DT-120 M.2 Interface Card and Adapter – Accessory (PCIe, M.2, Low Profile, -40 – 80°C)
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Brand | Lycom |
Hardware Interface | PCIE x 4, PCI |
Style | Modern |
Item Weight | 0.11 Kilograms |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
About this item
- Lycom DT-120 M.2 NGFF PCIe based SSD works in main board PCIe x4 bus slot
- PCI Express 3.0 x4 Lane Host adapter
- Supports PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen2 M.2 NGFF 80mm, 60mm, 42mm SSD
- Supports PCIe 1.0 ,PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 motherboard
- Note: this adapter is only for 'M' key M.2 PCIe SSD such as Samsung XP941 SSD. Not compatible with a 'B' key M.2 PCIe x2 SSD or 'B' key M.2 SATA SSD.
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Easy to install | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Value for money | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Easy to use | 4.8 | — | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Quality of material | — | — | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Sheerness | — | — | — | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
Sold By | Ableconn | OWC (Other World Computing) | Amazon.com | RIITOP | Mhqjrh | GLOTRENDS in US |
hardware interface | pci x 4, pci | thunderbolt | pci, solid state drive | pci | pci express 3.0, pci | pci express x4 |
operating system | Linux | Mac OS | — | Windows, Linux, Windows 7 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | Windows/Linux/Mac OS (Not support Windows 7) |
card interface | — | pci e | pci | pci e | pci e | pci e |
style | Modern | PCIe Card | 1x M.2 NVMe | Classic | Classic | M.2 NVMe to PCIe 4.0 X4 Adapter with M.2 Heatsink |
Product information
Product Dimensions | 4.13 x 1.97 x 0.71 inches |
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Item Weight | 3.98 ounces |
ASIN | B00MYCQP38 |
Item model number | DT-120 |
Customer Reviews |
4.5 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #14,521 in Computer Internal Components |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | August 22, 2014 |
Manufacturer | LyCOM |
Country of Origin | Taiwan |
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Product Description
This PCIe 3.0 x4 Host Adapter for M.2 NGFF PCIe SSD allows the M.2 (PCIe) to be installed onto the standard PCI Express slot in the main board. It is designed to work only with 'M' key M.2 PCIe SSD such as Samsung XP941 SSD. Not compatible with a 'B' key M.2 PCIe x2 SSD or 'B' key M.2 SATA SSD. Features: o Convert M.2 NGFF PCIe based SSD to work in main board PCIe x4 bus slot o PCI Express 3.0 x4 Lane Host adapter o Supports PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen2 M.2 NGFF 80mm, 60mm, 42mm SSD o M.2 NGFF type 2280-D5-M connector on board o Movable M.2 NGFF stand-off and multiple plated-holes supports type 2280, 2260 and 2242 SSD o Supports PCIe 1.0 ,PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 motherboard o Supports dual-sided SSD module 1.5mm component height on the top and bottom side o Compliant with 39Gbps PCI Express 3.0 o Pin header on board for drive LED connection o Low Profile PCIe Form Factor o Regular size PCIe bracket on board and Low Profile bracket included o Transparent to the operating system and no driver required o Supports any OS like Windows, Mac and Linux o Supports industrial operating temperature range: -40 - 85 ºC o M.2 PCIe SSD power from PCIe bus slot 3.3V o Fully RoHS compliant *** M.2 SATA based SSD CANNOT work with this PCIe based Adapter
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Customers like the performance, ease of installation, quality and value of the adapter. For example, they mention it works well, it's easy to mount and it comes with no defects or issues. Some appreciate the compatibility with NVME SSDs and PCI SSDs. That said, opinions are mixed on fit and drivers.
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Customers are happy with the performance of the card. They say it works really well, is extremely happy with it, and works right away. Some say it's easy to install and utilizes the full speed of their new Samsung 950 Pro M.2 512 SSD. They also mention that lightroom operation seems to be faster and that games load insanely fast.
"...Mainly because it simply does the job (used it for cloning two Samsung SSDs so far with the Samsung ), and importantly the SSD can be fastened by..." Read more
"...It works, and works great on all the Samsung PM951 drives I've got...." Read more
"...full speed at 4x pcieCons:- not the best looking- doesn't come with active cooling (expected at this price point)-..." Read more
"Awesome little board. Works great with a Samsung 950 Pro SSD. I especially like the addition of the activity LED header pins...." Read more
Customers find the installation process of the card to be easy. They mention that it's very easy to mount the card in the PCIe slot, and that the instructions on the company website are clear.
"The installation was easy and flawless! The CrystalDiskMark test results and app performance....priceless (see pictures below)!!..." Read more
"...My new drive sizzles! Board slipped into position, was super easy to add the nVME, and the new board and drive were picked up with the first power..." Read more
"...This makes installing Windows 10 easy, and Windows 7 a little more difficult as you have to provide the driver .inf files, etc during the..." Read more
"...Relatively easy to mount the card in the PCIe slot. The drive appeared on the desktop immediately...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the card. They mention that it works well, has no defects or issues, and is solid and trustworthy. Some say that it holds the SSD securely enough to operate, but still provides a little slack allowing it to swing. Overall, customers are happy with their purchase and recommend it to others.
"...My new drive sizzles! Board slipped into position, was super easy to add the nVME, and the new board and drive were picked up with the first power..." Read more
"...I especially like the addition of the activity LED header pins...." Read more
"...even though it costs a few dollars more... JUST BUY IT - superior dock and quality for your blazing NVME drive - Don't try to save $5 when you just..." Read more
"...mounting screw (often left out for some reason...) and supports moving the standoff for the three different supported M2 lengths...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the value of the card. They mention that it works great, is cheap, and well worth the price.
"This card is cheaper than a number of fancier brands out there and is the third one I have used now - the cheapest out of the three I tried and the..." Read more
"...Pros:- amazing compatibility- good price- it just works, if you have issues may be related to your mainboard.-..." Read more
"...product was easy to install, works as advertised and was a very cost effective solution for expanding the hard drive capacity of my new 2020 Apple..." Read more
"...This adapter is a ridiculously cheap way to get a 70% read-speed boost from my hard drive / motherboard combination...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the adapter's compatibility. They mention that it works well with their NVME SSDs, PCI SSDs and other devices. Some say that it adds no problems to their system and works fine to add storage.
"...Pros:- amazing compatibility- good price- it just works, if you have issues may be related to your mainboard.-..." Read more
"...Not the adapters nor the SSD's fault. The adapter added no problems. Performance has been great...." Read more
"Works fine to add storage with speed that will stay cooler than the one to use on the board." Read more
"Works with the 256GB card I have matching up these with the right module is tricky but with my 951 card it works fine" Read more
Customers are mixed about the fit of the card. Some mention that it fits perfectly on MAC PRO 2010, and the size doesn't interfere with the graphics card above it. However, others say that the screw to secure the SSD is too short, the bolt is too long, and the flash module to the PCIe adapter was too short.
"...pinch the free end of the SSD drive (the semicircular indent) is too long. Not by a lot, but enough to keep this end rattling...." Read more
"High quality. Fit and finish is excellent. Easy install. Comes with the right hardware to correctly mount a M.2 PCIe SSD card." Read more
"...supplied mounting screw that secures the flash module to the PCIe adapter was too short. Fortunately I had a slightly longer screw that worked." Read more
"The screw to secure the SSD is too short. Poor design. I originally gave 2 stars because I was frustrated not being able to get the screw tighten...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the drivers. Some mention that there are no drivers needed for the card, while others say that there is no driver for the drive.
"...Installation was super easy and quick. No drivers to install just pop in the card and the drive is accessible...." Read more
"...There are no drivers that come with this card and that initially threw me...." Read more
"Installed in Mac Pro 3,1 early 2008 with Samsung SM951 256GB. No new drivers required. Booted Yosemite 10.4, and formatted the drive...." Read more
"...Quick install and no drivers required." Read more
Customers are mixed about the bootability of the card. Some mention that it works well and supports booting from the installed SSD, while others say that it doesn't boot in every motherboard and that it throws an annoying error upon every boot.
"This card does not boot in every motherboard. I know for sure Foxconn B75M will not boot with the card and an M.2 SSD Drive...." Read more
"...Started up Windows and it recognized the SSD right away. Didn't change any BIOS settings. Very easy to install/use." Read more
"...way this will work is through legacy boot and that throws one annoying error upon very boot...." Read more
"...This board supports booting from the installed SSD - I have no complaints." Read more
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The manufacturers have used common sense and despite the low price tag made a card that is easy to use and works well. So can fully recommend this.
There are no drivers that come with this card and that initially threw me. The tiny little instruction sheet very clearly says to go get the hotfix from Microsoft. You have to give them your email address and they will send you back a link to the "untested hotfix." I've tried this combination on three PCs and all three worked fine, so it seems pretty reliable.
Bottom line is this card allowed me to start buying PCs with NVME drives before formally moving to Windows 10 which is a big deal. Very happy with this purchase so far.
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2016
There are no drivers that come with this card and that initially threw me. The tiny little instruction sheet very clearly says to go get the hotfix from Microsoft. You have to give them your email address and they will send you back a link to the "untested hotfix." I've tried this combination on three PCs and all three worked fine, so it seems pretty reliable.
Bottom line is this card allowed me to start buying PCs with NVME drives before formally moving to Windows 10 which is a big deal. Very happy with this purchase so far.
1. Make sure you put this in a PCIe 3.0 x4 or higher slot on your motherboard and remember that the number of available lanes in your PCIe 3.0 slots will depend on what is in use in the other PCIe 3.0 slots. If you have a MB that was built to run 3 video cards but are only running 1 or 2, then you should be good to go. Check your motherboard manual to be sure.
2. Windows 10 has NVMe drivers out of the box, but I don't know about older versions of Windows. Do yourself a favor and upgrade to Windows 10 first.
3. If your motherboard isn't seeing the new drive make sure that your PCIe slots are enabled for UEFI. I did this install on a ASUS Z87-Pro and the drive wasn't detected until I switched PCIe Storage from "Legacy" to "UEFI". I'm doing this from memory so the wording may not be exact as to the exact motherboard setting, but it was something like that.
4. Make sure your motherboard is using the latest "non-beta" bios before you install the adapter and SSD.
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2015
1. Make sure you put this in a PCIe 3.0 x4 or higher slot on your motherboard and remember that the number of available lanes in your PCIe 3.0 slots will depend on what is in use in the other PCIe 3.0 slots. If you have a MB that was built to run 3 video cards but are only running 1 or 2, then you should be good to go. Check your motherboard manual to be sure.
2. Windows 10 has NVMe drivers out of the box, but I don't know about older versions of Windows. Do yourself a favor and upgrade to Windows 10 first.
3. If your motherboard isn't seeing the new drive make sure that your PCIe slots are enabled for UEFI. I did this install on a ASUS Z87-Pro and the drive wasn't detected until I switched PCIe Storage from "Legacy" to "UEFI". I'm doing this from memory so the wording may not be exact as to the exact motherboard setting, but it was something like that.
4. Make sure your motherboard is using the latest "non-beta" bios before you install the adapter and SSD.
This is a real worth while upgrade!
Caveats:
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-- Made No Changes to DELL BIOS settings!
-- Ran CrystalDriveMark benchmarks on full up system (116 background processes and 83GB of drive C: populated with OS and Apps) but with anti-virus and firewall switched: OFF
-- Installed Samsung Magician 4.9.5 (it uses 10% unallocated space). The jury is out on this since Rapid disk is not supported for this device.
-- Drive C: is UEFI by Acronis partition restore noted below.
Instructions and/or recommendations:
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1. Run CrystalDriveMark (free download: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html) and benchmark the existing drive C:. save the results!!
2. Download the Samsung NVMe Driver first from Samsung site: [...]
3. Make an image backup of current Boot drive (in my case the LITEON M.2 OEM SSD). I used Acronis TI 2016 (all partitions),
4. Shutdown system, unplug and open case (one screw), if you have a non-Boot HDD plugged into SATA-0, move it to another free SATA port (this is just insurance),
5. Assemble NVRe SSD onto the Lycom PCIe 3.0 adapter. Secure with included screw (it fits just fine),
6. Install the PCIe Storage assembly into one of the free PCIe 3.0x4 slot (I used the unused 16-bit slot but you can use the free short slot too),
7. Plug in system and power-up,
8. Press F2 to get into DELL BIOS setup. check the MOBOard slots and make sure Mass Storage device is populating a slot (should be OK)
9. Restart the system. You should get a system notice to GPT initialize the new NVRe SSD, initialize it.
10. Now is a good time to install the Samsung 950 Pro NVRe driver you downloaded previously,
11.Check Disks in the device manager. You should see the new Samsung NVRe device and it should be working,
12. I created the needed partitions on the Samsung NVRe SSD using "Minitool Partition Wizard FREE", they are as follows:
Partition #1: FAT32, Size 500MB, No Label (this is the EFI system partition)
Partition# 2: NTFS, Size 462GB, Label "OS"
Partition# 3: NTFS, Size 450MB, Label "WINRETOOLS"
partition# 4: NTFS, Size 12.7GB, Label "Image"
!!!! DON'T USE DRIVE LETTERS !!!! Select none for new partition drive letters
13. From within Windows 10 (pro), startup Acronis TI 2016 and perform a full restore from OEM LITEON SSD to Samsung 950 Pro NVRe. I did this from OEM SSD because it had the new Samsung NVRe driver installed after Image backup was performed.
14. When restore is completed, shut down system, unplug system power, ground yourself, open case (if not opened), remove Nvidia Card and power connector,
15: Remove the OEM LITEON SSD by removing m.2 small screw to MOBOard, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENT BOOT FROM OEM SSD!
16. Reinstall Nvidia card and power connector and bracket,
17. Plug system power back in and power up. The 1st boot will take a little while,
18. If all goes well...you'll be at the Windows 10 logon prompt.
19. Re-install the case cover.
Attached images:
--My system overview (using speccy)
--Before CrystalDiskMark benchmark result
--After CrystalDiskInfo result
--After CrystalDiskMark Result
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2016
This is a real worth while upgrade!
Caveats:
------------
-- Made No Changes to DELL BIOS settings!
-- Ran CrystalDriveMark benchmarks on full up system (116 background processes and 83GB of drive C: populated with OS and Apps) but with anti-virus and firewall switched: OFF
-- Installed Samsung Magician 4.9.5 (it uses 10% unallocated space). The jury is out on this since Rapid disk is not supported for this device.
-- Drive C: is UEFI by Acronis partition restore noted below.
Instructions and/or recommendations:
---------------------------------------------------
1. Run CrystalDriveMark (free download: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html) and benchmark the existing drive C:. save the results!!
2. Download the Samsung NVMe Driver first from Samsung site: [...]
3. Make an image backup of current Boot drive (in my case the LITEON M.2 OEM SSD). I used Acronis TI 2016 (all partitions),
4. Shutdown system, unplug and open case (one screw), if you have a non-Boot HDD plugged into SATA-0, move it to another free SATA port (this is just insurance),
5. Assemble NVRe SSD onto the Lycom PCIe 3.0 adapter. Secure with included screw (it fits just fine),
6. Install the PCIe Storage assembly into one of the free PCIe 3.0x4 slot (I used the unused 16-bit slot but you can use the free short slot too),
7. Plug in system and power-up,
8. Press F2 to get into DELL BIOS setup. check the MOBOard slots and make sure Mass Storage device is populating a slot (should be OK)
9. Restart the system. You should get a system notice to GPT initialize the new NVRe SSD, initialize it.
10. Now is a good time to install the Samsung 950 Pro NVRe driver you downloaded previously,
11.Check Disks in the device manager. You should see the new Samsung NVRe device and it should be working,
12. I created the needed partitions on the Samsung NVRe SSD using "Minitool Partition Wizard FREE", they are as follows:
Partition #1: FAT32, Size 500MB, No Label (this is the EFI system partition)
Partition# 2: NTFS, Size 462GB, Label "OS"
Partition# 3: NTFS, Size 450MB, Label "WINRETOOLS"
partition# 4: NTFS, Size 12.7GB, Label "Image"
!!!! DON'T USE DRIVE LETTERS !!!! Select none for new partition drive letters
13. From within Windows 10 (pro), startup Acronis TI 2016 and perform a full restore from OEM LITEON SSD to Samsung 950 Pro NVRe. I did this from OEM SSD because it had the new Samsung NVRe driver installed after Image backup was performed.
14. When restore is completed, shut down system, unplug system power, ground yourself, open case (if not opened), remove Nvidia Card and power connector,
15: Remove the OEM LITEON SSD by removing m.2 small screw to MOBOard, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENT BOOT FROM OEM SSD!
16. Reinstall Nvidia card and power connector and bracket,
17. Plug system power back in and power up. The 1st boot will take a little while,
18. If all goes well...you'll be at the Windows 10 logon prompt.
19. Re-install the case cover.
Attached images:
--My system overview (using speccy)
--Before CrystalDiskMark benchmark result
--After CrystalDiskInfo result
--After CrystalDiskMark Result
Pros:
- amazing compatibility
- good price
- it just works, if you have issues may be related to your mainboard.
- full speed at 4x pcie
Cons:
- not the best looking
- doesn't come with active cooling (expected at this price point)
- only one M.2 connector.