That's right, no matter if you run iOS, Linux or Windows if you have an M key style M.2 port the Silverstone ECM20 add-on card will give you both a PCI-e M.2 slot and a SATA 6Gbs M.2 slot. The board itself is a mounting point, no controller but simply a way to transfer data from a PCI-e M.2 card or a mount for a SATA style card, you provide the cable. The simplcity ensures that your transfer speeds will match what you would expect from a native slot as the tests at Benchmark Reviews show. At less than $20 it is a great way to expand your high speed storage capacity.
"The m.2 form factor is becoming popular for SSDs due to its small size, and, in PCI-E guise, superior performance. As our recent test of the Samsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD has shown, PCI-E m.2 SSDs offer performance many times that of the very best SATA SSDs, so if you’re looking for a storage upgrade, m.2 is definitely the way to go."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- ADATA XPG SX930 and Premier SP550 240GB SATA 6G SSD Review @HiTech Legion
- HyperX Predator 240GB M.2 PCIe SSD Review @ Hardware Asylum
- Understanding M.2 RAID NVMe Boot and 2/3x M.2 NVME RAID0 Tested @ The SSD Review
- Synology DS715 2-bay NAS @ techPowerUp
- QNAP TS-563 Network Attached Storage @ Modders-Inc
- ASUSTOR AS1004T 4-bay NAS Review @ Madshrimps
- Seagate Enterprise NAS 8TB SATA III HDD Review @ NikKTech
that is awesome
that is awesome
But how much would this cost
But how much would this cost in Canadian tar-sand based oil dollars? Your first-born?
iOS not Mac OSx???
iOS not Mac OSx???
Is that what the cool kids
Is that what the cool kids call it now?
For a PCI-Ex card it’s 50%
For a PCI-Ex card it’s 50% miss. SATA M.2 is waste of space. Better to get Delock #62554 board with quad M.2 SATA slots or #62553 with just 1 slot (I don’t know anything about Delock availability in North America, if any). You can mount each anywhere – preferably close to a fan. I waiting for x8 card for 2 NVMe drives. Now that would be interesting. Last thing you want – especially in any SFF – is wasting precious PCI-Ex slot for SATA/AHCI M.2 drive. Bonkers!
More fun: http://www.delock.com/produkte/F_467_eKonverter_1179_M-2-NGFF.html
Heard it here first. An M.2
Heard it here first. An M.2 adapter for your iPhones PCIe slot 😛