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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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#5510141 Posted on: 01/12/2018 06:09 PM
Interesting... mind you i didn't think m.2's really got that hot and could be cooled with a simple fin stack.
Though i wonder if there will be bandwidth issues, or if this would soak the bandwidth away from say GPU's
Interesting... mind you i didn't think m.2's really got that hot and could be cooled with a simple fin stack.
Though i wonder if there will be bandwidth issues, or if this would soak the bandwidth away from say GPU's
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#5510149 Posted on: 01/12/2018 06:25 PM
What to expect from this, well you can check similar product from Asus,it is mind blowing
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What to expect from this, well you can check similar product from Asus,it is mind blowing
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#5510286 Posted on: 01/13/2018 12:15 AM
A really brilliant idea behind the product , With nm advancements and PCIE 4.0 , I am awaitng PCIE 4.0 Raid configuration which will produce hysteric benchmarks.
A really brilliant idea behind the product , With nm advancements and PCIE 4.0 , I am awaitng PCIE 4.0 Raid configuration which will produce hysteric benchmarks.
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#5510420 Posted on: 01/13/2018 01:34 PM
Interesting... mind you i didn't think m.2's really got that hot and could be cooled with a simple fin stack.
Though i wonder if there will be bandwidth issues, or if this would soak the bandwidth away from say GPU's
Technicaly it is not that hot
, exept in a really not improved ventilation (low cost tuning chassis) or heavy charge server, passive cooling could be enough.
But there is even WC for m2 now...
Anyway Cooler is always better... so why not ? and this one is a nice looking one.
Interesting... mind you i didn't think m.2's really got that hot and could be cooled with a simple fin stack.
Though i wonder if there will be bandwidth issues, or if this would soak the bandwidth away from say GPU's
Technicaly it is not that hot
, exept in a really not improved ventilation (low cost tuning chassis) or heavy charge server, passive cooling could be enough.But there is even WC for m2 now...
Anyway Cooler is always better... so why not
? and this one is a nice looking one.
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#5510431 Posted on: 01/13/2018 02:54 PM
This is something that got my interest for future. All depending how many Pcie lanes Zen+ gives.
And i don´t think the prize is that bad either.
This is something that got my interest for future. All depending how many Pcie lanes Zen+ gives.
And i don´t think the prize is that bad either.
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#5510437 Posted on: 01/13/2018 03:26 PM
"Very nice!!". Now to find out what threadripper 2 is going to deliver and this bad boy might be part of a New build.
"Very nice!!". Now to find out what threadripper 2 is going to deliver and this bad boy might be part of a New build.
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#5510442 Posted on: 01/13/2018 03:57 PM
This doesn't work in a 8 electrical/16 mechanical slot, for that you would need a highpoint SSD7101 which has a PLX chip inside to convert 8 PCIe (electrical) to 4x 4PCIe but at a cost (€ 400).
With EPYC which has so many PCIe it wouldn't be a problem.
This doesn't work in a 8 electrical/16 mechanical slot, for that you would need a highpoint SSD7101 which has a PLX chip inside to convert 8 PCIe (electrical) to 4x 4PCIe but at a cost (€ 400).
With EPYC which has so many PCIe it wouldn't be a problem.
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#5510531 Posted on: 01/14/2018 12:08 AM
Nice, this looks awesome! So here is a question : I have a MSI X399 mobo , 1950X Threadripper all setup with the NVMe RAID update( by BIOS and driver ), can I add this card in and RAID1 two sets SSD NVMe M.2s and run another set of two SSD NVMe M.2s in regular mode(so use all 4 slots)? Basically the add in card will add a new pool of 4 NVMe's M.2s to my system and let the mobo control them in RAID or how ever else I want?
If I can use my RAID on the mobo to config this card I will get this for sure and remove the NVMe's M.2s off my mobo. Thanks for the heads up on the new tech.
Found this: https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=ULTRA%20QUAD%20M.2%20CARD * so it looks like that is a yes! *
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."
Nice, this looks awesome! So here is a question : I have a MSI X399 mobo , 1950X Threadripper all setup with the NVMe RAID update( by BIOS and driver ), can I add this card in and RAID1 two sets SSD NVMe M.2s and run another set of two SSD NVMe M.2s in regular mode(so use all 4 slots)? Basically the add in card will add a new pool of 4 NVMe's M.2s to my system and let the mobo control them in RAID or how ever else I want?
If I can use my RAID on the mobo to config this card I will get this for sure and remove the NVMe's M.2s off my mobo. Thanks for the heads up on the new tech.
Found this: https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=ULTRA%20QUAD%20M.2%20CARD * so it looks like that is a yes! *
"Bootable M.2 RAID Support
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."
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#5510560 Posted on: 01/14/2018 08:19 AM
Nice, this looks awesome! So here is a question : I have a MSI X399 mobo , 1950X Threadripper all setup with the NVMe RAID update( by BIOS and driver ), can I add this card in and RAID1 two sets SSD NVMe M.2s and run another set of two SSD NVMe M.2s in regular mode(so use all 4 slots)? Basically the add in card will add a new pool of 4 NVMe's M.2s to my system and let the mobo control them in RAID or how ever else I want?
If I can use my RAID on the mobo to config this card I will get this for sure and remove the NVMe's M.2s off my mobo. Thanks for the heads up on the new tech.
Found this: https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=ULTRA QUAD M.2 CARD * so it looks like that is a yes! *
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."
As far as i know, with Asus card you need to have mobo support. Mobo needs to be able to split X16 in to 4 X4 virtually, that needs to be done in bios, i am not sure about Asrock solution but i suspect it is similar, so double check everything before you pull the trigger
Nice, this looks awesome! So here is a question : I have a MSI X399 mobo , 1950X Threadripper all setup with the NVMe RAID update( by BIOS and driver ), can I add this card in and RAID1 two sets SSD NVMe M.2s and run another set of two SSD NVMe M.2s in regular mode(so use all 4 slots)? Basically the add in card will add a new pool of 4 NVMe's M.2s to my system and let the mobo control them in RAID or how ever else I want?
If I can use my RAID on the mobo to config this card I will get this for sure and remove the NVMe's M.2s off my mobo. Thanks for the heads up on the new tech.
Found this: https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.asp?Model=ULTRA QUAD M.2 CARD * so it looks like that is a yes! *
"Bootable M.2 RAID Support
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."
As far as i know, with Asus card you need to have mobo support. Mobo needs to be able to split X16 in to 4 X4 virtually, that needs to be done in bios, i am not sure about Asrock solution but i suspect it is similar, so double check everything before you pull the trigger
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#5510565 Posted on: 01/14/2018 09:04 AM
Cool hmmm, good point I will check it out first for sure. Thanks for the heads up and info.
As far as i know, with Asus card you need to have mobo support. Mobo needs to be able to split X16 in to 4 X4 virtually, that needs to be done in bios, i am not sure about Asrock solution but i suspect it is similar, so double check everything before you pull the trigger
Cool hmmm, good point I will check it out first for sure. Thanks for the heads up and info.
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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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"The ASRock Ultra Quad M.2 Card will cost roughly 79 EUR/USD." For that price, I think I'll get 3 of them