SABRENT M.2 NVMe SSD to PCIe X16/X8/X4 Adapter Card, Heatsink | Aluminum heatsink; easy install; supports 2230/2242/2260/2280; not for SATA or PCIe x1

I'm using two of these with 2230 size SSDs. The second piece of the two piece aluminum clamshell does not have a relief drilled into to clear the SSD mounting screw, but since the SSD is so short, and the thermal pads are just the right thickness, friction alone holds the SSD firmly in place, no screw needed. Using other size SSDs, the screw will clear the aluminum plate. Inexpensive, easy to use option. Rather than figuring out birufication and all that, just get a couple of these if you have some free slots. From what I can tell, the performance is totally dependent on the SSD you're using, so you get what you pay for there. I didn't do anything to test how hot it gets, but thermals are handled by my workstation pretty well so I don't anticipate any issue; the heat spreader used on these SSDs inside a laptop is MUCH smaller and they never overheat, so I would imagine you could run the SSD at 100% for days and it would be fine, since there's so much aluminum attached to it. Better than adapting to SATA. Easy peasy.

Worked as it was supposed to. Speeds are comparable to NVME plugged into a NVME slot.

Actual lifesaver, I had a extra SSD laying around and i didn't mind getting some extra space on my pc, Setup was a bit finicky with the small screws and making sure stuff didn't fly out as i set it up, but once its in I'm seeing almost max data transfer speeds. Not only does it look clean but i can tell its also tough, heating is always an issue with memory so I'm not worried about it, it came with thermal pads which surely helped a lot. Overall the price made it easy buy to not regret.

This expansion card/adapter is wonderful! It fit effortlessly, was easy to install (both into the computer, and installing the M.2 drive into it), and worked flawlessly! It's also nice and compact such that it shouldn't interfere with anything else nearby (any other cards or cables/connectors). Unfortunately the instructions don't mention the thermal pads; there are three of them. One thicker one, and two thin ones. The thick one appears to be meant for the bottom of the drive (between the drive and this adapter card) if your drive is single-sided. Then one thin one goes on top (between the drive and the heatsink). If your drive is double-sided, then you would use a thin one on the bottom (between the drive and the adapter) instead of the thick one. It has screw holes to accommodate every size of M.2 drive, and it's incredibly easy to switch it between the holes. There are pockets in the bottom plate of the heatsink to accommodate the screw on the bottom of the circuit board that fastens the "nut" that holds the drive in place... HOWEVER, they unfortunately appear to have "forgotten" to mill out a pocket for the screw in the 2230-sized drive hole. This means that if you're using a 2230 M.2 drive in this adapter, the back plate isn't going to fit correctly, and will bow out because of it. It's not worrying to me as I don't plan to push this drive much, so it shouldn't generate too much heat, and it is already making good contact with the important part of the heatsink. I just find it disappointing that Sabrent seems to have "forgotten" this, given they have their own line of 2230 M.2 drives (what I used with this adapter). As an aside warning for those who may not be aware: older motherboards may not be able to "see" the drive within the BIOS, and so may not be able to boot from it. Even in that case, the drive should still appear and work flawlessly once you're inside your desired operating system (assuming you're using a modern OS that supports NVME over PCIe). This is not the device or Sabrent's fault. Overall, this is a great way to add an M.2 drive to any modern computer, whether the motherboard is just already fully populated, or if your motherboard doesn't naively come with M.2 sockets. I just suggest considering getting a drive that is any size other than the 2230 to use with it for an optimal fit and heat dissipation. That said, it's also not the end of the world though if you do choose to use a 2230-sized drive with it.

I had an extra M.2 NVMe SSD from a 3 year old laptop. Installed this into the Adapter Card and then plugged this into the PCIe 2.0x4 slot in the B450 Motherboard. Worked perfectly. Note the speed of the drive is governed by the PCIe version, in my case 2.0 but still faster than SATA. NOTE: there are no instructions or pictures of the included heat sink material. 3 pieces of different thickness are included. You need to figure out which fits your m.2

Product worked perfectly. Easy to install in slot and no issues in being recognized by the PC. I did clean the drive and initialized the drive prior to installing which saved a couple steps once in the box.

Very simple to use and a quality product. Easy to install. The only drawback is the tiny screws. The included screwdriver works but I would suggest a magnetic screwdriver. I have above average size hands and the screws made it slightly difficult. I will buy again if I need another expansion!

Excellent thermal management and the build of the materials is strong. I cannot mentation anything about speed given I use Gen 3 PCie for some workloads but I am digging this. It does some with a tiny scree driver and its works phenomally well. Just don't loose the tiny tiny screws if you need to remove the drive from the baseplate.

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Apreciei a qualidade do produto, aliás consultei o site do fabricante... Fácil de instalar, não causará danos ao Pciex. Sim, barramento é X4, rodando com SSD Crucial M.2 P3 500MB. [obs. Pciex Asus sabertooth 990FX é 2.0, conforme foto, velocidade de leitura e gravação foi a máxima adquirida para este Pciex 2.0... SSD é para Pciex 3.0.] RECOMENDO o produto e vendedor, produto chegou antes do prazo estipulado pelo Amazon. Obs. Para este modelo de Main board, afim de fazer boot Windows 10, tive que atualizar para a última versão de BIOS afim de ser detectável SSD M.2 NVME, então é obrigatório consultar compatibilidade de funcionamento da Main board para com este periférico SSD M.2 NVME.

Werkt perfect en precies zoals omschreven voor mijn 1Tb Samsung EVO 970 Nvme SSD, in combinatie met een Gigabyte X99 moederbord. Read speed 3535 Mb/s en write 3050 Mb/s. Voor de bijgeleverde blauwe koelstrips wordt in de manual niet toegelicht hoe ze gebruikt kunnen worden. Ik heb 1 dikkere strip onder de SSD geplaatst en 1 dunnere variant bovenop de SSD. Er zijn Youtube videos installatie videos te vinden, zoals deze: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB87WNisVJA.

12/11/2025 monté sur un hp proliant microserver gen7 N40L sur le port pcie 16x2 et reconnu par un système debian 13 sans problème. la vitesse avec hdparm -tT est de +-1700MB/sec (cached) et 852MB/sec (buffered). l'adaptateur est couplé à un ssd (netac) NVMe 250 Go (PCIe 3.0, 3D NAND, NVMe, M.2 Gaming SSD) jusqu'à 3000 Mo/s pour PC NAS. sur le ssd une database postgres de plus de 150GO répond parfaitement. rien à dire pour le moment, il faudra voir avec le temps ...

Works great on Mac Pro 5,1