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Using external SSD drive via USB 3.0, is it worth it?
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A few additional details. M.2 requires a minimum PCIe 3.0 (or higher) x4. You’ll want to confirm in your motherboard specs that it supports the NVMe protocol and that using those PCIe lanes won’t affect the GPU lanes.
You could get a PCIe to SATA card if your motherboard doesn’t support the NVMe protocol.