijIL5gN57FDKLLL1NYneQj1Czge9ob9Y_bRU5vWWoFPuLN9gVnMuFKXstDcgvAQhnFmKFxb3eU_W9VX8la397Zjo53BvNiy8LYpa9ijzp08evlyjxjJ5rAvkv5BhIGHH0-9nu6Z8LoBCNrgHg-XG6ykMYV-63JDuMe-p8PpG_shWs9c-hlPx7ohbSykixHk-U23KBzqkiLGrED_ZT31ZrKUA0s._H743b-bpzDV3M3ooC4Tt92pswV6Mr5j9iKITXkxFtc&dib_tag=se&hvadid=83906731160935&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=85896&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83907037975614%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=25679_13464844&keywords=nvme+pcie+sata+adapter&qid=1709659375&sr=8-11

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

actually a pcie extender does exist
$10 plus $20 is $30 and that adds up for something I dont know will work, as in fit under the video card

Amazon.com

and a better one

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BH25NZ5/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&tag=amazon1210-20

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

Too bad, wish I could use this kind of thing
But I then would need the angled adapter
And actually it is a PCIE x1 slot covered by the video card on my ASUS board
Other issue I dont know if the ASUS board would support this thing
It is an M4A88TD-M, I dont card about booting off it.

How would the speed of this compare to a SATA 3 interface?

Amazon.com

pparks1 · Mar 5, 2024

sdowney717 said:
I have seen m.2 drives to sata adapters
Have not seen NVME to Sata adapters.

I was thinking I could buy an NVME, put it into an adapter and temporarily used it as a SATA drive in an old PC (connect to mb using sata cable)

NVMe and SATA are both protocols rather than interfaces and they are incompatible with each other. You won't find an adapter to make nvme into sata.

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

Here is a right angle pcie x1 extender, likely would fit
Total cost drops to $20
Really, I dont know if it would fit, just a guess. The fan lower frame on the video card is in the way, maybe it could be cut back

Amazon.com

and a longer one, which might fit better, except the angle at the board is straight up

Amazon.com

pparks1 · Mar 5, 2024

sdowney717 said:
Too bad, wish I could use this kind of thing
But I then would need the angled adapter
And actually it is a PCIE x1 slot covered by the video card on my ASUS board
Other issue I dont know if the ASUS board would support this thing
It is an M4A88TD-M, I dont card about booting off it.

How would the speed of this compare to a SATA 3 interface?

Amazon.com
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PCIe Gen 3 x 1 is going to provide 1GB/sec, while SATA III gives you 600MB/sec.

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

It is a Galaxy GT640 nvidia card

CountMike · Mar 5, 2024

https://www.amazon.com/m2-sata-adapter/s?k=m2+to+sata+adapter

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

CountMike said:
https://www.amazon.com/m2-sata-adapter/s?k=m2+to+sata+adapter

unfortunately they are not supporting NVME

But it is interesting the pcie x1 slot is a lot faster than sata 3

CountMike · Mar 5, 2024

sdowney717 said:
unfortunately they are not supporting NVME

But it is interesting the pcie x1 slot is a lot faster than sata 3

Amazon.com

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

the board is pcie 2.0 so a x1 slot is 500MB/s about sata 3 speed of 600 MB/s

Anyhow I like projects, I might try the right angle cable and adapter and NVME drive for fun.
I can always use the NVME drive in something else

PCIE2.0/3.0/4.0/5.0 Interface Bandwidth & Speed Calculation

The transmission rate is GT/s, not Gbps because the transmission includes overhead bits that do not provide additional throughput.

www.diskmfr.com

Catnip · Mar 5, 2024

@sdowney717

Is this slot on the MB free? I didn't get any idea from the thread. That NVMe board could go there, maybe.

CountMike · Mar 5, 2024

That's PCIe x1, NVME needs PCIe x4 to work full speed.

Scott · Mar 5, 2024

Since your GPU is a 1 slot card you might be able use This cable to reposition your GPU, potentially freeing up the covered PCI slot.

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

Catnip said:
@sdowney717

Is this slot on the MB free? I didn't get any idea from the thread. That NVMe board could go there, maybe.

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No, it has a pcie tuner card in the slot. I use it for WMC
I also have a PCI tuner card in the PCI slot
I was thinking the NVME bracket could be taken off that amazon card and figure out a support system in the case maybe... I need to look into the case and measure and see how much room there is/

sdowney717 · Mar 5, 2024

Scott said:
Since your GPU is a 1 slot card you might be able use This cable to reposition your GPU, potentially freeing up the covered PCI slot.

I could but that option costs more money

pparks1 · Mar 5, 2024

CountMike said:
Amazon.com
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I think that is going the opposite direction as intended. It sounded like poster wanted to buy an NVMe drive with hopes of using it in later future builds to get the speed advantage out of the NVMe, but he wants/needs to either plug it into a SATA port on the mobo or get a PCI-E Card that will accept the Nvme drive at the present time.