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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

  • The Samsung drive, as with all enterprise products, comes in plain packaging with zero accessories or documentation.

    Any mounting bay/solution that fits a common 2.5” SATA drive will also work with a U.2 drive.

    The adapter cable you linked to has the correct connectors on the ends, but no mention of which PCIe generation it is rated to support (you need Gen4).

    That OWC thing is an expensive nonsense imo; no matter how many drives you stick in it, bandwidth will be crippled to that of a single U.2 connector (4x PCIe lanes).

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