I bit obsolete even at release data. PCI-Express3.0 (x8) is 8 GB/s, what now performance of 1 PCI-E 4.0 drive.. so why to buy additional card and 2 or 4 ssd to reach in theory same speed?

ruthan:

I bit obsolete even at release data. PCI-Express3.0 (x8) is 8 GB/s, what now performance of 1 PCI-E 4.0 drive.. so why to buy additional card and 2 or 4 ssd to reach in theory same speed?

Because PCIe 3.0 drives are still sold today. And those already out there have years left of their lifetime. The same goes for motherboards and cpus with the same limitations. Is this a product for the bleeding edge user? No. Still nice for everybody else that want more performance out of an aging platform.

ruthan:

I bit obsolete even at release data. PCI-Express3.0 (x8) is 8 GB/s, what now performance of 1 PCI-E 4.0 drive.. so why to buy additional card and 2 or 4 ssd to reach in theory same speed?

Because PCIe 3.0 X8 is the worldwide standard for pro. Also the NVMe M.2 SSD work at X2 (this is also for the same reason). And i forgot to type that the company is also a pro segment company, it explain all the thing above. About the size it is to have 8 or 16 tera in mirror and with TLC at a minimal (for normal segment you will have a single 8 tera QLC... too weak for pro use).

ruthan:

I bit obsolete even at release data. PCI-Express3.0 (x8) is 8 GB/s, what now performance of 1 PCI-E 4.0 drive.. so why to buy additional card and 2 or 4 ssd to reach in theory same speed?

many applications need the storage more than they need pcie 4.0 not to mention on an ATX board you can have a few while still having a gpu for example my DAW could use the storage and be shrunk to an M-atx w/o any SATA cabling ( i like a clean build) this is also great for hardcore gamers who want massive low latency storage for their games while preserving the onboard M.2 for pcie 4.0 and the items that need the transfer speeds.