I bought Dell XPS 8500 desktop PC years ago. It has a mSATA socket. I try to buy an SSD. The HDD is too slow. It's mainly for web surfing, and work from home, occasional gaming.
The options are:
- mSATA SSD
- M.2 NVMe (not compatible I guess as it is too new)
- 2.5 inch SATA SSD
It seems mSATA SSD bargain posts are from 2014 - 2017, and no new ones. I guess mSATA SSD is out-of-date.
The PC also has PCI-Express x1 slots. I guess they are of PCIe 1.0 or 2.0. SSD will face the bottle net of PCIe 1.0 or 2.0.
So the only option is 2.5 inch SATA SSD. Am I correct?
mSATA drives are pretty old tech, they're hard to find and definitely not new.
A 2.5" SSD will be your best bang for buck anyway - but yes, your only option.