There are quad M.2 carriers aplenty but they are full height (they don't need to be but w/e). There are dual M.2 cards with PCIe switches for horrible prices. There are dual M.2 carriers with M+B slots. Now... the Holy Grail in this space would be a passive dual M.2 key M carrier ...
Discussion Low profile dual M.2 key M carrier for boards supporting bifurcation?
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I haven't tested this or looked if it worked, but this seems like a card that requires bifurcation: https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SLG3-2M2.php
You should be able to find this:
You should be able to find this:
Possible to get a batch made for relatively low cost. The issue for this as a retail product is because the customer service and all the hassle with bifurcation jacks up the price. What would be a $20 part is now $60 to deal with all the support tickets.
how about this... Low Profile 4x M.2 PCIe 4x to PCIe 16x
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That's just sick. Very awesome, thanks. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000543227176.html if you don't want to struggle with taobao shipping. I will put this into the TB3 build we are discussing in email so I can put in a ton of cheap, small M.2 drives instead of forking out a lot of money for a 2TB one... I didn't want to use a full height card because it'd block my precious airflow. (And if indeed the system needs a video card to boot from, using an ADT m.2 to x4 riser is not a biggie, your case has two slots, last I checked.) Crazy PSU, crazy cooling, crazy disk array. Totes my machine
As an aside, these JEYI guys are nifty, their Thunderbolt dock is seriously the smallest in its class (charging and chaining dock) and yet it houses an M.2 disk https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000958600017.html
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Guess this would also work nice with their new iExtra eGPU. The update version supports multiple PCIe 4x inputs. So you won't have the TB3 performance loss.
That's the old version but I have the new one at home.
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Unfortunately your case is already on the way, else I could have put the cards in the box for you. It's way cheaper here in China.
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Oh well. It's cheap enough for me , thanks And my eGPU is not just an enclosure, it's a graphics card as well: https://www.galax.com/en/galax-snpr-external-graphics.html so I am sticking to TB3 for now.
And my eGPU is not just an enclosure, it's a graphics card as well: https://www.galax.com/en/galax-snpr-external-graphics.html so I am sticking to TB3 for now.
Oh well. It's cheap enough for me , thanks
? cool, didn't know of that nice little eGPU
Guess it's even smaller then mine eGPU enclosure...
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You can't beat Galax at its own game when they make the video card it's shorter than a normal desktop card. And of course the selection is beyond limited: there's the 1060 version and that's it. And it's been out of production for years and it never was available widely. I got lucky: I paid €209.98 EUR for the thing end of 2018 plus package forwarder costs but still it was an absolute steal.
it's shorter than a normal desktop card. And of course the selection is beyond limited: there's the 1060 version and that's it. And it's been out of production for years and it never was available widely. I got lucky: I paid €209.98 EUR for the thing end of 2018 plus package forwarder costs but still it was an absolute steal.
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just to show you the new JEYI M.2 to PCIe16x adapter...
they really make some cool products for almost every (niche) application.
they really make some cool products for almost every (niche) application.
There's another adapter by JEYI that supports one mSATA card in addition to two of the m.2/NGFF split on the x16 slot. Cheaper but lacks also a heatsink as a tradeoff.
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They also have one for 4 NGFF drives with dedicated raid controller on board but I can't find the link just now.
Also notable are the ANU24PE08 and ANU28PE16 cards both of which come with low profile brackets and despite sporting a PLX PCIe switch IC they only cost 63 USD for an x8 to quad U.2 and 112 USD for an x16 to eight U.2 port card.
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You can then use https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000071901714.html as a cheap NVMe carrier. Yes, this takes more space :/ but hey. It's also possible to use U.2 to x4 risers just in case you need eight cards in your ITX system
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114.0US $ |Anu28pe16 Nvme Ssd Riser Sff8643 To Sff8639, 8 Port 12gbs，(not With Cables,not Support Lsi 8643*2 To 8639*2 Cable) - Add On Cards & Controller Panels - AliExpress
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You can then use https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000071901714.html as a cheap NVMe carrier. Yes, this takes more space :/ but hey. It's also possible to use U.2 to x4 risers just in case you need eight cards in your ITX system
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