ASUS has simply outed its new Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card, which is able to taking over 4 x M.2 SSDs that can use the whole bandwidth supplied by the super-fast Gen5 x16 slot in your appropriate motherboard. It boasts a boatload of velocity, and it is low cost as chips.
4The brand new ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card (supply: ASUS)
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The brand new ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card can deal with as much as 512Gbps (64GB/sec) of bandwidth when the 4 x M.2 SSDs are put in into the enlargement card, and you have RAID0 enabled. You possibly can’t get this velocity with any previous drives, as you will want next-gen M.2 SSDs which are able to pumping out 16GB/sec by way of every drive… see, we advised you this wasn’t going to be simple.
Nonetheless, ASUS is making its new Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card appropriate with a number of M.2 kind components together with 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110. It is also backward appropriate, which means you’ll be able to chuck PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs into it, or you’ll be able to await these next-gen PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSDs that crank as much as 16GB/sec every so you’ll be able to meet that juicy most bandwidth of 64GB/sec. Not that you simply’d want that in a gaming system, that’s.
All of that velocity comes at a price: you will want an exterior 6-pin PCIe energy connector to energy all 4 of the SSDs that you simply’d set up. Every of the person drives is then able to taking 14W of energy, says ASUS. You additionally needn’t use them in RAID0, RAID1, or any RAID array… you’ll be able to simply set up them to function individually if that is what you want.
4The brand new ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card (supply: ASUS)
ASUS is utilizing an lively cooling system inside its new Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card, with the cooling system itself protecting the whole board, all whereas holding it in a skinny single-slot design. ASUS even offers a button on the rear of the Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card, so to disable the lively fan if you’d like silent operation.
4Look ma, 64GB/sec of SSD bandwidth goodness! (supply: ASUS)
As we mentioned earlier than, this is not for a gaming PC… first off, you’d have to have a spare PCIe 5.0 x16 slot to make the most of the complete 64GB/sec of bandwidth — in addition to some not-yet-released Gen5 SSDs able to pumping 16GB/sec per SSD — however, for workstation and HEDT programs, the brand new Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card is sort of the purchase. Particularly when it is simply $79.
For customers of HEDT (high-end desktop) programs, together with the AMD TRX40 and X299 programs, in addition to the Intel W690, Z790, W790, and even the gaming-focused AMD X670 and B650 motherboards, the brand new ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card may catch your eye.
Word: the brand new ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card on an Intel Z690 or Intel Z790 motherboard solely helps 2 x drives when put in, however the AMD X670 can deal with the complete 4 x SSDs when positioned into the Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 enlargement card. When you’re after a full listing of ASUS motherboards which are appropriate, examine this hyperlink out.
