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Thank you all for your time taken to respond. I guess I was hoping someone would have firsthand knowledge to offer.
Replacing or discarding a system that still runs Windows 10 very well is a waste in my opinion. I am not trying to land the space shuttle with this old rig. I am going to have an nvme drive sitting on the shelf and to me that is also a waste. Spending $20 on an adapter to be able to use it in an older system is totally worth the investment. Its not like I am buying a new nvme drive to place in an old system. When I upgrade components--if I do--I always try to pass them along to a lessor system--when possible as selling components usually cost more in time than the gain from the sale.
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Yes, quite correct. I have found none. Only dual slot cards--or greater--which makes perfect sense. A dual slot m.2 switch adapter card @ x8 slot on pci-e3.0 with a motherboard or the card supporting bifurcation, would allow two m.2 drives to run at full speeds on that x8 slot. I believe a single drive on said card would also run at full speed on a x8 pci-e2.0 motherboard. Those cards would run me $150+ which I am not willing to pay out for this older system.
This old motherboard does seem to support bifurcation but a card like that would be wasted on this system. I want to buy a 1TB nvme to replace a 250GB one on the newer system. I merely want to get the use out of the drive to be replaced instead of shelving it or selling it, and receive a benefit of a faster drive in an older system. It maybe true: "You still can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.", but shit rolls down hill--buy new parts; roll the old parts to older or lessor machines; HDDs, SSDs, GPUs, soundcards, etc.
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You refused to read what I wrote and instead offered an opinion of what you think I was asking for.
I specifically mentioned that I was not interested in booting from the drive as I knew people would mention it, detracting from what I was seeking. You ignored that.
I did mention that I was using existing parts. Only a moron would go buy a brand new nvme drive to drop into an 10+ year old system. Read the OP.
An nvme drive will out perform any SSD SATA II drive.
My intent was to find people who possessed firsthand knowledge of what I was asking.
You have not offended me at all. My intent was to not offend anyone, however, I specifically wrote the OP to be clear of what I sought.