Windows 10: View Poll Results: Use SATA to PCIe adapter for SSD or not?

Discus and support View Poll Results: Use SATA to PCIe adapter for SSD or not? in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have an Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi) motherboard and Ryzen 7 2700X CPU, 1 NVMe SSD, 1 M.2 SATA SSD, and an EVGA GTX 1080 Ti graphics card in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by NavyLCDR, Jan 30, 2021.

  1. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR Win User

    View Poll Results: Use SATA to PCIe adapter for SSD or not?


    I have an Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero (WiFi) motherboard and Ryzen 7 2700X CPU, 1 NVMe SSD, 1 M.2 SATA SSD, and an EVGA GTX 1080 Ti graphics card in the PCIe 3.0 X16 slot. Here's my dilemma:

    M.2_1 slot will accept SATA or NVMe SSD and will not share any PCIe lanes.
    M.2_2 slot will accept only NMVe SSD and if it is occupied, it take 8 PCIe lanes from the PCIe 3.0 X16, making it an 8 lane slot.

    According to a couple of websites, including this one:
    PCIe 3.0 x8 vs. x16: Does It Impact GPU Performance? | GamersNexus - Gaming PC Builds & Hardware Benchmarks

    Running the 1080 Ti in 8 lanes v. 16 lanes really does not affect performance. But, it just really bugs me that the SATA M.2 SSD has to go in slot 1, leaving only slot 2 for the NVMe SSD which is going to take 8 lanes away from the GPU.

    So...should I (1) leave well enough alone. or (2) put the SATA M.2 SSD in an adapter that goes into a PCIe X4 slot with a SATA cable to a SATA port, move the NVMe SSD to M.2 slot 1, and restore the full 16 lanes to the 1080 Ti graphics card?

    :)
     
    NavyLCDR, Jan 30, 2021
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  2. CBARNHORST
    Cbarnhorst Win User

    Clone present nvme pcie ssd to replacement nvme pcie ssd?

    I have a 500GB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD (boot drive) that I want to replace with a higher capacity M.2 card.

    Where do I put the new SSD during the NVMe to NVMe cloning process? My mobo only has one M.2 slot for NVMe SSD's so do I want to use an external adapter for one of the M.2 cards? If so, do you have a recommendation?

    If you have solved this issue for your desktop or laptop I would like your advice on if and what extra hardware you needed during the cloning.

    please remember that I am dealing with PCIe NVMe drives ONLY. NO Sata is involved except possibly for a connecting cable from the desktop to an adapter. I am experienced with cloning SATA III drives but cloning NVMe is a little
    new to me.

    Computer: Dell XPS 8920, 32GB ram.

    Present SSD: KXG50ZNV512G NVMe Toshiba 512GB

    New SSD: CT13049074 Crucial P1 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD 1TB (or 2TB if available soon) or similar storage device.

    Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, version 1809.
     
    Cbarnhorst, Jan 30, 2021
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  3. DAVIDK_1
    DavidK_1 Win User
    PCIe adapter to NVMe SSD

    I have a Dell Inspiron 580 desktop circa 2012 running Windows 7. Would like to upgrade to Windows 10 and boot from a new PCIe adapter for NVMe SSD. I understand that I may have to install new NVWe drivers to have BIOS recognize PCIe as a boot drive option.
    Am on I the right track? Is this even possible? Any help would be appreciated. TIA
     
    DavidK_1, Jan 30, 2021
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  4. RPB57
    RPB57 Win User

    View Poll Results: Use SATA to PCIe adapter for SSD or not?

    SATA HDD recognised as SSD

    Hi. My SATA HDD is recognised as a SSD and Windows 10 will not perform defragmentation on it as a result; which I appreciate. I've tried many of the prescribed procedures mentioned on forums but to no effect. I'm pretty convinced that the problem lies
    in the fact I have installed a SSD in my machine. Windows is recognising the correct size of my SATA HDD however and the SSD isn't showing up quite rightly as its Linux formatted. Using a third party defragmentation program exactly the same problem occurs,
    however I was able to defragment my C drive using it as it just warned against it and didn't prohibit me. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    RPB57, Jan 30, 2021
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