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product_id: 10211320
title: "DT-120 M.2 Interface Card and Adapter – Accessory (PCIe, M.2, Low Profile, -40 – 80°C)"
brand: "lycom"
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# PCIe 3.0 x4 high-speed interface Supports multiple M.2 SSD sizes (42/60/80mm) Industrial temp range -40 to 85°C DT-120 M.2 Interface Card and Adapter – Accessory (PCIe, M.2, Low Profile, -40 – 80°C)

**Brand:** lycom
**Price:** € 53.13
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Upgrade your rig with the DT-120 — where speed meets simplicity!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** DT-120 M.2 Interface Card and Adapter – Accessory (PCIe, M.2, Low Profile, -40 – 80°C) by lycom
- **How much does it cost?** € 53.13 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- lycom enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted lycom brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** No drivers needed—works seamlessly on Windows, Mac, and Linux OS.
- • **Low Profile, High Impact:** Compact design with included low-profile bracket fits any desktop build.
- • **Blazing PCIe 3.0 x4 Speed:** Unlock ultra-fast SSD performance with full 39Gbps bandwidth.
- • **Rock-Solid Industrial Grade:** Operates reliably from -40°C to 85°C for demanding environments.
- • **Versatile M.2 Compatibility:** Fits 2242, 2260, and 2280 M.2 PCIe SSDs with easy adjustable mounting.

## Overview

The Lycom DT-120 is a PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 NGFF SSD adapter card designed for 'M' key PCIe SSDs, supporting multiple SSD lengths (42mm, 60mm, 80mm) and backward compatible with PCIe Gen1/2/3 motherboards. It features a low-profile form factor, industrial temperature tolerance (-40 to 85°C), and requires no drivers, ensuring effortless installation and broad OS compatibility. Ideal for professionals seeking a reliable, high-speed storage upgrade with hassle-free setup.

## Description

This PCIe 3.0 x4 Host Adapter for M.2 NGFF PCIe SSD allows the M.2 (PCIe) to be installed onto the standard PCI Express slot in the main board. It is designed to work only with 'M' key M.2 PCIe SSD such as Samsung XP941 SSD. Not compatible with a 'B' key M.2 PCIe x2 SSD or 'B' key M.2 SATA SSD. Features: o Convert M.2 NGFF PCIe based SSD to work in main board PCIe x4 bus slot o PCI Express 3.0 x4 Lane Host adapter o Supports PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen2 M.2 NGFF 80mm, 60mm, 42mm SSD o M.2 NGFF type 2280-D5-M connector on board o Movable M.2 NGFF stand-off and multiple plated-holes supports type 2280, 2260 and 2242 SSD o Supports PCIe 1.0 ,PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 motherboard o Supports dual-sided SSD module 1.5mm component height on the top and bottom side o Compliant with 39Gbps PCI Express 3.0 o Pin header on board for drive LED connection o Low Profile PCIe Form Factor o Regular size PCIe bracket on board and Low Profile bracket included o Transparent to the operating system and no driver required o Supports any OS like Windows, Mac and Linux o Supports industrial operating temperature range: -40 - 85 ºC o M.2 PCIe SSD power from PCIe bus slot 3.3V o Fully RoHS compliant *** M.2 SATA based SSD CANNOT work with this PCIe based Adapter

Review: Installed Lycom DT-120 PCIe 2.0x4 Adapter + Samsung 950 Pro 512GB PCIe NVMe into new DELL XPS 8900 Special Edition - The installation was easy and flawless! The CrystalDiskMark test results and app performance....priceless (see pictures below)!! This is a real worth while upgrade! Caveats: ------------ -- Made No Changes to DELL BIOS settings! -- Ran CrystalDriveMark benchmarks on full up system (116 background processes and 83GB of drive C: populated with OS and Apps) but with anti-virus and firewall switched: OFF -- Installed Samsung Magician 4.9.5 (it uses 10% unallocated space). The jury is out on this since Rapid disk is not supported for this device. -- Drive C: is UEFI by Acronis partition restore noted below. Instructions and/or recommendations: --------------------------------------------------- 1. Run CrystalDriveMark (free download: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html) and benchmark the existing drive C:. save the results!! 2. Download the Samsung NVMe Driver first from Samsung site: [...] 3. Make an image backup of current Boot drive (in my case the LITEON M.2 OEM SSD). I used Acronis TI 2016 (all partitions), 4. Shutdown system, unplug and open case (one screw), if you have a non-Boot HDD plugged into SATA-0, move it to another free SATA port (this is just insurance), 5. Assemble NVRe SSD onto the Lycom PCIe 3.0 adapter. Secure with included screw (it fits just fine), 6. Install the PCIe Storage assembly into one of the free PCIe 3.0x4 slot (I used the unused 16-bit slot but you can use the free short slot too), 7. Plug in system and power-up, 8. Press F2 to get into DELL BIOS setup. check the MOBOard slots and make sure Mass Storage device is populating a slot (should be OK) 9. Restart the system. You should get a system notice to GPT initialize the new NVRe SSD, initialize it. 10. Now is a good time to install the Samsung 950 Pro NVRe driver you downloaded previously, 11.Check Disks in the device manager. You should see the new Samsung NVRe device and it should be working, 12. I created the needed partitions on the Samsung NVRe SSD using "Minitool Partition Wizard FREE", they are as follows: Partition #1: FAT32, Size 500MB, No Label (this is the EFI system partition) Partition# 2: NTFS, Size 462GB, Label "OS" Partition# 3: NTFS, Size 450MB, Label "WINRETOOLS" partition# 4: NTFS, Size 12.7GB, Label "Image" !!!! DON'T USE DRIVE LETTERS !!!! Select none for new partition drive letters 13. From within Windows 10 (pro), startup Acronis TI 2016 and perform a full restore from OEM LITEON SSD to Samsung 950 Pro NVRe. I did this from OEM SSD because it had the new Samsung NVRe driver installed after Image backup was performed. 14. When restore is completed, shut down system, unplug system power, ground yourself, open case (if not opened), remove Nvidia Card and power connector, 15: Remove the OEM LITEON SSD by removing m.2 small screw to MOBOard, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENT BOOT FROM OEM SSD! 16. Reinstall Nvidia card and power connector and bracket, 17. Plug system power back in and power up. The 1st boot will take a little while, 18. If all goes well...you'll be at the Windows 10 logon prompt. 19. Re-install the case cover. Attached images: --My system overview (using speccy) --Before CrystalDiskMark benchmark result --After CrystalDiskInfo result --After CrystalDiskMark Result
Review: Low price and high quality - product works well and no frustrations with tiny parts (which other brands tend to have) - This card is cheaper than a number of fancier brands out there and is the third one I have used now - the cheapest out of the three I tried and the best one. Mainly because it simply does the job (used it for cloning two Samsung SSDs so far with the Samsung ), and importantly the SSD can be fastened by just using a simple nut to screw it in place onto the card. Several more expensive brands have a whole array of tiny nuts and bolts that nobody with normal hands can handle and achieve anything with (I threw the two other cards I purchased in the trash for this reason). The manufacturers have used common sense and despite the low price tag made a card that is easy to use and works well. So can fully recommend this.

## Features

- Lycom DT-120 M.2 NGFF PCIe based SSD works in main board PCIe x4 bus slot
- PCI Express 3.0 x4 Lane Host adapter
- Supports PCIe Gen3 and PCIe Gen2 M.2 NGFF 80mm, 60mm, 42mm SSD
- Supports PCIe 1.0 ,PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 motherboard
- Note: this adapter is only for 'M' key M.2 PCIe SSD such as Samsung XP941 SSD. Not compatible with a 'B' key M.2 PCIe x2 SSD or 'B' key M.2 SATA SSD.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00MYCQP38 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #166 in Computer Memory Card Adapters #318 in Internal Computer Networking Cards |
| Brand | Lycom |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (361) |
| Hardware Interface | PCI, PCIE x 4 |
| Item Weight | 0.11 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | LyCOM |
| Model Number | DT-120 |
| Operating System | Linux |
| Style Name | Modern |
| UPC | 616913154107 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Lycom
- **Compatible Devices:** Desktop
- **Hardware Interface:** PCI, PCIE x 4
- **Item Weight:** 0.11 Kilograms
- **Style:** Modern

## Images

![DT-120 M.2 Interface Card and Adapter – Accessory (PCIe, M.2, Low Profile, -40 – 80°C) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71D8E4QB1eL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: i have a asrock z87 extreme4 . this adapter works with sm951 nvme or 950 pro as a boot drive ?**
A: The Samsung 950 PRO NVME M.2 SSD has a semi-hidden boot-as-SATA-disk support in their firmware. This allows the Samsung SSD models with this (difficult to identify) feature to be used as a boot disk on Windows 10 systems (with native NVME drivers) ... even if the BIOS lacks native NVME boot support.
I have a HP z420, which also lacks NVME BIOS boot support, but I was able to use this workaround ... and the enhanced boot-as-SATA firmware on the Samsung 950 Pro to properly boot the M2 SSD.

**Q: What slots would this card be compatable with?**
A: The card will fit into your PC's motherboard into one of your empty PCIe slots.  It is a PCIe x4 card, where x4 tells you how long of a PCIe slot you need.  The shortest slot that you can have is a PCIe x1 slot (most motherboards have one or more of these) and this card won't fit in that.  But any longer PCIe slot that you might have will most likely fit this card, since I am not aware of any slots being x2, and anything else will work (x4, x8 or x16).  If you still have the PC or motherboard manual look inside the PC and compare the slots to what you see on the manual's slot list.On the other end the adapter is designed to accept an M.2 form-factor device.  I bought this Lycom adapter to connect to an NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) with M.2 connector.  Just check in the device's description that it is M.2 PCIe.  I am not very familiar with M.2, but on Wikipedia I see that there are different keying notches on the connector for different types of M.2 modules.

**Q: Are those removable screws on the bracket? I would need to change to half-height.**
A: Each DT-120 comes with a spare half-height bracket as well.  This can be interchanged with the full height bracket by simply removing the screws, then switching the bracket, and putting the screws back.

**Q: I heard these could use a heatsink or they will get slowed down (due to overheating), how's your experience?**
A: It's more "socket maker" or "port extension" than card it seems to me. So it probably depends upon what you put in it. I'm using it with a 500GB SM951 NVMe and haven't noticed it getting hot or slowing, but I did point a small fan at it just to be nice.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Installed Lycom DT-120 PCIe 2.0x4 Adapter + Samsung 950 Pro 512GB PCIe NVMe into new DELL XPS 8900 Special Edition
*by T***K on February 22, 2016*

The installation was easy and flawless! The CrystalDiskMark test results and app performance....priceless (see pictures below)!! This is a real worth while upgrade! Caveats: ------------ -- Made No Changes to DELL BIOS settings! -- Ran CrystalDriveMark benchmarks on full up system (116 background processes and 83GB of drive C: populated with OS and Apps) but with anti-virus and firewall switched: OFF -- Installed Samsung Magician 4.9.5 (it uses 10% unallocated space). The jury is out on this since Rapid disk is not supported for this device. -- Drive C: is UEFI by Acronis partition restore noted below. Instructions and/or recommendations: --------------------------------------------------- 1. Run CrystalDriveMark (free download: http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html) and benchmark the existing drive C:. save the results!! 2. Download the Samsung NVMe Driver first from Samsung site: [...] 3. Make an image backup of current Boot drive (in my case the LITEON M.2 OEM SSD). I used Acronis TI 2016 (all partitions), 4. Shutdown system, unplug and open case (one screw), if you have a non-Boot HDD plugged into SATA-0, move it to another free SATA port (this is just insurance), 5. Assemble NVRe SSD onto the Lycom PCIe 3.0 adapter. Secure with included screw (it fits just fine), 6. Install the PCIe Storage assembly into one of the free PCIe 3.0x4 slot (I used the unused 16-bit slot but you can use the free short slot too), 7. Plug in system and power-up, 8. Press F2 to get into DELL BIOS setup. check the MOBOard slots and make sure Mass Storage device is populating a slot (should be OK) 9. Restart the system. You should get a system notice to GPT initialize the new NVRe SSD, initialize it. 10. Now is a good time to install the Samsung 950 Pro NVRe driver you downloaded previously, 11.Check Disks in the device manager. You should see the new Samsung NVRe device and it should be working, 12. I created the needed partitions on the Samsung NVRe SSD using "Minitool Partition Wizard FREE", they are as follows: Partition #1: FAT32, Size 500MB, No Label (this is the EFI system partition) Partition# 2: NTFS, Size 462GB, Label "OS" Partition# 3: NTFS, Size 450MB, Label "WINRETOOLS" partition# 4: NTFS, Size 12.7GB, Label "Image" !!!! DON'T USE DRIVE LETTERS !!!! Select none for new partition drive letters 13. From within Windows 10 (pro), startup Acronis TI 2016 and perform a full restore from OEM LITEON SSD to Samsung 950 Pro NVRe. I did this from OEM SSD because it had the new Samsung NVRe driver installed after Image backup was performed. 14. When restore is completed, shut down system, unplug system power, ground yourself, open case (if not opened), remove Nvidia Card and power connector, 15: Remove the OEM LITEON SSD by removing m.2 small screw to MOBOard, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENT BOOT FROM OEM SSD! 16. Reinstall Nvidia card and power connector and bracket, 17. Plug system power back in and power up. The 1st boot will take a little while, 18. If all goes well...you'll be at the Windows 10 logon prompt. 19. Re-install the case cover. Attached images: --My system overview (using speccy) --Before CrystalDiskMark benchmark result --After CrystalDiskInfo result --After CrystalDiskMark Result

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Low price and high quality - product works well and no frustrations with tiny parts (which other brands tend to have)
*by B***L on October 22, 2017*

This card is cheaper than a number of fancier brands out there and is the third one I have used now - the cheapest out of the three I tried and the best one. Mainly because it simply does the job (used it for cloning two Samsung SSDs so far with the Samsung ), and importantly the SSD can be fastened by just using a simple nut to screw it in place onto the card. Several more expensive brands have a whole array of tiny nuts and bolts that nobody with normal hands can handle and achieve anything with (I threw the two other cards I purchased in the trash for this reason). The manufacturers have used common sense and despite the low price tag made a card that is easy to use and works well. So can fully recommend this.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works as advertised on m-keyed Samsung PM951
*by T***G on May 31, 2016*

I am so embarrassed by what I did with this thing. I have a bunch of new Dell OptiPlex machines that run Windows 7 and Samsung NVME SSDs, which is a combination that probably shouldn't exist, but it does. The issue is that few conventional imaging tools support NVME drives yet, so... what to do? Answer? Buy a PCIe riser cable and hang this adapter outside a computer and then start loading disk images from within Windows 7. Yeah, you have to power off the machine to swap drives, but that's a lot less hassle than alternatives. No, you don't need a PCIe riser cable, but having this card sitting on the desk is a lot more convenient than constantly installing & removing it from the computer. It works, and works great on all the Samsung PM951 drives I've got. There are no drivers that come with this card and that initially threw me. The tiny little instruction sheet very clearly says to go get the hotfix from Microsoft. You have to give them your email address and they will send you back a link to the "untested hotfix." I've tried this combination on three PCs and all three worked fine, so it seems pretty reliable. Bottom line is this card allowed me to start buying PCs with NVME drives before formally moving to Windows 10 which is a big deal. Very happy with this purchase so far.

## Frequently Bought Together

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