Why I try to get long M.2 cards: [Wayback/Archive] Kris on Twitter: “…”
A more proper solution:
https://www.printables.com/model/369386-m2-ngff-2230-to-2260-adapter
–jeroen
Archive for the ‘M.2/NGFF’ Category
When your M.2 card is too small: Kris on Twitter
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/13
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On-line PC part compatibility checker: Pick parts
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/23
If I ever want to build a PC again, this site helps me assemble the parts and check their compatibility: [Wayback/Archive] Pick parts. Build your PC. Compare and share. – PCPartPicker
Of course it is not a 100% coverage or guarantee, but it will you a lot of hints when on-line configuring a system.
This is the system a friend was configuring and I was quite positively surprised:
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Note that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have M.2 PCI-e x2 (the 3070 documentation is correct; the 3060 documentation indicates x4); same for mini and tower machines
Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/25
Now that Dell 3060 and 3070 Micro MFF have become available quite a bit cheaper than before, please note that both only support M.2 PCIe x2 (though the 3060 documentation indicates x4, the 3070 documentation correctly states x2).
This is a board electronics issue, as the chip-set does support x4.
The M.2 connector however is more versatile than I expected and does support a variety of M.2 keying of which not all “big connector” PCI-e or USB M.2 adapters support:
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