New
#1
Dell Optiplex 7010 no M.2 slot – use existing PCIe slot for NVMe SSD?
--
I have a Dell Optiplex 7010 Mini-Tower from maybe 2014. It has no M.2 slots.
- Can I plug an NVMe SSD drive into an existing PCIe slot?
- Maybe I need a physical converter of some kind? What would that be?
- If I do this, will I get the full benefits of the NVMe SSD technology (super-fast drive speeds)?
- Per the manual for my Dell Optiplex 7010 Mini-Tower, I have four PCI slots:
- PCI Express x16 slot (wired as x4)
- PCI slot
- PCIe x1 slot
- PCI Express x16 slot
----- Which would I use if I do this? -----
(The manual is available at https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-7010... )
FYI - I am currently dual-booting Win 7 Pro 64-bit and Win 10 Pro 64-bit (now V 21H1) but using the Win 10 almost exclusively these days. A single SATA hard drive has my two OSes, and those OS partitions also carry all my apps. However, to a certain extent, and more and more over time, I am putting data files on other hard drives inside the case.
Thanks for your thoughts re my questions above.
--