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M.2 adapter for storage
I’m considering building a small-factor NAS-like server based on an ASRock J4125-ITX board in a fourbay tower. I need to keep the PCI-e slot free for a TV tuner card, and want to use all four onboard SATA ports for storage, so I was wondering if I can run the OS from a NVMe drive plugged into the M.2 (Key E) slot?
—Martin Bilton
THE DOCTOR RESPONDS: The short answer is yes. There are numerous adapters that can convert the Key E slot into one for plugging in both SATA and NVMe drives. If all you need is extra storage, search eBay for ‘M.2 key A+E male’ to add two SATA ports via a $10-15 adapter. The Doc recently fitted one with a JMB58x controller to replace a PCIe SATA adapter, and it works perfectly.
You specifically talk about booting from an NVMe drive,should be able to eke out better performance from it than with a standard SATA SSD drive.
