According to the manufacturer, the expansion card supports PCIe 3.0 x16; https://www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/Accessories/HYPER-M-2-X16-GEN-4-CARD/techspec/
How similar is this alternative?
There are other plug-in cards with a different design and corresponding cooling.
Maybe my next one would be without a complete heat sink and I would cool each one individually, or provide it with a heat sink.
Hi
Here is an overview of the supported boards:
https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1037507/
And yes, the Z390-F Gaming is supported.
Instructions on what you need to do in the bios/driver are also included in the link.
LG
I think not. However, it could be (without guarantee) that if the Sata has never been plugged into a Sata m.2 it will be recognised. Information without guarantee.
The WD Black SN850X with heatsink can be installed in the ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 card, but there are a few things to keep in mind:
- The card comes with pre-installed 1mm thick rubber pads that are compatible with double-sided M.2 storage devices. However, if you are installing a single-sided M.2 storage device with a heatsink, you should make sure that the heatsink is not too high to ensure proper mounting and cooling.
- It is important to check the dimensions and height of the heatsink to ensure that it fits into the slots provided and does not interfere with other components of the system.
As a rule, M.2 storage devices with a heatsink should fit without any problems as long as they comply with the standard dimensions (e.g. 2280, 2260, 2242) and the heatsink is not too large. However, it is advisable to check the specific dimensions of the heatsink and the card before installation.
Looks like this card doesn't work properly in PCIe v.3 machines with old am3 socket CPUs (FX9000, Athlon and friends) - I have installed 3 such cards with 2 NVME sticks in each, and only one stick in each card is recognized, no matter what positions inside the card I use. All Windoze, Linux and Solaris kernels tried in 2 machines (Gigabyte and Asus mboards)
Is it worth finally buying a more modern mboard with PCIe4 slots, or I'll end up again with 1 stick per card? Any success stories are welcome
In order for the BIOS and then also the operating system to recognise and address all possible 4 NVME M.2 SSDs installed on the adapter,
firstly, there must be a PCIe x16 slot on the mainboard that is effectively connected with 16 physical PCIe lanes.
Secondly, this slot must be able to be set in the BIOS to use 4x4x4x4 lanes.
The "magic word" here is bifurcation.
PCIe bifurcation allows a PCIe slot (e.g. a x16 slot) to be divided into smaller blocks (e.g. 4x4x4x4) with regard to the available lanes.
In this way, 4 SSDs can be addressed in a slot connected with 16 physical PCIe lanes,
where an NVME M.2 SSD occupies 4 physical lanes.
Whether a mainboard allows/supports bifurcation for one/more PCIe slot/s can be found in the specification of the mainboard.
Hello Hugo,
unfortunately not possible...
The Ryzen processors and mainboards have too few PCIe lanes (24 lanes - 4 for chipset -4 for NVME -16 for graphics card).
Digitec description for your mainboard:
"Two PCIe 4.0 slots in x16 format are available for graphics cards, which are directly connected to the Ryzen 3000 processor via a total of 16 PCIe 4.0 lanes".
You can assign 8 lanes to your graphics card and 2x 4 lanes to the second slot (PCIe bifurcation), so you could equip the card with 2x SSD.
LG
