pcie 1x

My motherboard doesnt support m,2 ssd. I want to buy an m.2 ssd instead of sata ssd for future proof when I buy a new motherboard with m.2 ssd support. the only PCIE slot currently available is the x1 slot PCIE 3.0. So should I go for USB 3.0 ? or buy a new normal SSD.

Hi, I'm wondering if there are any 1x PCIe to USB 3.0 cards that don't require drivers? I'd like to get USB 3.0 ports on a 1x PCIe card where the 3.0 ports are natively recognized by USB 3.0 boot devices/media. Thanks for your help with my wish list. Regards . . .

I have a sata M2, specifically the crucial mx500. I want to know the easiest way of getting this to work through a PCIE single slot. If im correct the speeds mean that it shouldnt be bottle-necked as im on a b450 with pcie 3.0. Ive searched for adapters but they all seem to be exclusively for...

View: https://imgur.com/a/9DYbqjE I can’t understand why neither card properly fits into my this micro tax case. The red card doesn’t fit at all, but the black one fits only with a slight push when I’m screwing it in. I have tried 4 cards over 2 days now and none fit properly. Some expansion...

I've never set one of these up before so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong here. I just purchased a Samsung 970 SSD that supports NVMe. I placed it in the 3rd PCIe x16 Slot on my motherboard with ASUS's own M.2 x4 PCIe Adapter. I've installed the Samsung NVMe driver for the SSD and...

Hi, i'm new on this forum and I've a question: I have a MB Asus M5A78L-M LX3 and i was wandering to improve the speed of my pc with an SSD, but i notice that the MB don't support nmve but has a pci-e x1 port. If i buy an adapter from pci-e x1 to m2, could it works? Can i install my OS on the...