Question I want to buy a converter so I can put my M2 SSD into the SATA 3 port of my laptop. Need advice.

[olryst]

Hello,

I have a Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB NVMe SSD laying around.

I want to buy a converter so I can put it in the SATA 3 port of my laptop, which currently has a 120gb SATA 3 SSD.

Can I buy any SATA 3 to M2 converter or do I need a particular type?

Is there any that would offer more performance over other ones?

I know I'm going to lose some performance, but I want to take advantage of the larger space.

Thank you.

 

[rgd1101]

I don't think such a thing exist.

 

[sizzling]

There are converters for 2.5” SATA & M.2 SATA. I have not seen anything for using a M.2 NVMe.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I have a Samsung 960 EVO 250 GB NVMe SSD laying around.
I want to buy a converter so I can put it in the SATA 3 port of my laptop, which currently has a 120gb SATA 3 SSD.
Can I buy any SATA 3 to M2 converter or do I need a particular type?

No you can not. There is no such thing for NVME drives.

If you had a sata M.2 drive like Samsung 860 evo, then you could use such adapter and convert Sata M.2 drive to Sata 2.5'' format.
But it is not possible for NVME drives.

 

[USAFRet]

https://www.amazon.com/Ableconn-IU2.../B01HR0PKJQ/ref=psdc_1292116011_t2_B073W65QX6

That is not NVMe -> SATA.

Directly from the description:
"NOTE: this product is NOT compatible with SATA. U.2 (SFF-8639) is NOT SATA. "

 

[coloradoleo76]

That is not NVMe -> SATA.

Directly from the description:
"NOTE: this product is NOT compatible with SATA. U.2 (SFF-8639) is NOT SATA. "

Yup. already nuked my reply for bad info.

 

[olryst]

Thanks all for the replies.

I understand it's not possible.