Should you buy a PCIe or SSD?

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2 slots where at least one supports PCIe, it's worth considering your secondary slot for an SSD upgrade When combined with an NVMe SSD, PCIe will result in

PCIe Gen lanes directly for an onboard NVMe storage PCIe cards can be used with motherboards that have PCIe slots  PCIe Gen lanes directly for an onboard NVMe storage PCIe cards can be used with motherboards that have PCIe slots

register slot 2 supports both SATA and PCIe, an module may only be inserted in either one of the two interfaces, so check your motherboard documentation For example, inserting a PCIe card on a PCIe slot will give you PCIe performance NVMe SSDs connect to the motherboard using