Add 2nd NVME to 5050 SFF PC

Question

I have an NVME drive fitted in the main NVME slot of my 5050 SFF.

As a result of upgrading another PC, I now have a spare smaller capacity NVME which I would like to add to the 5050 SFF.

Can someone please advise the cheapest and/or easiest way of doing this?

I already have an MSI GT 1030 low profile card fitted in the main expansion slot on the MB and Dell D8W2M card fitted to the second slot.

I don't really need the Dell D8W2M card fitted as I am using Ethernet and also have a decent USB Bluetooth dongle I can use instead - so if removing the D8W2M helps that would be fine.

Thanks in advance for any help!

remuallang · Answer

I should add that according to the User Manual the 2nd slot is a PCI-e x4 Connector (slot 1) – open-ended x4 to support x16

So, I am guessing that something like https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-NVMe-PCIe-aluminum-EC-PCIE/dp/B084GDY2PW OR https://smile.amazon.co.uk/glotrends-Adapter-Key-M-2230-2280-PA09-HS/dp/B07FMM9G35 would do the job?

I guess I won't get any benefit from the Sabrent card over the Glotrends for my 5050 - but may come in use for future PCs which have an x16 slot?

DELL-Cares · Answer

We are working on your case. We will DM you in sometime.

DELL-Cares · Answer

Hi There,

We see that you have contacted us regarding custom upgrade of your system, while this is not within our scope of support, we anticipate one of the community users probably has some suggestion or answer to you. DO let us know if you may have any other questions or concerns

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Add 2nd NVME to 5050 SFF PC

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