WYP
News Guru
This card can fit up to four ultra-long M.2 20110 drives operating at full speed.
Read more about ASRock's Ultra Quad M.2 card.
Read more about ASRock's Ultra Quad M.2 card.
ASRock reveals Ultra Quad M.2 card - Takes aim at ASUS
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
If only somebody could afford to populate each slot and have the correct CPU platform for this to be useful
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
Does it work with Intel SSDs only? I have 7700k and ROG 270F not sure if works?!
I would install some Corsair MP500 on it.
It should work with all PCI-e SSDs as far as I can tell.
If I had the money I'd buy this and populate all sockets with 2TB m.2 SSDs and completely remove my SATA drives entirely. Such a clean build it would be.
the problem is that you need to tell the cpu that the x16 slot is divided into 4 x4 connections, and many boards/cpu configs don't support it
AngryGoldfish
Old N Gold
True, but the market clientele for this kind of device would also be able to afford (if money was a factor, I don't know if it is) whatever motherboard supported it.
Avet
Active member
It is not that much more expensive to go with m.2 vs SSD, and the speed benefit is insane. I don't know anyone who would benefit from 4 NVME drives in RAID 0, but 4 separate NVME drives connected directly to CPU are a revelation for those who need multiple I/O operations for their workload. We always use multiple smaller drives rather than one large for music production (one for libraries, one for scratch, one for recording...) Makes things run smoother. I still don't think SATA SSDs would become obsolete in the near future, but having cable free system would be a joy.
This is still very new technology. It would need time to find proper use. But to have an option is very good.
This is still very new technology. It would need time to find proper use. But to have an option is very good.
I'd rather have some SATA drives hidden in a false floor or behind some cover, with the only hint being the SATA cable than another PCI-Card that doesn't fit to the rest of my config
so the last thing I'd call this is clean.Will it work with Z170 boards to?
Dawelio
Active member
I think only certain boards has this feature, since apparently his does. I wouldn't bet on that on a motherboard would support this though, since overall some in here seems rather unsure/skeptical about it.
