Hi@@TopherCKJ, Welcome. Still here. I answer questions as time permits. Been busy. Added to my Production capabilities and that has taken off and now pays the bills. Hope to get back to making Videos eventually. Have several in the works. In tbe mean time, If you have a question, ask away.

Hi@@monastery4090 , Welcome! Excellent! Good choice. Verify your throughput on that USB Port according to the Motherboard Block Diagram.

Hi Quique, Welcome. Excellent. Very much appreciate your comments.

Hi Trule420, Welcome. Yes. Congrats.

@@BuildOrBuy thank you so much for your reply

Hi Cyclope, Welcome. Good question. To USB4... Maple Ridge, Titan Ridge then back to Maple Ridge. What a ride. Give it a shot and see what happens. Otherwise, due to the Integration from Chipsets to Bios to Firmwares, we suggest sticking with Manufacturers recommendations. The latest Maple Ridge includes PCIe Tunneling. And that requires Bios integration and a different Driver model. Thunderbolt is great when it works. PITA when it does not. We can thank Intel for the complexity.

@@BuildOrBuy don't understand everything you say! Does it works ? Have you already tried ? I'm on Windows 11! Otherwise do you know of a thunderbolt3 or 4 card that works on designare trx40 and windows 11?

Hi@@cyclopephotographie6351, Interesting. We have no idea. Doubtful. Is that clear enough.

Hi SiE, Welcome. Depends on setup. Not everyone knows about Decimator converters to utilize SDI. For context, may Users utilize HDMI only, therfore that statement for cable length to maintain signal integrity. And No Redmere HDMI. Those are hit or miss and not reliable 100% of the time. Appreciate your question and comments.

@@BuildOrBuy Thanks for response your video has been really informative. I'm new to all this but I'm thinking running a long SDI cable from a 4K camera into a SDI to HDMI capture box and then running the HDMI to the computer. Does this sound like a a viable option to you?

Hi@@SiEmon_E, Yes. Define long. SDI for 1080 is good to 300 feet. Yes it can go longer. Suggest a signal booster. Maybe 75 feet of same cable for 4K. Yes that can go longer. Better cable required for signal integrity. A Decimator on each end. The signal converter is the key to signal integrity. Yes, quality cables are essential too. How many cameras. At what distance. Are you going to Live Stream? Do you have the Bandwidth. This is where Fiber is preferred over copper. Test your setup to verify your throughput.

I've bought a 75m(100ft) sdi cable for live steams on Facebook/KZbin from a single Canon xa60 4k camera running through a BlackMagic sdi to hdmi capture card. Been having trouble with the data rates and not getting what supposed to be but that will be sorted out soon hopefully.

Hi@@SiEmon_E, Are You losing signal? You may need a Decimator Converter to stabilize the signal. Blackmagic gear historically requires specifics to be exact. The Decimator can give the Blackmagic gear what they expect.

Hi M. Ceniza, Welcome. We try to be thorough. Appreciate your comments. This is one of our 2 best M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Heatsinks. Results.

Hi Markhovscrch4050, Welcome. This is one of many M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Heatsinks we've tested. We have others that performed better than this one. Thanks for Sharing.

Hi MNPKN, Welcome. Appreciate your comments. Planning on it. Been busy with Clients. Added to my Production capabilities. And that has taken all of my time. Congrats on your new Build. Smart move.

Hi D Jelonek, Welcome. Appreciate your comments. For the price, all of those essential brackets should be included or be designed to utilize standard off the shelf parts. Hassle to source. Once this thing is out of the box, no going back. It's a beast of a Build. Takes as long to Assemble as a regular Build. This thing is huge.

@@BuildOrBuy I agree, I was considering this over a 4U case. Seen the front with all that room for 5.25 bays and almost pulled the trigger, almost. Something told me to google a review before I did. So very glad I did and that you directly called this out on it. Hard to find good cases today with bays, like those old beige towers in the 80's the size of a small child. Now, everything's going glass or mesh, pushing people like me into enterprise cases. Double the price, but no fiddling around trying to get it in there.

Hi@@2112user, Crazy right. Form over function. No way. Rack mount Cases seem to be the way to go now to do what we want. We need Hot Swap Bays. Simple.

@@BuildOrBuy Exactly, couldn't agree more. Always choose function over form, as I've seen the "in thing" change so many times in my life, it'll be "out" almost before your done getting it just right. Finally got the perfect round IDE cables, then SATA come out 🤣

Hi@@2112user, We hear you there on those round PATA Cables. We're all about function. Even M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives can be made Hot Swappable with the correct Hot Swap Docks. About the time we get this all figured out, everything changes and we start all over again.

Hi Chuck, Welcome. Most all of our Videos have Side Panel off while Testing to facilitate showing what's going on. Only way to expedite process with so many videos. Your Results may vary.

Hi BOOSTNET, Welcome. Interesting question. Start with Supermicro. After that, Test and Verify.

@@BuildOrBuy that was not helpfull ...

Hi@@boostnet_it_solutions, We have not seen any documentation on this add-in card for remote management nor have we had any experience based on the technology at the time when this card was introduced. This card requires a Motherboard that supports Bios Bifurcation. That's the best we can offer. Based on PCIe Resources for a Workstation, a Quad card might make more sense.

@@BuildOrBuy thanks for reply, can you send me an example of working MB with remote management and an card for 4 x slots m.2 nvme - to work this together?

Hi@@boostnet_it_solutions, Although Bios Bifurcation has been around since the Intel X299 Chipset and BMC has been around, utilizing those 2 technologies together is very new. There is only one Dual Adapter by Supermicro that can do what You want that we know of at this time. Even though a Quad card is a more efficient use of PCIe Resources, none of them are validated for BMC, that we know of at this time. A Honey Badger card falls in that category but no documentation available. Therefore, here's the product You want. Link below: Supermicro AOC-SLG4-2H8M2 store.supermicro.com/aoc-slg4-2h8m2-o.html Currently out of stock. Querry Supermicro for stock status. New product. Add-on Card AOC-SLG4-2H8M2 www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SLG4-2H8M2.php - Support BMC-enabled management - operating through BMC IPMI WebGUI > Storage Monitoring > Controller View > Enable JBOD; or - operating under BIOS > Controller > Advanced (Controller Properties) > JBOD Mode

Hi Vinyl Monster, Welcome. Good simple question. Complex Answer... Short Answer? No. Longer Answer, due to the technicalities involved, no way. Your Chipset does not have the hooks for Bios integration with PCIe Tunneling for starters. The Specs on Thunderbolt 3 were loose compared to Specs for Thunderbolt 4. And Thunderbolt 4 has 2 iterations. The 1st of which, due to the changes are different than the 2nd iteration of Thunderbolt 4. If what you have works and does what you need, use it and love it. Thunderbolt either works or does not. If you want Thunderbolt 4, New Build. Built-in obsolescence. You can thank Intel for that. There's a lot more involved but this is enough. Verify according to the compatability List of Chipsets supported and which Thunderbolt card works with which Motherboard.

Hi Good Boy, Welcome. Good question. You'll have to Test and Verify. Every Laptop is different. This copper plate is the best solution we've seen. Thermal paste? Must be non conductive. Otherwise, problems. Suggest stick with a Thermal Pad. There are two types as outlined. Silicone type which are reusable or the clay like Thermal pads which are one time use.

@@BuildOrBuy Thermal paste I want to use is the one they normally use when installing the heatsink of the CPU in the PC and when changing the heatsink fan of the graphics card. Will this be fine and non conductive? About the 6MM heat sink looks like this will be a trial and error oh man!

Hi@@GoodBoy-io6fd, Verify. Every Thermal Past is different. Compression can be safely achieved with a Thermal Pad. Travel at your own risk. We do not recommend using both. Thermal paste is used for a uniform surface. Thermal pads are used for uneven surfaces like M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives. You know the concerns. You know the risks involved. Your call.

@@BuildOrBuy Looks like I will just go for the 2 or 3 mm copper heatsink paired with a 1mm thermal pad. 6mm is TOO THICK! This is only good for PC use. Ahuh if you said so Mr.PC Expert, I will forget about using a thermal paste! You have a good reason! Processor or silicon chips goes well with metal, aluminum and copper surfaces but not with a silicon material thermal pad. I am planning to buy two Lexar NM790 4TBs for the 2024 Asus ROG Strix G18. Another question, is there a thin heat sink made for the SODIMM memory of a laptop?

Hi@@GoodBoy-io6fd, Smart decision. From Our testing results, this flat copper performed better than machined copper with more surface area. Curios. As always, Test and Verify. Your results may vary.

Hi justrife, Welcome. Perception and Perspective. Thank You. Stick with MSI QVL to ensure compatibility and stability.

Hi Jurgen, Welcome. Yes. Good to know this before proceeding further. Appreciate your comments. Those are M.2 NVMe PCIe 5.0 X4 Slot Connectors. Backwards compatible with PCIe 4.0 X4. Use: M.2_1 and M.2_2. Both M.2 Slot Connectors are PCIe 5.0 X4. Only a PCIe Slot could be X8 but NOT a PCIe M.2 Slot Connector which are only X4. Remember all M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives utilize 4 PCIe Lanes. Whereas as an SSD of any form factor uses only 1 PCIe Lane. That all could change in the not too distant future. An M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD should achieve 3,500MBs/sec per Drive.

@@BuildOrBuy Hi Gill, thank you for getting back to me! Well, I was actually.meaning the two long x16 slots on the ProArt x670 mainboard, so what if I plug two Nvidia RTX 4000 GPU"s in there (you know, each of them got 2 encoding and two decoding chips inside, also for AV1). Will these two GPU boards work at their full bandwidth of 32 GB/s, or will they slow down to 16 GB/s each (=128 Gb/s), cause Gen5 x8 is slowing them down? - This was my initial question. As far as I found out, PCIe Gen4 x4 has a bandwidth of up to 8 GB/s (=64 Gb/s), Gen 5 x4 diubles this to up to 16 GB/s (=128 Gb/s}. Thus corresponds to the storage speeds of recent M.2 NVMe SSD drives. - Using an ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 PCIe-card, it should be easy to record up to 8 to 10 incoming AV1 encoded 4k60p video streams, each one got a bandwidth of only ~10 Mb/s! As far as I found out, it is also possible to insert a riser cable into an M.2 SSD slot that at its other end features a standard x16-size PCIe slot, with a 8 GB/s bandwidth (64 Gb/s). Same riser cables exist for Gen5 x4, that will give you full 16 GB/s (128 Gb/s) bandwidth! Another technology that can transport full 8GB/s (=64 Gb/s) is called OcuLink. There are m.2 adapters with an Oculink-Plug tbat also connects to an external PCIe-slot, but the Riser-cable seems much simpler and cheaper, ans can also deal with Gen5 x4 speeds. Well, Gill, that's all I found out about these complicated matters, hope my insights can help you or others to get this all together for video streaming and recording. Cheers and thanks again!

Hi@@shareyourfare, You're welcome. Understand. Test and Verify. Thanks for Sharing. To reiterate, when using both CPU PCIe Slots, each drops to X8 PCIe Lanes. In essence, not enough PCIe Resources on Consumer Desktop Motherboards.

Hi Claudio, Welcome. Based on the technology of the time according to Your Motherboard, follow Your Motherboard directions. According to Intel, VROC was deprecated in favor of RST going forward on newer generations of Motherboards. Hence, Intel SSDs. However, Good luck with sourcing. A conundrum.

@@BuildOrBuythanks. I will try to resolve this

Hi@@claudiogori4480, The Hyper card is not required for RAID 0. The Hyper card allows us to have more M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives. See if you can use RST RAID 0 with your Samsung M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives directly on the Motherboard. If not, then VROC with Intel M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives, if you can source them. Keep Us posted on your progress.

Hi Rob, Welcome. Sure. A VESA Mount enables the ability to remove or quick mount a monitor. A quick release mount could be in the middle of a Monitor stand such as a wall mount. However, these are not wall mounts. To reiterate, these are Monitor mounts for stands.

Hi Christian, Welcome. Thank You for Your Comments. Our 2 top performers: 1. ACIDALIE M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink, Double - Aluminum Heat Sink for PCIE M.2 NVME SSD amzn.to/3VGdRPb 2. JEYI Finscold M.2 HeatSink, Heavy Duty Aluminum Convective Heat Sink, Passive Heat Sinks with Fins amzn.to/4bVDfpV As an Amazon Affiliate I earn from qualifying purchases. We have Videos on both of these Passive M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Heatsinks. They were both equally effective above all the others we've tested.

@@BuildOrBuy Hi Mr Gill. Thank you so much for taking your valuable time and answering my question. Yes, thank you for your good advice I will definitely buy it. Sorry for my insistence, but could this ACIDALIE M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink, Double - Aluminum Heat Sink for PCIE M.2 NVME SSD be compatible with the thickness size of my M.2?

Hi@@Christianguilbert-hf7qz, Glad to help. The problem lies in the side Holes. They need to be elongated. The JEYI Finscold has elongated holes.

Hi Big Nope, Welcome. Good question. Appreciate your comments. Do you have the Motherboard? Inventory Your Parts. First choice would be to utilize what's included. Next option will be an add-on or after market M.2 Heatsink whether from ASRock or some thing else.

Hi Gary, Welcome. Great question. ASUS use to have the best documentation. Not any more. Our biggest beef, not including Motherboard Block Diagrams. Obfuscation. Only takes one page. So simple a question yet cricketts on an answer. Off my soap box. Yes, MSI has Motherboard Block Diagrams. The way it should be.

Hi Conner, Welcome. That's a distinct possibility. From our Test and Verify Results, so far Passive Cooling has Outperformed Active Cooling using conventional methods of currently available products. However, We have Subscribers who have used Water Blocks on M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives. If you have the space and inclination, go for it. Let us know your Results. Appreciate your comments.

Hi Blastic, Welcome. Definitely making full use of this Motherboard. Appreciate your comments.

Hi Josh, Welcome. Incitful understanding. Appreciate your comments. I'm honored. Thank You. And the technology has changed for connectivity since this video. Fascinating Topic.

@@BuildOrBuy yes, I have begun to look further into it already. Nevertheless, this video clarified a lot for me as I'm new to ROC Raid Cards with Bifurcation

Hi@@Efiloy, This capability started with X299 Chipset. Fascinating Topic. Using RAID and Bifurcation are 2 separate technologies often combined.

Hi Conner, Welcome. Yes. Appreciate your comments. Thanks for Watching.

He feelings, Welcome. Specifically, this Motherboard supports the ASUS ThunderboltEX 4 Card.. Here's the Compatibility List: www.asus.com/support/faq/1047491/ Stick with the Manufacturers recommendations. Thunderbolt 4 is backwards compatible with Thunderbolt 3 Devices. When Thunderbolt works, it works. When it doesn't, PITA. Good luck with your Configuration.

@@BuildOrBuy thank you so much for the reply, it looks like thunderbolt ex4 will support my motherboard! ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI they left out the II from the name but i’m hoping it works

Hi@@erikcoding1238, Absolutely. It should. Only way to be certain is to Test and Verify. Let us know your Results. Thunderbolt can be a conundrum.

does this motherboard have bluetooh? i cant find anything on it

Hi@@erikcoding1238 , Great Question. Most Motherboards have WiFi. Most Motherboards do NOT have Bluetooth. If it's not Listed in the Specs, it's not there. That's a selling point manufacturers would not omit as a selling point.

Hello Gatnos, Welcome! Appreciate Your Comments. Aside from installation, what are your Results in Testing?

Hi MagicCaster, This card requires a X8 Slot and a Motherboard that has Bios Bifurcation capability. For your Motherboard with a X4 Slot, you'll need a Self Bifurcated card. Amfeltec out of Canada can do what you want. But at a steep price.

@@BuildOrBuyI appreciate for your response, sir! Do you mean that this adapter won't likely work for a single drive on a X4 chipset slot? Both primary PCIe 5.0 x16 and x8 slots support bifurcation, but the x16 one is used by a 4 slot GPU and\, hence, the x8 slot is inaccessible.

Hi@@magiccaster-hn7rg , For a Single Drive, Yes.

I guess that I have to look for another brand. Thank you kindly for your reviews!

Hi@@magiccaster-hn7rg, This will do what you want. Focus on the technology. To reiterate, to make full use of this card requires X8. To use this card with 1 Drive, X4. And if you want to utilize 2 Drives on X4 Lanes, Amfeltec from Canada. That's a difference in this card requiring a Motherboard Bios Bifurcation to a Self Bifurcated card.

Hello BR0KK85, Welcome. Appreciate your comments. Good question. To reiterate what's stated in the Video, this card requires a X16 Slot. With the add-on Adapter, it can work in a X8 Slot. If you only have a X4 Slot, no. They do however make a version that will with reduced drive count. Remember: Each M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drive requires X4 PCIe Lanes. Yes the card is self Bifurcated. Cutting the Lanes will cut performance. How much? Test and Verify. Each application is different. Your results may vary.

Hi Team Stevens, Welcome. We have several videos detailing use of Quad cards. Some focus on Bifurcation while others are more RAID centric. Thanks for Watching.

Hi Robert, Welcome. Code 54 is a Memory Initialization Error. Memory on QVL? To diagnose, break it down to bare essentials then step through.

Hi DoberMan, Welcome. Yes, great design seemingly yet poor Results. And that's what matters most. We tested 2 Passive M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Heatsinks that had much better Results.

Hi empyr, Welcome. Thanks for Watching and Commenting.

Hi Joe, Welcome! Good choice. Enjoy your new Computer Build.

Hi zlibz, Welcome. Good question. Agreed.

Hi Guy, Welcome. Fantastic. All about Results. Appreciate your comments.

Hi Volatile, Welcome. Interesting question. Has that worked on a previous Motherboard? You'd have to ask MSI for that specific configuration. A lot of these Consumer Desktop Motherboards will not work with 2 GPUs. Some do. Some don't. Best way to find out is to test and verify.

Hi Biswajit, Welcome. Thank You. Much Appreciated.

Hello AintPopular, Welcome. Yes. All of our M.2 Heatsink videos are using M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Drives.

Hi Michael, It should be fine. Congrats on your choice for HEDT. Be sure and Turn ON Bios TPM for Bitlocker.

Hi Roger, Welcome. Appreciate your comments. Great Question. Doubtful. Why? Vastly different architecture. In Doubt, try it out. See what happens. Probably nothing. Thunderbolt 4 is a tighter Spec than Thunderbolt 3. Each Vendor implementation of Thunderbolt is very specific on which motherboard Chipset they will work. Even Thunderbolt 4 has 2 different sets of Motherboards supported based on Chipsets due to Motherboard Bios integrations. Thunderbolt 4 on the latter Chipsets supports PCIe Tunneling. And Driver model is different. When Thunderbolt works, it works. And when Thunderbolt does not work, PITA. BTW: Good choice in HEDT Workstation Motherboard and Chipset.

Hello White Wolf, Welcome. Crazy, right. A different way of looking at Motherboards based on Resources. Do not use M.2_1. Your Soundcard, which one are you going to utilize? Those other 2 Slots are using Chipset PCIe Lanes. If Bus prioritization is an issue, suggest using Slot 2. GPU will reside in primary Slot using CPU PCIe Lanes.