You should try that u.2 adapter in a system with a 2.5 drive backplane that supports both SATA and NVMe drives. It might work with both m.2 slots populated. It might have failed for you because the pci slot carrier board doesn’t have a SATA controller on it to drive the SATA pins on the drive connectors
Likely yes. There was little to no microchips on the adapter which might be part the challenge. But I presumed there was a microchip that only let one or the other interface run at once - or as you said it might just need a system that supports both SATA and the NVMe protocol. I am quite happy with the NVMe performance in this adapter, and I have tried a few different configurations. I tested 4x 256GB Samsung PM991a NVMes that I picked up really cheap - RAID 0 configuration and that netted ~9100MB/s Read and 4700MB/s Write. I don't actually own enough of the SATA M.2 SSDs to get a meaningful test done but I would like to think the adapter would work with both interfaces with the right setup. I would like to test PCIe 4.0 performance but I don't have a motherboard or decent Gen 4 NVMes on hand that can achieve that at the moment.
These looks like quad nvme carrier board but with 8639 connector instead , those smaller pcie quad m2 birficiation carrier board should work the same ( if you using regular m.2 instead of u.2 drive )
There are many quad M.2 NVMe adapters, but honestly I haven't really seen anything like this quad adapter. The U.2 (SFF-8639) connector makes it quite versatile. I have only found two quad cards like it - both in the video description. I believe it is just the longer version of the single or double U.2 to PCIe adapters that are quite common (well for a less common connector type anyhow). But in my initial testing this adapter was the fastest of the four quad adapters that I tested, and I would like to see it's performance on a PCIe Gen 4 capable motherboard. I managed to get higher read and write speeds from the same NVMe RAID 0 pool in a different system (HP Z8 G4; ~12000MB/s read and ~9500MB/s write - Asus Hyper M.2 V2 Gen 3 adapter; imgbox.com/lGpvK5u8 ), so I would like to think this Quad U.2 adapter setup has the ability to get a heap more performance when paired with the right system.
Hey dude. Thanks for your informative video. I'm booting on my HP Z840 with a Samsung 980 Pro NVMe M2 via PCIe Adapter. Its speed is 3500. I have the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro SSD Adapter. Can I boot faster with HP Z Turbo Drive? best wishes.
The Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro is a great adapter, but you will not see faster speeds. The speed limit is PCIe 3.0 which limits a single NVMe to ~3500MB/s (4x lanes @ 875MB/s). By pooling two or four NVMes in RAID 0 I have managed to get higher speeds (theoretically it should net ~14000MB/s max - I got to ~12000MB/s read and ~9500MB/s write in the Z8 G4 with the same NVMes in RAID 0 - I have only tested the Asus Hyper M.2 V2 in the Z8 G4). In my Z840 I kept my boot drive in a separate NVMe adapter due to having issues booting from the Quad cards when I had four NVMes fitted (the OS was not seen - but it worked ok with three NVMes). If you have a good quality single NVMe PCIe adapter that should be sufficient - something like the Z Turbo Drive will do just fine. If you want more speed you'll need to go for a RAID 0 pool.
Yes, that's right. I found an adapter that allows conversion of the U.2 SSD to M.2 NVMe. That allows using the ultra fast U.2 interface with really fast M.2 NVMe drives. I included amazon / ebay / aliexpress listings for everything I used in the video description (affiliate links).
You should try that u.2 adapter in a system with a 2.5 drive backplane that supports both SATA and NVMe drives. It might work with both m.2 slots populated.
It might have failed for you because the pci slot carrier board doesn’t have a SATA controller on it to drive the SATA pins on the drive connectors
Likely yes. There was little to no microchips on the adapter which might be part the challenge. But I presumed there was a microchip that only let one or the other interface run at once - or as you said it might just need a system that supports both SATA and the NVMe protocol. I am quite happy with the NVMe performance in this adapter, and I have tried a few different configurations. I tested 4x 256GB Samsung PM991a NVMes that I picked up really cheap - RAID 0 configuration and that netted ~9100MB/s Read and 4700MB/s Write. I don't actually own enough of the SATA M.2 SSDs to get a meaningful test done but I would like to think the adapter would work with both interfaces with the right setup. I would like to test PCIe 4.0 performance but I don't have a motherboard or decent Gen 4 NVMes on hand that can achieve that at the moment.
Imagine someone's ssd is faster than your Ram and even your GPU Vram
The need for speed is real haha. Wait until you see the speeds obtained on a modern RAM Disk (I don't have one configured but they look fast).
These looks like quad nvme carrier board but with 8639 connector instead , those smaller pcie quad m2 birficiation carrier board should work the same ( if you using regular m.2 instead of u.2 drive )
There are many quad M.2 NVMe adapters, but honestly I haven't really seen anything like this quad adapter. The U.2 (SFF-8639) connector makes it quite versatile. I have only found two quad cards like it - both in the video description. I believe it is just the longer version of the single or double U.2 to PCIe adapters that are quite common (well for a less common connector type anyhow). But in my initial testing this adapter was the fastest of the four quad adapters that I tested, and I would like to see it's performance on a PCIe Gen 4 capable motherboard.
I managed to get higher read and write speeds from the same NVMe RAID 0 pool in a different system (HP Z8 G4; ~12000MB/s read and ~9500MB/s write - Asus Hyper M.2 V2 Gen 3 adapter; imgbox.com/lGpvK5u8 ), so I would like to think this Quad U.2 adapter setup has the ability to get a heap more performance when paired with the right system.
Hey dude. Thanks for your informative video. I'm booting on my HP Z840 with a Samsung 980 Pro NVMe M2 via PCIe Adapter. Its speed is 3500.
I have the HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro SSD Adapter. Can I boot faster with HP Z Turbo Drive?
best wishes.
The Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro is a great adapter, but you will not see faster speeds. The speed limit is PCIe 3.0 which limits a single NVMe to ~3500MB/s (4x lanes @ 875MB/s). By pooling two or four NVMes in RAID 0 I have managed to get higher speeds (theoretically it should net ~14000MB/s max - I got to ~12000MB/s read and ~9500MB/s write in the Z8 G4 with the same NVMes in RAID 0 - I have only tested the Asus Hyper M.2 V2 in the Z8 G4).
In my Z840 I kept my boot drive in a separate NVMe adapter due to having issues booting from the Quad cards when I had four NVMes fitted (the OS was not seen - but it worked ok with three NVMes). If you have a good quality single NVMe PCIe adapter that should be sufficient - something like the Z Turbo Drive will do just fine. If you want more speed you'll need to go for a RAID 0 pool.
What inside u.2 ssd, is it normal m.2
Yes, that's right. I found an adapter that allows conversion of the U.2 SSD to M.2 NVMe. That allows using the ultra fast U.2 interface with really fast M.2 NVMe drives. I included amazon / ebay / aliexpress listings for everything I used in the video description (affiliate links).