ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 3.0 X4 Expansion Card V2 Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Upto 128 Gbps for Intel VROC and AMD Ryzen Threadripper NVMe Raid

You must configure Bios for your PC to recognise how many cards are mounted in it Look for references to channels or 4x4x4x4 in the PCie section of Bios if you aren't seeing all the cards

As the software keeps bloating the packaged data exponentially our storage needs have to blindly follow. This card enables one to add four M2 format disks to your desktop without having to go back to university. I am considering purchasing another one and putting it in a Thunderbolt enclosure. Best hardware buy for quite some time!

I populated the card with 3x NVMe drives, but only drive in the first slot is working the rest are not present in the system or BIOS. Tested on Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master and Asrock X99 Extreme 4 - X99.

Old tech made new, step backwards

冷却と見た目の目的で購入。 M/B側で、PCI-E x16スロットの設定を、x16 → x4,x4,x4,x4に変更できないと、 使用できませんので要注意です。 ちなみにx8 → x4,x4とした場合は、No1とNo2のみ認識し、No3とNo4は認識しません。 BIOSで設定できない場合は、No1のみ認識します。 あとPCI-Eのレーン数も影響するので、注意を。

Can't go wrong with this if you want to add more nvme storage to your PC. Awesome build quality and pretty much requires zero configuration besides enabling NVME RAID MODE in the BIOS (depending on your motherboard).

Good product

The ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 V2 is a fantastic way to add four high-speed NVMe drives to a server build. It’s well-built and features a massive heatsink and fan to prevent thermal throttling. However, this card does not have an onboard RAID chip; it relies on PCIe Bifurcation. If your motherboard cannot split an x16 slot into x4/x4/x4/x4, you will only see one drive. When supported, the performance is incredible, but do your homework on your specific motherboard compatibility before buying.

There seems to be a lot of misinformation about this card and I hope that my experience will help to clear up some of the thud! Note that I am not using Intel or other supported drives so I will not cover VROC here and my aim with this card was to simply add some additional NVME drives to my system. Firstly, for this card to work with more than one drive you will need a motherboard & a version of BIOS that supports PCI Bifurcation. I'm using this card in a Maximus X Hero (Wifi-AC) Z370 motherboard with BIOS 2203 (2019/10/17). The Maximus X Hero supports PCI Bifurcation on PCIEX16/8_1 or PCIEX8_2. As I'm using a discrete GPU in the first slot I have the Hyper M.2 card plugged into PCIEX8_2. PCI Bifurcation "splits" the x8 slot into 2 x4, thus supporting 2 x NVME drives. If I was not using a discrete GPU then I would be able to support 4 x NVME drives in my system. If you need to support 4 drives and a discrete CPU then you'll need X299 or an NVME carrier card with a PLX chip such as the one's from HighPoint $$$! My GPU is now running at x8 not x16 due to the limited PCI Express lanes on Z370. I also have an Asus PCE-AC88 Wifi card connected to the system along with NVME drives in each of the two motherboard M.2 slots. As other reviews have covered, the build quality of the card is simply excellent, basically it's a large, very nicely machined aluminium heatsink. I have the internal fan disabled as it can be a little noisy but I also don't find that it is required. I live in Asia with an ambient temperature of over 30 Degrees yet my Intel 660p and Adata SX8200 Pro peak at 46 degrees. Overall this is a fantastic card for adding additional drives to systems that support PCI Bifurcation!