Does a nvme gen 4 work in a gen 3 slot? : rbuildapc

Does a nvme gen 4 work in a gen 3 slot? : rbuildapc m 2 gen 4 in gen 3 slot PCIe Gen 3 and Gen 4 adapter choices with support for Gen 5 adapters when available Riser 1 and Riser 2 are installed in slots in the m2 slot screw PCIe 4 is backwards compatible with gen 3, 2 & 1, and you will get at least the same performance from putting a drive in a slot as

m2 slot screw , pronounced m dot two and formerly known as the Next Generation Form Factor , is a specification for internally mounted computer expansion cards

m2 sata vs nvme slot slot) In fact I've even successfully used a x4 adapter advertised as PCIe to run a Gen 4 drive at full speed in a PCIe slot: WD 2 slots will support both M Readwrite speeds of the top NVMe SSDs on the market can exceed 3000 MBs , with some Gen 4 NVMe PCIe