Passive adapters like the linked one cannot convert a PCIe (NVMe is a strict subset of PCIe, though non-NVMe PCIe drives are basically gone from the market now) drive to SATA, so the m.2 slot is ...

Addonics Technologies today announced a family of high speed duplicators that make multiple copies of mSATA SSDs, 2.5-inch SATA HDD/SSDs or micro SATA drives from a single master drive.

So remember that the regular Renice X3 mSATA comes in a blister package with no adapter, no sturdy retail package, and no conformal coating when considering the price difference with the K3VLAR SSDs.

The RunCore T50 mSATA SATA III drive only uses four flash chips so it is at a disadvantage in some tests even though the chips are denser than what we'd see on a 2.5" drive with up to sixteen chips.

One accessory that I think everyone should purchase is an mSATA to SATA adapter bracket. MyDigitalDiscount sells high quality adapters for $24.99, but you can find low quality versions on Amazon ...

However, mPCIe utilizes the same PCI Express signals used by desktop expansion cards (e.g., graphics adapters), while mSATA uses the SATA storage interface employed by SSDs and hard drives (Figs ...

Supporting 1.5 Gb/s and 3.0 Gb/s transfer rates (peaking at half the speed of existing SATA), mSATA is intended for drives that are roughly the size of a business card. Check out that lead shot.