Installing an M2 SSD into an Optiplex 7040

2 SSDs which offer much higher performance numbers than SATA SSDs As a result, they require the connector, meaning you can only use an NVMe SSD with a PCIe

2 board to a regular SSD drive for example you will need cloning software like Acronis You cannot simply clone an or mSATA chip directly without the use of

can you beat a slot machine Only could handle both SATA and sticks could only handle interface AND

can i put a gen 4 m2 in a gen 3 slot No You can get an SATA drive