How to install an SSD on your PC

2 Insert the drive into your PC The location of the slot on your PC motherboard varies between different manufacturers and board

2 SSD drives are very small; their diminutive size is often compared to a stick of gum SSDs are connected directly to the motherboard in an socket as

m2 pcie slot For example, the ASUS Z97-A lists the slot as Socket 3, with M Key, type 22602280 so it supports drives that are 22mm wide and either

m2 sata vs nvme slot 2 standard contains variants with up to four PCIe lanes, one SATA 6 Gbs and or one USB port So it is possible to connect PCIe as well as SATA SSDs