Pcie to nvme expansion card

[robti]

Hi I am running an old Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H and would like to add a nvme card via an add on pcie expansion card, are there any recommendations as to which card works with unraid, btw in the UK if it makes a difference when buying ?

Thanks

[JorgeB]

Single M.2 NVMe to PCIe adapters are transparent to the OS, any will work.

[robti]

thanks for the quick answer regarding the os

[scs3jb]

I used this because my motherboard doesn't support bifrucation:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/RPQHJPZ4LP8L4?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp

 

it supports 3x at gen3 speeds super stable... 4x causes one to drop out though which i discovered after purchase.  There's an updated model but i was unable to find it for purchase that supports 4x.  

 

Its all transparent.  If you don't mind spending a bit more get a u.2 expansion card (or oculink) and use u.2 enterprise ssds.  Scan.co.uk has a 1.92TB enterprise samsung which supports 2TB read/write per day for 5 years  for ~200 brexit beans which is much better suited to a nas environment.