PCIEx16 drops to x 8 when M2 SSD is installed???

PCIEx16 drops to x 8 when M2 SSD is installed??? m 2 4 0 in 3 0 slot As the subsequent iteration of Gen3, Gen4's data transfer rate is twice that of PCIe Gen 3, enabling PCIe Gen 4 devices to transfer data at a faster speed m2 slot You're referring to NVME based M2 SSDs, correct? But yes if the SSD is PCIE spec then of course the speed will be less when used on PCIE

m2 slot With this AMPCOM NVMe SSD PCI-E X4 Adapter, you could add a NVME SSD on your motherboard without slot With the channel of PCI-E X4,

m2 pcie slot 6 The stick you refer to is a PCIe4 SSD it is fully backwards compatible with PCIe3 It will work fine with your workstation Or the next generation of GPUs benefits from the doubled throughput of PCIe and slots (Note that PCIe devices will also work normally on a PCIe