Sata m.2

[Nabster]

I just built a new pc with a gigabyte b650 ds3h motherboard. From reading the manual after the purchase, I only realised the board doesn't support sata m.2 drive, it only support nvme m.2. i didn't know there is a difference between the 2.

Is it common for a mobo to only support nvme m.2?

Lucky i don't have a sata m.2, but i know it was quite common a few years ago when the nvme price was a bit higher.

As a comparison, the mobo still supports ps/2 mouse and keyboard that was available 20 years ago, why would it not support m.2 sata that was common 5 years ago?

[Revelene]

The difference is that nvme uses pci-e lanes (a direct connection to the cpu), while sata uses the sata protocol which is a bus interface (a non-direct connection to the cpu). NVME M.2 drives typically have sata as a backup, in case you try to use a bunch of devices and run out of lanes.

In short, it should work.

[Crashed]

If your motherboard cannot detect SATA M.2 drives, then you'll need a SATA to M.2 adapter and a SATA port to plug it into.

[MonkehMaster]

think you will have to be a bit more specific, there are quite a few different b650 boards...

https://www.manualslib.com/products/Gigabyte-B650m-Ds3h-12983008.html

[Dawt]

They were popular in laptops due to their form factor when pcie drives were much more expensive. Nobody in their right mind, then or now, would put one in a desktop.

[Nabster]

MonkehMaster lähetti viestin:

think you will have to be a bit more specific, there are quite a few different b650 boards...

https://www.manualslib.com/products/Gigabyte-B650m-Ds3h-12983008.html

Yes, that's the one b650m ds3h

[Nabster]

Dawt lähetti viestin:

They were popular in laptops due to their form factor when pcie drives were much more expensive. Nobody in their right mind, then or now, would put one in a desktop.

I build my old pc 5 years ago, first gen Ryzen, i was looking at the ssd options, i went for sata 2.5 inch ssd, as i wanted to leave the m.2 free just in case i want to add nvme later. I would imagine some people would have chosen m.2 sata, given it costs the same and m.2 has less cable.

Why was it a bad choice for desktop?