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ASRock introduces Quad M2 PCIe SSD add-in card (with active cooling)
If you have a need for 'moar' M2 SSDs, perhaps this is a solution for you? ASRock is about to release a Ultra Quad M.2 card. It can hold four NVMe M2 SSDs, with the ability to place it into a VROC RAID configuration.
The x16 Gen 3 PCI Express add-in card can hold four x4 Gen 3 M2 units of up-to 10cm. If you worry about power, not an issue here either, as the card is fed with a 6-pin PEG power connector. Inside you'll notice a number of things, the M2 cards are cooled with small thermal pads towards the heatsink, but also some active cooling is present in the form of a fan. The unit is VROC compatible, but that does require an expensive activation key from Intel.
- PCIe Gen 3 x16 interface
- Supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 PCI Express module Gen3 x4 32Gb/s
- Supports Intel® VROC technology
- Fully support Intel® latest NVMe M.2 SSD
- Variable speed cooling fan
- ASRock Ultra Quad M.2 Card Utility
Supports up to 4 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe M.2 SSDs on AMD X399 platform and Virtual RAID on CPU (VROC) technology on Intel® X299 platform. Allows you to create a bootable RAID array with up to 4 M.2 SSDs. The 11-cm-long thermal pad is able to fully cover every NAND flash on M.2 SSD, transferring heat generated by the high-speed M.2 SSD onto the aluminum cover.
The ASRock Ultra Quad M.2 Card will cost roughly 79 EUR/USD.
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#5510721 Posted on: 01/15/2018 04:13 AM
The 6 Pin connector is an unnecessary sales pitch, NVme SSD's never draw more than 10w, usually less than 5w. It's like those sales pitches for 2 x 8pin graphics cards for a GTX 1080 that draws 180w.
Conflating power plugs with performance.
The 6 Pin connector is an unnecessary sales pitch, NVme SSD's never draw more than 10w, usually less than 5w. It's like those sales pitches for 2 x 8pin graphics cards for a GTX 1080 that draws 180w.
Conflating power plugs with performance.
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#5510725 Posted on: 01/15/2018 05:47 AM
The 6 Pin connector is an unnecessary sales pitch, NVme SSD's never draw more than 10w, usually less than 5w. It's like those sales pitches for 2 x 8pin graphics cards for a GTX 1080 that draws 180w.
Conflating power plugs with performance.
Yes because a 6 pin is gonna raise the price that much more, and be the selling gimmick they need. SMDH.
IM not even gonna get into about dual 8 pins being a sales pitch for a 1080. Nice bait.
The 6 Pin connector is an unnecessary sales pitch, NVme SSD's never draw more than 10w, usually less than 5w. It's like those sales pitches for 2 x 8pin graphics cards for a GTX 1080 that draws 180w.
Conflating power plugs with performance.
Yes because a 6 pin is gonna raise the price that much more, and be the selling gimmick they need. SMDH.
IM not even gonna get into about dual 8 pins being a sales pitch for a 1080. Nice bait.
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#5510746 Posted on: 01/15/2018 10:02 AM
I allready had a PCI express 3.0 16x Card that can Mount 4 NVME SSD since January 2017. It costed 400 usd but it is Motherboard agnostic, i believe, as it has a splitter chip on it. So Motherboard doesnt Need to Support squat.
Here it is:
http://amfeltec.com/products/pci-express-gen-3-carrier-board-for-4-m-2-ssd-modules/
I allready had a PCI express 3.0 16x Card that can Mount 4 NVME SSD since January 2017. It costed 400 usd but it is Motherboard agnostic, i believe, as it has a splitter chip on it. So Motherboard doesnt Need to Support squat.
Here it is:
http://amfeltec.com/products/pci-express-gen-3-carrier-board-for-4-m-2-ssd-modules/
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#5512654 Posted on: 01/20/2018 11:06 PM
Selling the same stuff Asus charges for double... ahah I guess Asustek made their biggest mistake when the spin off AR
Selling the same stuff Asus charges for double... ahah I guess Asustek made their biggest mistake when the spin off AR

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Cool hmmm, good point I will check it out first for sure. Thanks for the heads up and info.