Question Bought 1st NVMe PCIe 4.0 m.2 storage. But enclosures for sata ?

[Sparxz]

I bought my first NVMe type device:

Kingston NV2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD 250G M.2 2280 - SNV2S/250G
https://amzn.eu/d/eKTjEcK

With intention to use in on older sata laptop, using an enclosure.

I thought this was an m-key connector when I look it up.
But all state "5 pins" identifier. Strangely, this has 4 pins. See my photo of my connector below.

https://imgur.com/a/Gy7tGmR

View: https://imgur.com/a/Gy7tGmR


Any thoughts on what I can use this with, much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[SkyNetRising]

Any thoughts on what I can use this with, much appreciated.

What enclosure?

Get appropriate enclosure for NVME drives.
Like this:

https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Transp...e/dp/B08QTPFG95/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3A4KDZIDRMN5V

 

[Sparxz]

What enclosure?

Get appropriate enclosure for NVME drives.
Like this:

https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Transp...e/dp/B08QTPFG95/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3A4KDZIDRMN5V

Thanks, but this will not fit inside a laptop, and would not connect to the sata connector.

 

[SkyNetRising]

You said, you want to use external enclosure.

With intention to use in on older sata laptop, using an enclosure.

If you want to use it internally in your laptop, then internal M.2 slot (NVME compatible) is required.
If you don't have that, then you can't use NVME drive internally.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks, but this will not fit inside a laptop, and would not connect to the sata connector.

I do not believe there a converter to make an NVMe drive work in an internal SATA port.

And in a laptop old enough to not have a native connection for an NVMe drive, you wouldn't notice the difference vs a SATA drive.

 

[DSzymborski]

It appears you want some kind of paper-thin enclosure to use internally that will simply turn an NVMe drive into a SATA drive, but that's not something that exists. I've never seen such a thing.

If you don't have an SSD in your laptop, then the actual thing to do would be to get a bog-standard 2.5" SSD.

 

[Sparxz]

What enclosure?

Get appropriate enclosure for NVME drives.
Like this:

https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Transp...e/dp/B08QTPFG95/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3A4KDZIDRMN5V

Thanks, but this will not fit inside a laptop, and would not connect to the SATA connector.

It appears you want some kind of paper-thin enclosure to use internally that will simply turn an NVMe drive into a SATA drive, but that's not something that exists. I've never seen such a thing.

If you don't have an SSD in your laptop, then the actual thing to do would be to get a bog-standard 2.5" SSD.

Yes, had thought of a 2.5" ssd, and that would connect to the socket. But thought there would be an adaptor by now !?
My rationale was buying newer parts, in older hardware, that can be reused, in newer hardware.

I picked the right place to ask, and I'm sure I am not the only one to think of trying this. Thanks for all the replies.

Looks like in the end, I will have to get the older-tech sata SSD after all.

Hopefully someone will make an adaptor someday.

Thanks

 

[DSzymborski]

Thanks, but this will not fit inside a laptop, and would not connect to the SATA connector.

Yes, had thought of a 2.5" ssd, and that would connect to the socket. But thought there would be an adaptor by now !?

The problem is that it's generally not that useful. Bringing an NVMe around as an external has some use because of travel, but there's not a large market of people who want to make an NVMe an overpriced internal drive for a laptop you have to take apart. Because an adapter wouldn't increase the bandwidth of the interface itself. So there's not much motivation to anyone to try and make such a thing.