Hi, just wanted to know how reliable are adapters like m2 to sata e.g. " Delock Converter M.2 2280 Key B+M male to 5 x SATA with heat sink" or a pcie to sata adapter “Delock 4 Port SATA PCI Express” are there things i should have a look at or just completly dont use them?

Avoid them. They are not reliable with TN. Look this resource for more detail.

Just completely don’t use them.

Thx I guess I just dont ujse them

I’ve used a cheap PCIe 1x card with 16 sata ports in my desktop build for a while without any major problems, that is outside of having a sata cable spagetti monster in the cabinet and not being able to boot from any drive connected to that card. The problem with those m.2 adapter cards especially …

How reliable are "to sata" adapters

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