More than three years ago, Asus introduced the Hyper M.2 x16 card, which is now getting a new generation. It bears a name Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 and now supports the insertion of 4 SSDs on the currently fastest version of the PCIe 5.0 bus. The card is inserted into the PCI-Express x16 slot, so it takes up the space of the graphics card. If you put it in a shorter slot, the missing lines would not mean a reduction in speed, but that some SSDs would not be accessible (each SSD takes 4 lines from the PCIe x16 slot).
As a result, this means that at full capacity you can achieve a massive transfer speed of up to 512 Gb/s (64 GB/s), while this is a theoretical value and the practical one will probably be a bit lower. The card supports M.2 SSD formats from size 2242 to 2260, the traditional 2280 and can even handle 22110. The manufacturer has not forgotten about the additional power supply with a 6-pin connector in case the standard power supply via the PCIe slot is not enough. There is also active cooling with the help of a small fan. The card itself has dimensions of 29×12.2×1.5 cm. As for the price, it should be $79.99.
2023-10-13 15:48:02
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