What is different between NGFF card and M.2 card and mini PCIe card

[N-KNOW]

Last week I ordered egpu( exp gdc mini pcie version ) to use with my laptop and i found that my laptop wifi card is M.2 version
I was careless. So what i want to know is that M.2 slot and mini pcie slot are same or not. If Not , can i use mini pcie card on M.2 slot. My wifi card is intel model 3168ngw. I checked intel model 3168ngw online and it said its Connector interface is M.2: Pcie ,USB. Exp gdc that I ordered is TOOGOO PCIe PCI-E V8.4 D EXP GDC外部ラップトップビデオカード ドック/ラップトップドッキングステーション（ミニPCI-Eインターフェイスバージョン） https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07KW7PRRM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XAR6Cb638W65C

[tacoshy]

No it's not the same.

External GPU's don't need a M.2 slot nor does wifi.
External GPU's are mostly connected via Thunderbolt or USB-C to laptops. Never through M.2 which is an internal port not an external.

[OLDMAN🎅]

look at the benchmarks

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by OLDMAN:

look at the benchmarks

what have benchmarks to do with the difference between PCI-E slots and M.2 ports? nor what has it to do with Wifi or external GPU? Of topic as ever

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Wifi cards are mini pcie, nothing to do with m2 made for ssds

[N-KNOW]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

No it's not the same.

External GPU's don't need a M.2 slot nor does wifi.
External GPU's are mostly connected via Thunderbolt or USB-C to laptops. Never through M.2 which is an internal port not an external.

i don't think my laptop have thunderbolt but i found USB-C slot. can i connect egpu via usb type c? or can i use USB to NGFF (m.2) because i found usb slot on egpu

[N-KNOW]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Wifi cards are mini pcie, nothing to do with m2 made for ssds

i don't know wifi card are mini pcie but mine looks like NGFF (m.2) version

[N-KNOW]

sorry to asking this , can i bring my disassembled desktop computer on a flight?

[N-KNOW]

Originally posted by N-KNOW:

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Wifi cards are mini pcie, nothing to do with m2 made for ssds

i don't know wifi card are mini pcie but mine looks like NGFF (m.2) version

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/94854/intel-dual-band-wireless-ac-3168.html

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by N-KNOW:

sorry to asking this , can i bring my disassembled desktop computer on a flight?

No you cant


And in the end befor you keep throwing terms around that you might not understand completely:

M.2 is an internal port (nothing to do with NGFF which would be 2280 as example not M.2) where you can't connect a GPU to especially not an external one. No way around it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Does your laptop have usb 3.1 type c ?

[N-KNOW]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Does your laptop have usb 3.1 type c ?

yes

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then that's all you should need to use an eGPU