
- Easy to install - It uses x8 instead of x16 PCIE slots - super easy plug n play with no manual driver installation

Works right out of the box in Windows 11. Installed it, booted into Windows, did a restart as it didn't seem to connect right away and worked fine on the second boot. Speeds are great. Finally getting my full 2Gbps fiber internet. Over 2.2Gbps down and around 2Gbps up. Cheap price and free shipping as well for something I didn't realize I needed.


Easy install, works as expected.

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.

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




- The heat sink plate is WELL CONSTRUCTED and nice and thick! Make sure you mount your M.2 NVMe drives and then place the heat sink adhesive on the drives and then mount and screw the plate in place. - Note: the board has a +12V fan connector on it that is not used in this variant. Riitop sells another that is a fan-based model were a fan (in place of the plate) would normally mount. - The kit comes with a decent screwdriver you need to install the heat sink plate. I have sooo many screwdrivers now because I have ordered similar kits.



Simple to use and install. Got a Samsung 960 Evo booting on an ASRock Z77 Extreme4. The 960 is reaching just under advertised speeds (about 2900MB/s read, 1700MB/s write).


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



