pci-e M.2 ssd compatibility acer aspire x1420

[helpmeeeeee]

will a M.2 ssd in a pci-e to M.2 adapter work in my acer aspire x1420?

 

[popatim]

I don't think so. There are several limiting issues going on
- You only have 1 pcie slot and thats for your GPU.
- you are pcie Gen 1. I do not know if the current m.2 drives & adapters will negotiate down to a gen1 pcie link.
- i'm sure your chipset hasn't and will not receive a bios update to support m.2 if it needs one. It definitely would need one to support an nvme m.2 drive but maybe not for a sata/ahci m.2

Since your system is so old I would suggest you stick to a sata SSD for greater compatibility. Your system uses sata2 so you should be able to run a sata3 ssd, just dont expect to see those speeds as it wills till be limited to sata 2. This shouldnt be much of a concern. I have an old sata2 motherbd running an htpc and its the fastest booting pc in the house (old i3 w/patriot pyro se -64gb) even compared to a much newer & faster living room htpc with an identical software load (win8 w/media center). I credit the amazing ssd even though its confined to sata2 speed. Just goes to prove that the high sequential reads and writes they advertise are NOT what we should be looking at. Its all about 4k performance IMO.

 

[helpmeeeeee]

I don't think so. There are several limiting issues going on
- You only have 1 pcie slot and thats for your GPU.
- you are pcie Gen 1. I do not know if the current m.2 drives & adapters will negotiate down to a gen1 pcie link.
- i'm sure your chipset hasn't and will not receive a bios update to support m.2 if it needs one. It definitely would need one to support an nvme m.2 drive but maybe not for a sata/ahci m.2

Since your system is so old I would suggest you stick to a sata SSD for greater compatibility. Your system uses sata2 so you should be able to run a sata3 ssd, just dont expect to see those speeds as it wills till be limited to sata 2. This shouldnt be much of a concern. I have an old sata2 motherbd running an htpc and its the fastest booting pc in the house (old i3 w/patriot pyro se -64gb) even compared to a much newer & faster living room htpc with an identical software load (win8 w/media center). I credit the amazing ssd even though its confined to sata2 speed. Just goes to prove that the high sequential reads and writes they advertise are NOT what we should be looking at. Its all about 4k performance IMO.

thank you anyway