that ram should work and mSATA is not NVME.
there is an adapter you can buy to turn it into a usb drive tho.
https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-ELUTENG-Converter-Portable-External/dp/B07VP2WH73
I bought this from Amazon to install HAOS onto the hard drive. Worked great and have had no problems with HA.
And then something like this to plug into another computer:
I was considering that one, but went cheap and uncovered.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VP2WH73/
Picked up some 40GB Intel mSata drives at a local junk shop for $10 over the weekend. :)