PCI Lanes and M.2 on an oldish Motherboard

[mr.universe963]

I'm interested in getting a PCIe - M.2 adapter in order to upgrade my storage speed, but I've been reading up about how available PCIe lanes from the motherboard chipset and CPU can affect the bandwidth that a PCIe component gets.

For example my build:
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77 V-LK
CPU: i7 3770K
Graphics: GTX 970
I also have a soundand WiFi card installed in PCIe 1x Lanes

I am reading that the Z77 chipset only has 16 PCIe lanes, So does this mean that If I get a PCIe 4x M.2 adaptor then there will be even more splitting of the PCIe lanes and negatively impact the performance of my graphics card or network/sound adaptors?

 

[Calvin7]

NVM Express (NVMe) Storage support is not offered on Intel Series 7 Chipset motherboards.

[Guide] NVMe-boot without modding your UEFI/BIOS (Clover-EFI bootloader method)
https://www.win-raid.com/t2375f50-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootloader-method.html

 

[USAFRet]

I'm interested in getting a PCIe - M.2 adapter in order to upgrade my storage speed, but I've been reading up about how available PCIe lanes from the motherboard chipset and CPU can affect the bandwidth that a PCIe component gets.

For example my build:
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77 V-LK
CPU: i7 3770K
Graphics: GTX 970
I also have a soundand WiFi card installed in PCIe 1x Lanes

I am reading that the Z77 chipset only has 16 PCIe lanes, So does this mean that If I get a PCIe 4x M.2 adaptor then there will be even more splitting of the PCIe lanes and negatively impact the performance of my graphics card or network/sound adaptors?

Don't bother.
You'll see zero performance benefit (at best) vs a regular SATA III SSD. Even if you eventually get it working.

Just because NVMe drives exist does not mean they are applicable in all systems or use cases.

 

[mr.universe963]

NVM Express (NVMe) Storage support is not offered on Intel Series 7 Chipset motherboards.

[Guide] NVMe-boot without modding your UEFI/BIOS (Clover-EFI bootloader method)
https://www.win-raid.com/t2375f50-Guide-NVMe-boot-without-modding-your-UEFI-BIOS-Clover-EFI-bootloader-method.html

So you are saying that even if I get a PCIe 4x to M.2 adapter I still will not be able to even use, much less take full advantage, of M.2 storage?

An adapter like this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815256028&cm_re=m.2_adaptor-_-15-256-028-_-Product