Gigabyte releases PCIe Add-in cards that house four M2 SSDs

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/04/2018 08:55 AM | source: | 12 comment(s)

Gigabyte released the "CMT 4034" and "CMT 4032" PCIe Add-in cards that hold up to four M2 SSDs. Quite handy if you like to use just one PCIe slot and multiple M.2. SSD storage devices.

Basically, you can place four M2 SSDs. That way you can utilize and occupy just one PCIe slot, which is tied to a PCIe 3.0 x8 lanes for one model, the other can make use of an x16 PCIe Gen 3.0 slot for full bandwidth. These are low profile cards, definitely intended to be added into a server. Both cards come with metal heat spreaders. Keep in mind, your motherboard needs be able to split PCIe ports, to split an existing 16x lane or 32x lane to 8x/8x or 16x/16x and likewise. This can only be achieved with a supported BIOS if you want to split an existing lane.

Pricing was not announced.

Low profile form factor
Supports up to 2 x PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 SSD drives
Type 2280/22110 support
PCIe x8 (Gen3 x8 or x16 bus)
150 x 68.9 mm

CMT4034 - Https://B2b.Gigabyte.Com/Accessory/CMT4034-rev-10
CMT4032 - Https://B2b.Gigabyte.Com/Accessory/CMT4032-rev-10

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Fox2232
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#5562467 Posted on: 07/04/2018 09:03 AM

If they added 1/2 size version... Length is OK, but it is bit too tall for small case. Variant where one M.2 would be on each side of PCB would be welcome too.
And it would likely be smarter (cheaper) design than that 4x M.2 double decker. And that's why we need more or faster PCIe lanes... (Faster preferred as it is cheaper.)

cryohellinc
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#5562481 Posted on: 07/04/2018 09:38 AM

Handy little product for those with older mobo's too!

shamus21
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#5562486 Posted on: 07/04/2018 10:04 AM

Good idea gets over the problems with only 16 pcie lanes connected to the CPU on the z370/z390 ( 8 for GPU and 8 for the gigabyte duel m2`s ) and below and the crap DMI 3 bus limits. A very out dated Chipsets

RavenMaster
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#5562501 Posted on: 07/04/2018 11:04 AM

So do these work on any motherboard brand or just Gigabyte mobos?

carcass
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#5562508 Posted on: 07/04/2018 11:36 AM

It seems that there's no controller on the card => need bifurcation support for mobo, most likely will not work on older ones.

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