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Note: if you're looking to use a U.2 drive, and your motherboard doesn't have a U.2 connector, then you'll need to get a M.2 to U.2 adapter cable, as well as get power to it (via a standard SATA power connector) and physically mount the drive inside your case (it'll fit in most SATA drive bays).
@hippy take note also
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Fairly sure it's m.2 only: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550-VISION-D-rev-10/sp#sp
So I presume something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/DiLinKer-SFF-8639-Cable-PCIe-Adapter-U-2-Converter/dp/B07VB6L8SJ and then figure out how to mount the U.2 after the fact. Presume it'll come with some kind of solution but if not I'll figure it.
Having trouble finding that PM9A3 in stock (maybe one place - 'senetic'?) but it's led me to these:
https://www.megamac.com/products/32tb-owc-u2-shuttle-drive-for-3-5-nvme-u-2-ssd-owcu2shuttle32 which I now covet... -
What I don't want is another one of those m.2 NVME drives that I have to take the cooler off to access (although it's now loose so let's see if the CPU melts down and I don't have to worry about drives).
If I got one of these: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/192tb-samsung-pm9a3-25-enterprise-ssd-25-ssd-pcie-40x4-u2-6800mb-s-read-4000mb-s-write-1000k-180k-io it looks like it'll just go in one of the normal SSD drive bays, right? Does it use a different connector or will the normal sata ones work? Hard drives feel like bottom bracket standards nowadays...
CYOA
hippy
This post is a big help, thanks.