PCIe configuration EliteDesk 800 G1

[Luna27500]

Hello,

I have an HP EliteDesk 800 G1 TWR with an i5-4570 and a 320W power supply. I would like to add an NVMe SSD because I have no more free SATA ports so I would like to use a PCIe converter. However on sites like Amazon I can find PCIe X1 and X4. Can anyone tell me if the X4 would work on my motherboard? On my motherboard I see PCIe 3.0 X1 but for the X4 I see only PCIe.

Thanks !

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@Luna27500,

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

What are you using your five (5) SATA ports for?  -Seems like you should have plenty of storage/drives capabilities.

[EDIT:] If you were to use an M.2 NVMe SSD, I would use an PCIe to M.2 NVMe SSD adapter, something like this:

Or this:

And install it on your (white) PCIe x16 (wired as x4) PCIe slot:

Reference: c04331008.pdf (hp.com)

Thing is, your BIOS will not 'see' your M.2 NVMe SSD -so you can't make this drive your primary (boot) drive, but it will show up as a storage drive after Windows has started up. As you can see in my HP Elite 8300 SFF legacy desktop upgrade project, the M.2 NVMe SSD drive performs outstanding, just not as a primary (boot) drive: https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Upgrading-HP-Elite-8300-SFF/td-....

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Luna27500]

Hello,
I have 1 SATA SSD, the disk drive + 3 HDD of 500GB.
Regarding the white PCIe slot, is it a PCIe 3.0?
Have a nice day

[NonSequitur777]

@Luna27500,

Btw, I edited my previous posting, because your motherboard does not have a PCIe x4 slot.

Anyway, no, the (white) PCIe x16 (wired as x4) is a PCIe 2.0 slot:

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Luna27500]

I was wondering because when I opened my tower I didn't see any PCIe X4 but only 2 X1 and 2 X16. So a m.2 NVMe would work as a secondary drive in Windows thanks to a PCIe X4 converter which will be in PCIe 2.0? Which one do you recommend? Good day to you

[NonSequitur777]

@Luna27500,

I would recommend the first option.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Luna27500]

Thanks !

[NonSequitur777]

@Luna27500,

You are most welcome!

Kind Regards / Bien à Vous,

NonSequitur777

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I have 1 SATA SSD, the disk drive + 3 HDD of 500GB.