NVME Adapter with Heat Sink, M.2 SSD Key M to PCI Express x4/x8/x16 Converter Expansion Card, Support 2230 2242 2260 2280, Compatible for Windows XP 7 8 10

I was a little nervous at the idea of putting my NVMe in an adapter - but my motherboard only has space for one on board and that was already taken, but I wanted to add a larger second NVMe drive. It was very easy to put the drive inside this adapter and the performance was actually higher than I was expecting! So if you have a situation where you want NVMe performance, but don't have an available slot - this is a perfect solution.

Not much too these little adapters and over read reviews where people say the cheapest one work the same and the most expensive ones. This one liked exactly like some of the more expensive ones and I bet they are made at the same factory in China. It came with extra screws and a little screwdriver. It comes with the heat sync closed and the little screws were really tight but of you press really hard you should not strip them out, just be careful.

This is a great way to put an m.2 into a older pc. It's works great and is simple to install. The screwdriver that comes with it is a little small for the screws that are installed in the heatsink. And it will easily strip if not careful. That's the only downfall and the only reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5.

Installed this in my Mac Pro Tower 4,1 (flashed to 5,1) and using a 1TB ADATA XPG SC8200 Pro NVMe SSD as a Boot Drive running Mojave with a Radeon RX-580 Graphics Card. Some initial instability, but now apears to be rock solid once I reseated the adapter in the second (16x) slot. As with my previous OWC SATA 3 PCIe card, I had to put a small felt spacer between it and the graphics card to provide enough clearance for the RX 580 fan to spin freely. Not as fast as this NVMe card could actually go, but still 3 times the read speed of the SATA 3 SSD I had in it and over 10x the write speed at ~1500MBps on both due to limitations of PCIe 2.0 4x interface - whereas a bridged card would be required to max out this particular NVMe card speed of ~3000MBps on these Macs on the PCIe 2.0 16x lane slot.

Used this upgrade my sons hard drive with a 1TB nvme M.2 and booted up without issues. Easy to install or remove and handles gaming no problem. Highly recommended

I liked the package in which the device arrived: very sturdy! Also 4 spare heat-sink screws supplied, and the tiny screwdriver needed. I suspect that with a faster M2 device e.g. Samsung EVO 960, the full speeds would be achieved: With my MP510 achieved 1626 MB/s Read AND 1052 MB/s Write. No drivers were needed, even though my motherboard BIOS doesn't support NVME devices: Windows 10 found it immediately! Dislikes: No instructions, specifications etc. Difficult to remove the transparent film on the 2 silicone pads.

So far, I've used it with a Intel 660p 512GB installed in a PCIe x16 slot on a Dell Optiplex 790 LGA 1155 motherboard, a ASUS Prime x370 Pro AM4 motherboard, and an old Mac Pro 3,1. On all systems it had been detected and works fine. The systems detected each time and was able to write to the m.2 ssd. Most systems will not be able boot from a NVMe drive unless they already have an m.2 slot anyway on the motherboard though, so make sure you do your homework if you intend to install Windows or another OS on whatever drive you put in this.

I replaced a PCI express card with this as it was easier to remove. It's a solid design and worked immediately. The included screwdriver is a little slick for the screws they are really tight. Other wise a good easy way to add a PCIe M.2 to your system. Used with a WD Black 1TB.