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 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 ...
ICY DOCK has teased not one, but two new add-in cards for your PC that support both PCIe Gen5 M.2 + E1.S SSDs, with both add-in cards rocking active cooling to keep those super-fast PCIe 5.0 SSDs nice ...
Asus has unveiled its Hyper M.2 X16 Gen 4 card at CES 2020. As you will have already guessed from the name this is an add-in card for storage expansion. Extra/flexible storage expansion options are ...
This forgotten motherboard feature can double your NVMe 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, ...
Many Z97 motherboards have M.2 connectors, so you can install a small yet fast SSD right onto the motherboard. Pretty convenient, isn't it? There are 2 kinds of M.2 drives - PCIe and SATA. And M.2 ...