


Installed on:: GIGABYTE AORUS GAMING 7 Wi-Fi X470 Motherboard Processor: AMD RYZEN 7 2700X RAM MEM: G.Skill Neo 64GB 3600Mhz Plug and Play Faster connection More stable speeds/ signal No packet loss while gaming It improves the outcome that your Internet Provider offers. Recommended when your motherboard just offers to handle 10/100/1000 Mbps and needs to improve the Bandwidth.

Used this to expand the number of drives in a smallish Ubuntu home server. Still testing, but seems flawless so far and transparent to the user - just more drives available. All I did was power down, plug it in the PCIe 3.0 slot, attach a couple drives, and power up. Drives were recognized immediately and accessible like all the others. They claim max throughput of 277MB/s but so far both drives tested at 500 MB/s+ the same as when plugged into the mobo ports. I assume the limited speed might occur if multiple drives were accessed at once. Since it's a server and I'm using this to add SSDs, i doubt I will ever notice any slow downs. Bonus: the 6 provided SATA cables have locking connectors and are of a reasonable length.

Easy install, works as expected.


Maybe a Necessity if You Have a USB-C on Front Panel Header because no USB 3.2 GEN1 connector on motherboard. The PCI-E 1X to USB 3.2 GEN1 5Gbps 20pin Front Panel Header allows you to connect the USB-C front panel header to your PCI-E 1X slot


Even on an older motherboard it was still detected.




No driver needed (other than required NVMe support in BIOS and OS). I get full speed expected for the WD Black SSD 256GB M.2 drive with this card.


plenty of ports. works well and didn't have to install drivers. windows did all the work. well built.

- Ultimately works and does what it claims to do - Depending on your GPU displayPort I/O, can upgrade fully to Thunderbolt DP



I have two of these in a Threadripper PC. In an X16 socket 4 M.2 drives. In an X8 socket 2 M.2 drives. All six drives run off cpu lanes at max speed for the M.2 drive. FLAWLESS with Sabrent GEN4 drives for months. No temp throttling.
