Optiplex 7010 MT PCIe storage

[prince_xaine]

Optiplex 7010 MT [0GY6Y8]
Windows 10 Enterprise 64-Bit
Intel Core i7-3770K
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 32GB
Zotac Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Mini
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB
Kingston A400 120GB
Western Digital Black Performance 6TB
Western Digital Black Performance 6TB

Do older motherboads recognize PCIe storage? I do not plan on booting from the drive, as I'm sure it isn't possible.

 

[jay32267]

Yes....but you will probably need a PCIe to NVMe adapter.

As far as booting....you are correct.

 

[Kisianik]

It is actually possible, but with a lot of patience https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/Optiplex-3010-with-third-party-RAID-controller/td-p/3957340

 

[prince_xaine]

Yes....but you will probably need a PCIe to NVMe adapter.

As far as booting....you are correct.

Cool, do you have any idea which PCIe adapters work the best to provide the lowest latency and highest speed? And I'm assuming any NVMe drive should theoretically work?

 

[jay32267]

"Cool, do you have any idea which PCIe adapters work the best to provide the lowest latency and highest speed? And I'm assuming any NVMe drive should theoretically work? "

Any NVMe drive should theoretically work....but as far as the cards....I don't know one from another (as far as which is better).

I haven't gone the NVMe route yet even though I have M2 sockets for it. I'm not convinced I'm going to see much improvement being the most I stress a drive is with games.

 

[prince_xaine]

"Cool, do you have any idea which PCIe adapters work the best to provide the lowest latency and highest speed? And I'm assuming any NVMe drive should theoretically work? "

Any NVMe drive should theoretically work....but as far as the cards....I don't know one from another (as far as which is better).

I haven't gone the NVMe route yet even though I have M2 sockets for it. I'm not convinced I'm going to see much improvement being the most I stress a drive is with games.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/PCBuilder/Custom/S33-M18.251565.19728.457991.92064vsS33-M18.251565.375784.457991.92064?tab=SSD

This would be the theoretical performance increase you could obtain using an 900P Optane. And being that you have m.2 slots it could be assumed you should be able to boot from PCIe. This would greatly increase desktop performance, reduce boot times further, load games and applications faster, etc. It's an expensive upgrade yes, but m.2 tends to be a bit cheaper. I'd say go for it, you'll never go back. Escaping from the SATA limitations is the best feeling in the world.