UGREEN UG-30715 PCIe 4.0(16 ) to M.2 NVMe Expansion Card

I wanted to add a new M.2 SSD to my desktop PC and had no M.2 slots left on my motherboard.
I had a spare PCIEx4 slot on the motherboard.
Purchased the UGREEN UG-30715 Expansion Card and installed the M.2 drive in it and plugged it into the motherboard slot. Turned on the PC and there was my new drive ready for initializing in Windows.

Very easy to do with simple but good instructions and it worked straight away with no issues.

The card comes with a heatsink and 2 different thickness thermal pads.
Make sure you use the correct thickness for your M.2 drive or it will not contact correctly or put pressure on the M.2 drive. Easy to eye...view more I wanted to add a new M.2 SSD to my desktop PC and had no M.2 slots left on my motherboard.
I had a spare PCIEx4 slot on the motherboard.
Purchased the UGREEN UG-30715 Expansion Card and installed the M.2 drive in it and plugged it into the motherboard slot. Turned on the PC and there was my new drive ready for initializing in Windows.

Very easy to do with simple but good instructions and it worked straight away with no issues.

The card comes with a heatsink and 2 different thickness thermal pads.
Make sure you use the correct thickness for your M.2 drive or it will not contact correctly or put pressure on the M.2 drive. Easy to eyeball before removing the plastic protectors on the thermal pads.

Pros – Good price, Easy to install, Does what it says it will do.

Cons? – When the M.2 SSD is being accessed there is a white LED on the board that flashes which is quite bright which may annoy some people could be simply fixed with a sharpie pen or similar to darken it

With expansion cards you can fit them into 16 slots even if they are less than that, and cause this card only uses 4 of the 16 the less could be snapped of and it would work perfectly, was hoping that more were used but i guess im dumb, works fine and works well got speed around 400 mbs when downloading from steam (mostly network bottleneck though) With expansion cards you can fit them into 16 slots even if they are less than that, and cause this card only uses 4 of the 16 the less could be snapped of and it would work perfectly, was hoping that more were used but i guess im dumb, works fine and works well got speed around 400 mbs when downloading from steam (mostly network bottleneck though)

Easy to plug in and works right away without the need to install drivers. Works with my 2TB NVMe SSD. Easy to plug in and works right away without the need to install drivers. Works with my 2TB NVMe SSD.

Used this to mount a ssd. Comes with heatsink, easy to install. Used this to mount a ssd. Comes with heatsink, easy to install.

By: CamP66 23/12/24

Verified Owner

Paired this with Samsung 990 EVO 1TB M.2 NVMe Internal SSD. No problems detected to keep this cool with the heatsink provided for PCIe 4.0 motherboard x16 slot. Paired this with Samsung 990 EVO 1TB M.2 NVMe Internal SSD. No problems detected to keep this cool with the heatsink provided for PCIe 4.0 motherboard x16 slot.

By: MikeyLV100 10/10/24

Verified Owner

Worked exactly as expected. Plug and play Worked exactly as expected. Plug and play

Working great, on a Dell R740 running ESXi. Working great, on a Dell R740 running ESXi.

Used this to add a Samsung SSD980 into a Dell T7610 PCIE slot using clover boot for NVME support - works like a charm! Used this to add a Samsung SSD980 into a Dell T7610 PCIE slot using clover boot for NVME support - works like a charm!

Absolutely perfect product Absolutely perfect product

Works well, do wish there was an option for a bracket to hold it though, as in an X4 slow, it's easy to dislodge, but very stable in an x16 slot. Works well, do wish there was an option for a bracket to hold it though, as in an X4 slow, it's easy to dislodge, but very stable in an x16 slot.

Put on my 1tb ssd slotted it into the pcie and worked first pop no issues Put on my 1tb ssd slotted it into the pcie and worked first pop no issues

Does exactly what it is supposed to do, easy to set up and install, highly recommend.. Does exactly what it is supposed to do, easy to set up and install, highly recommend..