Question I'm trying to upgrade storage ?

[eqengaj27]

Hi,

I have a Lenovo ThinkStation P320 on which I haven't done any modifications so far.

System Model          : 30BGS1X000
System SKU            : LENOVO_MT_30BG_BU_Think_FM_ThinkStation P320
Processor             : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3408 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date     : LENOVO S06KT68A, 3/29/2024
Adapter Description   : NVIDIA Quadro K2200

Current disks:
Model   : HS-SSD-E100 256G
Model   : Apacer AS350 240GB

P320 info : https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sy...n_P320_Tower/ThinkStation_P320_Tower_Spec.PDF

GPU is connected to first PCIe slot, and rest of them are free,

What i wanted to add here is

Adapter : AXG PCEM2-DC PCIe x4 > 1x M.2 NVMe , 1x M.2 SATA
Disk    : Kingston NV2, 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-E x4 Gen4 NVMe

Someone with proper knowledge could please help me here if this would work or not?
I want to use the new NVMe/adapter as my primary storage for OS, but i also want to keep the old disks/ssd as they are, to load my old data.

Thank you very much

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You have 2x 2.5" SATA SSD's, you'd be best served by adding an NVMe drive in the NVMe slot native to the motherboard, provided you have the slot(s) mentioned in your spec sheet.

You will need an adapter like this;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/375527673848

 

[eqengaj27]

so just sharing in case someone has the same, pcie card + nvme managed to pull full speed of disk with my p320, it wasn't recognizing disk at the begin but i had to enter bios and select port speed to 3 manually then it started working