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x16 NVMe SSDs aren't very common. The most recent one I've seen is the Micron X100, but that's a x16 PCIe 3.0 device and it's not commercially available yet.
by Rafuino 7y ago
x16 NVMe SSDs aren't very common. The most recent one I've seen is the Micron X100, but that's a x16 PCIe 3.0 device and it's not commercially available yet. Most consumer and enterprise SSDs are x4, though perhaps that may change as better media and controllers are able to saturate PCIe capabilities. Then it's a tradeoff on power requirements though to be considered...
- jordanthoms 7y agoAsus motherboards (and probably others too) support a mode where you can split the x16 into 4 x4 connections and use https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessories/HYPER-M-2-X16-CARD/ https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessories/HYPER-M-2-X1... to mount them.