NVMe drives

That is what kind of threw me. The call 2.5" and 3.5" drives "Form Factors" yet all you need is a simple adapter. So what other interfaces can a M.2 slot be?

NVMe is supposed to be 5-6 times faster then a SATA SSD but there is no way to put a NVMe drive in to a "normal" desktop computer unless it has a M.2 slot and to add insult to injury you have to make sure that M.2 slot will be a PCIe x 4 intergace?

Interesting. So as far as normal desktop computers go (with no M.2 slot) the best you can do is a 2.5" SATA 6G SSD drive?

Oh it is and I would trade it for the world. Just seems odd that when you can go 6 times faster that they wouldn't put that option in. Go figure.

and check if the PCIe-adaptor supports booting from it !
what desktop model, or mobo do you have?

Thanks guys. I looked at a few adapters and decided it would be better to wait until Dell comes out with some desktops with a M.2 slot. The 8th gen processors should be available soon. Maybe they will put in M.2 slots too.

Thanks for the update. I think that is a good idea.

Yes. I don't like the idea of making a computer do something it isn't really designed to do. Like you said the 2.5" SSDs are plenty fast.