Anton Aylward composed on 2019-12-10 10:35 (UTC-0500):
On 10/12/2019 08:48, Anton Aylward wrote:
I have a (this week only) option for a 1TB 660p Series PCI-E x4 NVMe M.2 SSD (Does my Dell Optiplex 755 have a slot for that?)
No. You need newer technology motherboard than your 755 to use M.2 directly, >2013 or 2014 I think.
I'm not sure. The spec sheet says that there are 4 slots for cards https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/opti_755_techspecs.p... 15 16 17 18 two regular PC slots, one PCI Express x1 one PCI Express x16
I look at the Wikipedia M.2 page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 and see the illustration of the mSATA SSD and M.2 cards. The mSTAT looks like it would fit in the PCI Express x16 slot The m.2 card .... no.
This looks more like what is in the 755 mobo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_(standard)
Surely there are adaptors? https://www.newegg.ca/p/35Y-005D-00005 C$20 https://www.amazon.ca/adapter-interface-Suppor-Express-2230-2280/dp/B07432BR... but what s the cost in speed? Either would enable use of the 660P in your X16 slot, if the slot isn't tied up by an indispensable graphics or other PCIe card that can't be moved to the X1 slot.
You won't be able to boot from it. That requires BIOS support your 755 can't get.
At what point do I give up on the 755 and go for either a mobo replacement or a whole new machine rather than just 'upgrading' it?
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