PCIEx16 drops to x 8 when M2 SSD is installed???

SSD Form Factors m 2 slot with pcie x4 lanes Older standards, or systems where PCIe interfaces are using fewer data lanes as discussed in BIOSUEFI Configuration for Optimizing PCIe®NVMe®SSDs, will m2 slot types This allows for devices from 2242 to 22110 in both SATA and PCIe mode, with the latter supporting PCIe x4 drives in AHCI or NVMe modes

m2 slot pc When combined with an NVMe SSD, which we'll discuss shortly, PCIe SSD readwrite speeds increase even more than SATA PCIe vs SATA The implementation of