Do i need an adapter for NVMe ?

[bralosec]

I have an Gigabyte X99P-SLI-CF motherboard, I thought that is compitable with NVMe PCie chips. But after i opened my computer case i couldnt find the slot, so i search on google and I think I need an adpter like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Lycom-DT-120-PCIe-Adapter-Support/dp/B00MYCQP38/

Please correct me if im wrong - beacuse i want to order it and install it ASAP.
Thanks in advanced, waiting for your answers.

 

[jpe1701]

No it has an m.2 slot for an nvme drive. It's right above the top pciex16 slot. The m.2 drive plugs in and lays flat against the motherboard. You can see a row of holes for differing length drives to be held in place.

 

[bralosec]

I took a picture of my computer, could you please circle it in red or something? lol i really cant find it.
https://ibb.co/hy9EX6

 

[ko888]

Move your graphics card into the proper PCIE_1 slot.

The M.2 socket is located at the end of where slot PCIE_5 is located (i.e. Currently underneath your graphics card).

 

[jpe1701]

Move your graphics card into the proper PCIE_1 slot.

The M.2 socket is located at the end of where slot PCIE_5 is located (i.e. Currently underneath your graphics card).

Ah good pic, the one I looked at it looked like it was above the first slot but it was hard to tell because it was a small picture with a gpu installed.

 

[bralosec]

Thanks you very much both of you! I removed the graphic card, installed the nvme ssd under him and installed the graphic card again (beacuse of cables i cant move it to another slot). and everything seems to be fine!

 

[ko888]

Thanks you very much both of you! I removed the graphic card, installed the nvme ssd under him and installed the graphic card again (beacuse of cables i cant move it to another slot). and everything seems to be fine!

PCIE_2 doesn't work? It's preferable to PCIE_4 because the graphics card will get 16 PCIE lanes from PCIE_2 instead of the 8 PCIE lanes provided by PCIE_4.

 

[bralosec]

Just now I saw that the slots that i cannot put the graphic card is:
PCIE_3
PCIE_6


I can put it on 2 or 1, which one is prefered to be the best performance one?

 

[jpe1701]

Use 1.

 

[ko888]

Just now I saw that the slots that i cannot put the graphic card is:
PCIE_3
PCIE_6


I can put it on 2 or 1, which one is prefered to be the best performance one?

When only using a single graphics card you should be using either PCIE_1 or PCIE_2 since both of these slots have sixteen PCIE lanes wired to each of them from the CPU socket. There is an exception for PCIE_2. If you're using an i7-5820K processor then the PCIE_2 slot will only have eight PCIE lanes because of the PCIE lane limitations of that processor.

PCIE_3 and PCIE_4 only have eight PCIE lanes wired to each of them from the CPU socket.

 

[bralosec]

PCIE_1 didnt work - my screen didnt recognize the computer.
I will check PCIE_2 tomorrow (im back with 5 for now) because i have to work.
Update later, thanks a lot guys!