New way to store SC

[Printimus]

Just found this while browsing pcgamer.com news. This monster PCIe x16 card holds 4 M.2 SSD cards. WAT?!
It boasts you can reach speeds up to 128 Gbps................

HYPER M.2 X16 CARD V2

 

[Phelan13]

@Printimus how big is this beast?

 

[Phelan13]

 

[Phelan13]

Damn...… big sucker

 

[stockish]

hmmmm, would pair well with my motherboards already 3 M2 slots lol

 

[DirectorGunner]

not PCIE 4.0, wait a few more months when AMD releases their new CPUs, partners already have boards ready with PCIE4.0, and therein will NVME raid will really shine.

 

[Michael]

Besides loading times you'll probably won't benefit much from that.

 

[PrimeCronus]

Wow, look's like something i can't afford xD

 

[Printimus]

Besides loading times you'll probably won't benefit much from that.

Well that is kinda the point of all this, to reduce load times.

 

[Michael]

Well that is kinda the point of all this, to reduce load times.

Some people expect increased FPS or stuff like that

 

[Printimus]

Some people expect increased FPS or stuff like that

Some people should probably not be building computers.... lol

 

[Radegast74]

Hmmm, I would like to get hyped about things, but, I've been around the block too many times...

According to the Amazon page, (https://www.amazon.com/Asus-M-2-X16-V2-Threadripper/dp/B07NQBQB6Z) it says:
"Intel VROC ready and NVMe RAID support on AMD Ryzen Threadripper"

When I go to the Intel page about VROC (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000024550/memory-and-storage.html) and look up wtf that means, it says under Compatibility:
Which platform supports Intel® VROC?
Intel® VROC is primarily targeted to professional workstations and server platforms. It requires the Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD), a hardware feature only available on the new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. Because the types of RAID support are very specific to the OEM platform configuration, it's up to the OEM/ODM to decide whether to offer Intel VROC. Please consult your server or workstation provider for specific information. There's also limited support on X299 systems on High End Desktops.

The way I read this is, you won't get RAID on Intel chips unless you have a Xeon or other chip...for regular CPUs like our gaming/consumer grade CPU's, you get JBOD.

Also, be careful, this doesn't support every NVMe SSD.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

My computer would be the bottleneck to that thing. Not the CPU. Not the Motherboard. Not the RAM. The whole computer. The Case. The Fans. The Keyboard. Everything inside it. The whole thing.

 

[Mich Angel]

This might be interesting toward my new gaming computer... hmmm.... Gotta keep an eye on this one..