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PCIe SSD compatibility with Dell XPS 8300
I have a XPS 8300 and would like to upgrade to a SSD. All 4 of my SATA connectors on the motherboard are currently used for HDD and DVD, so my question is: if I buy a PCIe SSD, can I plug it into the vacant PCI-Express card slot I see on my motherboard?
It won't be the end of the world if I have to use one of the SATAs, but given there is a vacant PCIe, I thought I'd try that route first.
Any advice gratefully received.
Many thanks,
ejn63
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March 4th, 2017 11:00
The only way to know would be to try - and given the age of the system, the likelihood it would support PCIe boot -- even in UEFI mode -- is very, very low.
ejn63
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March 3rd, 2017 08:00
One should work - as long as you don't have plans to use it as a boot device (it's unlikely an older system like this one will boot to a PCIe/NVMe drive).
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March 3rd, 2017 10:00
Thanks for the reply - that's a shame - I was planning to put my windows 10 OS onto it so it would boot up quicker than it currently does. Is there a way I can find out if the system would allow booting from a PCIe drive? And if I went for a SATA SSD does that have the same problem of not being the boot device?
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March 5th, 2017 12:00
Thanks very much. I'm going to go the SATA SSD route and hope that works as a boot drive.