Last time, I’ve explained everything you could want to know if you wanted to put an M.2 socket onto your board. Today, let’s build M.2 cards! There’s a myriad of M.2 sockets out there that are just ...
We’ve started designing a PCIe card last week, an adapter from M.2 E-key to E-key, that adds an extra link to the E-key slot it carries – useful for fully utilizing a few rare but fancy E-key cards.
Most of us use one or two M.2 slots on our motherboard to install NVMe SSDs, and call it a day. After all, storage is what M.2 slots are known for. However, that's not all they're compatible with. You ...
The Blazing Quad M.2 Card features a single-slot design with dual fans, an XXL aluminum cooling fin (heatsink), and thermal pads. A single 6-pin connector also powers it. That cooling might sound ...
Gigabyte has this week introduced additions to its range of hardware with the unveiling of the new Gigabyte CMT403x Series M.2 PCIe Riser Cards, designed to convert a PCI-Express gen 3.0 slot to ...
The new MSI PCIe Gen5 M.2 Expander-Z card arrives on a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot and could be one of the first PCIe 5.0-capable devices outside of NVIDIA's purported GeForce RTX 3090 Ti which should arrive in ...
Those who wish to get an extra level of performance in their NAS will usually opt for solid state drives to do so. But that does, for the most part, have the downside of occupying two or more of your ...
Apex Storage has announced the release of the X21, an add-in card (AIC) that can accommodate up to 21 PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs supporting capacities of up to 168TB and speeds of up to 31 GBps. Apex Storage ...
How much storage do you need in a single desktop PC? If your answer is “over 200 terabytes,” you might be interested in Ultran’s latest PCIe storage card. This gadget can cram an incredible 28—yes, ...