GLOTRENDS PU41 Quad U.2 SSD to PCIe 4.0 X16 Adapter - No PCIe Bifurcation, Motherboard Required

GLOTRENDS PU41 Quad U.2 SSD to PCIe 4.0 X16 Adapter - No PCIe Bifurcation, Motherboard Required

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Affectionate-air55 posted on r/datahoarder4w

That is not in use yet, but I have another 2-drive version of the board in my gaming pc and it works great. The board requires that the pcie slot that you plug it into supports bifurcation which is relatively rare in consumer motherboards, and even when it is available it often only works for 4 drives in the 1st pcie slot which is where the GPU ought to be. The second pcie slot in my gaming pc supports x8/x8 bifurcation so it only supports 2 drives. The board is specifically meant for u.2 pcie SSDs. There are single-drive versions of this card widely available for PCs that don’t support bifurcation on the pcie slots. Here’s a link to the one pictured but there are others on the market. https://a.co/d/0gB8iMGh

Affectionate-air55 posted on r/datahoarder4w

Beware, this only works with x4x4x4x4 bifurcation support which is relatively rare in consumer motherboards. https://a.co/d/0dbjJy8i