Gigabyte Aorus NVMe M.2 vs ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe 4.0 AICs

[@chrisk6474]

I think since the numbers are so out of whack. The rebuilding of the raid with the Asus card and rerunning the test is the only way to verify the results. Also thank you for being so detailed with your videos. It helps a bunch.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Chris K, Absolutely! Max mentioned the Drive Sequencing. Redux, next Video! Stand by! And stay tuned! Definitely Appreciate Your Comments! We solve one problem and created another! Goes to show, Details matter! Take nothing for granted! Appreciate Your Support!

[@brandonhiggins2398]

That result surprised me too! I like that you go into all the details about whatever you're working on. When I first got the Asus Hyper M.2 x16 card at the end of 2020, I searched over and over for videos about these 4 x 4 Gen 4 cards because the manual that comes with the Asus is pathetic for any useful information about using it...And then...I found Build or Buy...answered every question I had. Keep up the good work, thanks again!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Brandon, Thank You. I think Max is right, the sequence of the Drives affected performance. We'll do an update in the next video about that issue. This was very involved to stage. Worth it! Appreciate Your Comments and Support!

[@naamloos1337]

again man, just finished the video, your channel is going to blow up one day my friend

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Deyan Broekman, Thank You! Just glad to be doing what We're doing! Appreciate Your Comments and Support! I Love my Subscribers!

[@liammanthey]

I just bought the gigabyte AIC yesterday so good timing to watch this while waiting for it

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Malphas A, Welcome! Excellent! Let Us know if You need any help! Appreciate Your Comment! Thanks for Watching!

[@hacked2123]

Hey! I've learned quite a few things since we last spoke. 1) My board does have RAID in BIOS, it only shows up once CSM is disabled. 2) The AMD RAID driver is defective in some manner, I get 60% lower IOPs and 15% lower sequential, particularly on the writes, compared to Dynamic Disks stripe. I even zero'd my drive in the hopes it was TRIM related, but no change in performance was observed 3) Dynamic disks (striping done through Computer Management) is the fastest option (1,000,000 IOPs with 17GB/s writes) 4) Dynamic disks should NOT be used however, because it doesn't support TRIM 5) The alternative, Windows Storage Spaces, gave me similar performance to the BIOS RAID, and TRIM is supported...but it's no where near where I was with dynamic disks... 6) Individual VOLUMES or RAIDABLE drives in BIOS RAID, when put into the same dynamic disk configuration as I had before, still fail and only give the 60% performance Going to disable NVMe RAID and reinstall my OS until I figure out what's going wrong, or until I buy that on device RAID card from Highpoint we spoke about.

[@hacked2123]

Confirmed: after OS re-install with BIOS RAID removed, I am now hitting my 1,000,000 IOPs instead of 400,000 that I saw in BIOS RAID0 and and BIOS VOLUME/RAIDABLE configutations that are identical to this.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@hacked2123, You have Interesting Results. Saw Your complete message. We have a separate Video about Installing a Windows Bootable RAID 0. Results are what counts! RAID is not for everyone. And Details matter! We're going to have to do a Video about RAID Types and Levels of RAID to answer more Subscriber Questions. Thanks for Sharing Your Results. You had to try it and see! Now You know! Keep it Simple!

[@demus]

Would have cut more off. Where the host talks the very common filler small talk you get on TV. Would have made it twice more convenient and time efficient to watch. Or made some markings for the video, so you could skip these parts.The good parts are worth it for me, but it could of course still be better: ratio of time watched and factoids and new information given. I appreciate the video maker. Thanks for making this video

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi demus, Welcome! Appreciate Your Comments. Thanks for Watching! KZbin is suppose to be doing the Time Stamps. I'll have to go back and do that later.

[@eugene2244]

The comparison I was looking for, thanks!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi E L, Welcome! Excellent! Glad We could help! Two Questions. Does Your Motherboard support Full Bios Bifurcation? Do You have a dedicated X16 PCIe Slot?

[@PiratesArmy]

excellent and deeply test! thanks

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Pirates Army, Welcome! Appreciate Your Comments! Thanks for Watching!

[@clausbohm9807]

Impressive single stick speeds, something to look forward to when I upgrade out of the PCIe 3.0 world.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Claus Bohm, Yes! Gigabyte has announced their Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 AIC which means there has to be Platform support coming soon for that Product! www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2018 Gigabyte also announced a PCIe 4.0 8 Drive card last year which has yet to see the light of day! Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme Gen4 AIC SSD www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/1924

[@clickclaxer01]

Looking forward to it.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi clickclaxer01, I hope We deliver! Appreciate Your Comment!

[@maxhughes5687]

Asus shows NVMe drive order slot one, slot three, slot four and slot two last. IDK Maybe a new create raid and test on diskmark.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Max, I think You're right! Follow-up video required to find out! Details matter!Stay tuned! Thanks for pointing that out!

[@klausludwig9585]

I think it´s not a good idea to make performance tests with the Pcie bus extender.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Klaus Ludwig, Welcome! You're absolutely right! We were Answering Subscribers Questions about Heat and Speed Tests. For the emissivity reading, We needed to get the M.2 NVMe AIC into the same plane as the Camera. That was a very involved and convoluted process just to stage. And We all see those Results. On to the next Video! Appreciate Your Comments! Thanks for Watching!

[@That_Stealth_Guy]

This video is going to be fun for me.. I'm a storage junkie.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi John Smith, I hope We deliver! Aren't We all if We're willing to admit it! Staging this Video was an interesting journey. Answering a Question, Creating a Problem and Solving that Problem. We have more of these to do but this needed to be done now! Thank You for Watching!

[@That_Stealth_Guy]

​@@BuildOrBuy My results with my Gigabyte AIC are super close with your's. I'm trying to figure out why there was such a difference between Gigabyte's card and Asus's, totally not what I expected. Of course, now I want to see how different the results would be with the Rocket 4 plus drives, or better yet both versions the Gigabyte gen 4 drives for some really apples to apples comparison.. on the storage junkie side. If only these cards could work with four Sabrent Rocket Q 8TB drives. I'd really consider burning through 5 grand for 32 TB of NVME storage only taking up one PCI-e slot!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@That_Stealth_Guy, Excellent! Agreed! I think Max has the answer, Drive Sequence. An update on this in next video! For that capacity, have You seen the Highpoint Controller? Very curious indeed! We shall see!

[@That_Stealth_Guy]

@@BuildOrBuy Let's hope it was drive sequence, not much else makes much sense otherwise. I hadn't seen the Highpoint controller until after I posted my comment. I could use the Highpoint one now with the 4 TB drives I have already, so I am definitely looking closely at it .

[@lizerdkeng1107]

I haven't read all the comments so maybe this has been said. But the results from the second test were probably whack since you didn't rebuild the array and give it a true, fresh windows install. It probably still had some drivers or something installed from the first card

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Lizerd King, Welcome! Correct. Always a Reformat and Clean Install! Details matter! Thank for Your Comments!

[@naamloos1337]

15:47 one hell of an intro my friend

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Deyan, Thank You! Much Appreciated! Blessings!

[@TorBruheim]

With all deep respect I am concerned about this test. The preconditions for these two tests are not the same. Nothing I have seen on KZbin points to a similar conclusion of a significant decrease of reading speed for the Asus card. Please build your Raid for the Asus the same way as for the Gigabyte. I think you will see close to similar results for these two cards.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Tor Bruheim, Welcome! Absolutely correct! Perception and Perspective... You have not seen Our other Videos on these AICs. We have many. On the ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte and Glotrends. The takeaway on this is to note when moving Drives from one AIC to the other, always reformat or re-initialize the Drives especially for RAID. The Drive assignment on each AIC is different. Appreciate Your Comments! Thanks for Watching!

[@cryptotiktoker]

Thanks for your hard work! What do you think about highpoint controllers? Please make video about them!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Сергей Иванцов, Thank You! Appreciate Your Comments and Support! Highpoint fills a void where no one else has gone. They bridge a gap in the technology from Motherboard to Bifurcation support. We need to do a Video about RAID types and RAID levels first. Then indicate where each of these different types of AICs fit into than technology map. Great idea! If We do a Video on the Highpoint AICs, it would be the HighPoint Technologies SSD7540 PCIe 4.0 x16 8-Port M.2 NVMe RAID Controller - amzn.to/3tTUC3o Add to that 8 - Sabrent 8TB PCIe 4.0, M.2 NVMe Drives! amzn.to/3fkhDY6 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Wow! Can You imagine! A Beast! Better to wait though until 2nd Generation PCIe 4.0 Drives are available! Right now, the Capacity is 8TBs but the Speed per Drive of that capacity is 3,300MBps. Better to have 5,000MBps or 7,000MBps! We will keep that in mind! Hard to justify unless or until a Client comes forth to provide the means. Otherwise We could discuss the technology. Just not the same, as hands on, testing. It could happen! We still have a follow-up to do on this Video! Stay tuned!

[@user-dp8nz7qn8e]

Miss you. Where did you go ?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi user-dp8nz7qn8e, Welcome. Just now seeing Your question. Been busy with Clients. Added to our production capabilities and that has taken off. We hope to get back here soon making videos. Only so many hours in a day. Nice to be missed.

[@ajingolk7716]

For that test you chosed 8GiB what was your RAM capacity?and what your RAM configuration (dual chanel,quad....)?and what was the ram frequency? Thank you

[@DJRecordCLUE]

Heyho, love your videos!! Really the only resource for some questions... Do you know if both cards work on the Gigabyte WRX80? Would you recommend the gigabyte or the asus card?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi DJRecordCLUE, Welcome! I'm honored! Thank You for Your Support! Any of the QUAD AICs will work. Functionally all are the same. Each requiring a x16 PCIe Slot, electrically. Get whichever one is available at the best Price. My personal preference is the Gigabyte Aorus. Originally, in the press release that x16 M.2 NVMe PCIe Adapter was included. However, upon release, that Item mentioned was scrubbed from the press release. Interesting! On a side note... We had to Update the Firmware on the WD Black SN850 to restore Performance using the Gigabyte Aorus x16 QUAD AIC. Go figure. Hope that helps! Congrats on Your WRX80 Build!

[@mohsh86]

I have 2 of the Hyper M.2 Asus cards. Both had the fan cable blocking the fan from moving, i don't know what kind of crappy QC they went through.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi mohsh86, Welcome! Sounds like carelessness during assembly for certain. Good thing We can check and verify when installing the M.2 NVMe Drives. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@KenbismoimaginatioN]

great video ... have a nice day \,,/

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Kenbismo imaginatioN, Welcome! Thank You! Much Appreciated! Ditto! Blessings! ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe 4.0 AIC Redux follow-up shortly! Stay Tuned!

[@ga-ns8ls]

Great content, I'm about to install one of these on a wrx8 board w 4 x 4tb gen4 m.2s. Ill let you know how it goes shortly

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi g a, Thank You for Your Comments! Much Appreciated! Outstanding! WRX80 - Congrats! ASUS? You should see either around 15,000MBps or 21,000MBps depending upon 1st or 2nd Generation PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe Drives. Standing by! Thanks for Sharing Your Results!

[@ga-ns8ls]

​@@BuildOrBuy Yes an Asus. 2nd Gen, Gen 4 drives. The WRX80 board is great, came with the Asus card! Was a little journey building, not a huge amount of videos and users out there, so your content is really helpful! Saw you mention some drives were out of stock on Amazon, I ran into some similar problems when looking for M.2s. If you're unaware you might get some bonus hits on this video, because the reason these cards and drives are selling out is for mining of a crypto called Chia.

[@ga-ns8ls]

@@BuildOrBuy Man! I have the exact same results as you with the ASUS card. I've messed around with a few bios settings to no avail. If you manage to find a solution let me know!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@ga-ns8ls, You too? Odd. I know why We had that problem, drive sequencing as identified by Max. You installed new Drives. No monkeying around. No changing Add in Cards. The Gigabyte Aorus M.2 x16 Drive Sequencing is Sequential. Whereas on the ASUS Hyper M.2 x16, the order is 1, 3, 4, 2. And that affects the RAID Array arrangement. That's why We lost performance. We lost a Drive from lost clusters. Of Our options, the end result would be the same. Destroy or Delete the RAID array and recreate. Then install Windows Bootable RAID again. Practice makes perfect! And now You have low performance too!?! Working on a Video for what We've been doing for Slow Performance on the ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 AIC as described above. Spent 2 days testing. 5 hours Filming. Delete the RAID, Tested Drives individually. Even installed a single different Drive to better understand Drive Sequencing. Then Windows RAID. Tested that. Then Hybrid Bios for Windows Bootable RAID. And Tested that! Voila! Stay tuned! Editing now!

[@ga-ns8ls]

​@@BuildOrBuy Ok great I'm looking forward to it! Seriously detailed and awesome hardware content, thanks for your knowledge and such focused videos its really helpful to a lot of users! My failed (haha) setup was: Enabled RAID modes, made sure to enable 4x4x4x4, preloaded raid drivers before installing windows, but installed Windows on a seperate single M.2 (only 3rd gen) in a slot integrated on my motherboard (this drive is not in the 4-way Gen4 raid). I created the Asus Gen 4 drives volume with the RaidXpert software the manual references, also tried using the Raidexpert utility via the bios but have the same ~10.5 GB/s speeds.

[@wolfman011000]

Could the repairing of windows rather than a clean install have effected performance? Would like to get the ASUS card as it is half the price of the gigabyte locally, but i run a AM5 gigabyte x670 gaming x so the chipset is not supported ans asus support was useless. Thanks for the video it was entertaining and educational at the same time. Take care, God bless one and all.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi wolfman011000, Welcome! Absolutely possible! To reiterate, You have an ASUS X670E Gaming WiFi Motherboard? For a Quad card, Top Slot only. Full Bios Bifurcation from X16 to X4X4X4X4. No 2nd Slot in that scenario. ASUS is removing Documentation that clarifies these settings. Obfuscation! Hope that helps! Appreciate Your Comments!

[@alanaATX]

Love how thorough you are 🏆awesome comparison video 👍🏽 any future plans for covering mobile stuff? 😜😁 great video! Appreciate you 💯💕

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Alana Jen, Thank You! Appreciate Your Support! Mobile? We had covered 3 Laptops. Have another Laptop Upgrade planned soon. We need to address Laptops for Content Creation since Adobe now has their AE MFR (Multi Frame Rendering) CPU Optimization Formula and see how close We can get! What would You like for Us to cover? A Laptop may be the only way to get an Optimal Rendering GPU too! Thanks for watching! Loved Your most recent Video! You have excellent timing!

[@alanaATX]

@@BuildOrBuy of course! And thank you 😊 🙏🏽 Well, I've been entirely mobile for a year now. First with my old surface pro 4 and now with the dell xps 9500 and I think I prefer it, even though I've certainly given up a lot of power my custom pc had (I used to use it as a daw, for game development and gaming). So I've become intrigued by what possibilities are out there for mobile computing power and ive even been considering making myself somewhat of a hybrid, something small but powerful. So id be interested in stuff along those lines 😁

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@alanaATX, Even though there are tradeoffs for mobility, performance and power, considering the aspects of the GPU shortage, a Laptop may be the only alternative for the next 2 years based on Intel's own statements about chip shortages. As a Content Creator using a DAW, I'd start with an NVIDIA RTX Studio based Laptop armed with the Adobe After Effects (MFR) Multi Frame Render CPU Optimization Formula. That alone would make an interesting Video for discussion. BTW: What DAW software are You using? This helps Us to make better Videos! Appreciate Your Support!

[@alanaATX]

@@BuildOrBuy 😮 a gpu shortage? That's crazy. Also interesting. Cubase has been my jam but I had started using FL Studio before I went vanlife and like it. Your the best, Gill! 💯

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@alanaATX, Yes, GPUs are worth more than Gold due to scalpers and miners. It's crazy and List prices are escalating due to supply chain and demand! Steinberg, got it. Don't care for the Licensing model. Understand why they have to do it that way. We have the Dongles! Ugh! A new USB-C dongle is due out soon! Whereas Fruity Loops is so much easier to Install and Test. Very helpful for what We do in comparing technologies. Good to know. Thanks for Sharing! Appreciate Your help! Ditto!

[@victorgallon99]

I have Asus hyper x16 with 4 Samsung pro 970 500 GB = 2 tb total. Read 13694. Write 9968 Read 6339. Write. 6631 Read 459. Write. 405 Read 47. Write. 249 the gigabyte is faster but I think it's fine for me also asus is cheaper it is still fast

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Victor Manuel Lopez Gallon, Your Results, that confirms We need to destroy the RAID and Rebuild. Curious. I'm surprised the RAID array Booted. A follow-up in next Video! Thanks for Sharing! And Thanks for Watching!

[@Negodyay77]

is 500GB pro Slot the maximum? I wont to use 4x2 or 4x4TB, i have TRX50 with 88 Lane Motherboard fyi

[@Negodyay77]

Can the ASUS M.2 x16 GEN 4 CARD use 4x2TB or 4x4TB? A other YT Vid says this adapter only support max. 500GB is that true?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Negodyay, Welcome. Just now seeing Your comment. The Hyper card should work with 4 TB Drives. The other question, does your Motherboard support Bios Bifurcation?

[@Negodyay77]

Thank you, also 4x4TB is possible? TRX50 i need No Bifu💪🏻😉

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@Negodyay77, Yes. To install, configure and support a Quad card, yes. Your Chipset supports Bios Bifurcation.

[@arturperzyna5453]

Where are the results? I see them spread all over the video. They're confusing. ASUS is 1/3 slower.

[@maralius]

Are you sure the repaired windows OS did not cause the problem. You do not know how windows patched itself. That's a big if in my book. A clean install would have made a fair comparison.

[@PeterGembrowski]

Hello, I received the Asus card with a B550-XE Motherboard. I also have a Nvidia 1650S card. Which PCIe slot should I put each card. I am unsure. Thank you

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Peter Gembrowski, Welcome! That's a dilemma! ASUS ROG Strix B550-XE Gaming WiFi rog.asus.com/us/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b550-xe-gaming-wifi-model/spec - 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) - 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x4 mode) * - 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 Nvidia 1650S - 4GB GDDR6; 8k!; 2-Slot; PCIe 3.0. www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/gtx-1650-super/ The ASUS Hyper M.2 NVMe x16 card has to be installed in the 1st x 16 Slot. To maintain all 16 Lanes, the Video card must be installed in the x4 Slot. Not enough PCIe Resources on that Chipset for a x16 M.2 and a x16 Video card. I know, frustrating! To have 2 x16 Slots would require a HEDT. Hope that helps!

[@recklessthor4]

What do you think about Liqid honey badger?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Mikel Carr, Welcome! You are the 2nd to ask in 6 months. Closest AIC to the Liqid Honey Badger would be Highpoint. Both are Bifurcated since they both can accept 8 M.2 NVMe Drives and both require a x16 Lane Slot electrically. However, the Liqid Honey Badger, if We have to ask the price... At over twice what the Highpoint costs, a premium for that performance. Whereas, the Highpoint AIC is $1,000 but non Bootable. Have no idea if the Liqid Honey Badger is Bootable. Which is really a bummer. Can You imagine using a Liqid Honey Badger on a WRX80 Workstation? Wow! The Liqid Honey Badger will of course be faster than the Highpoint but at more than twice the price. Options! But, with PCIe 5.0 due out soon, this all changes again. Good question! If You Buy that Server Component for a Workstation, keep Us posted on Your progress! Don't expect We'll ever see that on Amazon. Never say never! Time will tell! We'd love to test one but that's not going to happen either. We'd love to do an emissivity reading while running a Test since they use stacked Drives. Would make for an interesting Video! Liqid should do more to promote more. Like making the Specs openly available. We have had several Data Scientists ask about this type of product when discussing Mellanox adapters for AI which We find most interesting. We thought this was an esoteric subject when We did the first Video on M.2 NVMe x16 Quad cards. Mainstream for those who want this technology! www.liqid.com/products/liqid-elements/element-lqd4500-pcie-aic-ssd www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190806005165/en/FMS2019-Liqid-Uncages-%E2%80%98Honey-Badger%E2%80%99-%E2%80%94-World%E2%80%99s-Fastest-Gen4-NVMe-Storage-for-Unprecedented-Data-Performance HighPoint Technologies SSD7540 PCIe 4.0 x16 8-Port M.2 NVMe RAID Controller amzn.to/3ivEJ18 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series-ssd7540-overview.htm Thanks for Asking! Great Question! Helps Us to make better Videos!

[@recklessthor4]

@@BuildOrBuy I contacted them for pricing and they only sell the AIC fully populated. Starting price is 6.4 Tb at about 6k$!

[@recklessthor4]

I am pretty sure that it is bootable though.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@recklessthor4 , Agreed it should be. However, could not tell unless We signed up for a quote. For the Price of the 8 M.2 NVMe Drives and the Card still expensive but if You need that performance, that's it! What are You Building? And is that card in the equation? What's Your time frame for deployment?

[@recklessthor4]

@@BuildOrBuy for that price, I think there is a lot to be said for the Highpoint

[@jarnhand266]

@BuildOrBuy Have you rerun the Asus card test? The results in the video its strangely low! Can it be a reaction to the cable? What about trying both cards directly into the socket?

[@jarnhand266]

I know that a few months back, there were no PCI gen 4 raiser cables that worked, there were even fire hazards with some of them (just search it).

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi Jarnhand, Next Video, a follow-up. I think Max is right. The Drive sequence.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@jarnhand266, Yes, that's why did We did the previous Video about the Vertical GPU Mount and PCIe 4.0 Riser Cables. We tried two of each. Only one Riser Cable worked. The other one caused a BSOD. Here's that Staging Video for this Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DYfJh9qNGSadU Crazy, right. Stay tuned! As always, Details matter!

[@jarnhand266]

@@BuildOrBuy Ok

[@jarnhand266]

@@BuildOrBuy To me it looks like the one that worked, did NOT run at gen 4 speeds. Crystal mark only showed about 10 000 vs about 15 000 if it was working Gen4.

[@malcolmswift1889]

can i run this card on a tr4 x399 board ?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hello Malcolm Swift, Absolutely! HEDT is what You have. Quad cards are Designed for HEDT like X299, X399 and TRX40. Pay attention to Slot assignments for PCIe Lane Bifurcation. Which Motherboard? New HEDT Motherboards are on the Horizon since AMD announced the new CPUs! And that's huge! We've been waiting nearly 3 years for that to happen!

[@malcolmswift1889]

@BuildOrBuy I have asus rog zenith extreme motherboard with ryzen threadripper 1950x but its saying pcie 3.0 on my specs so will my Samsung 980 Pro m.2 s lose performance?

[@OKTAYAlizadeh]

is there any speed diffrence between 2 ssds and 4 ssds on those cards??? like if i put 4 ssds it will perform faster on raid 0 ???? or speed will be same between 2 and 4

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi OKTAY, Welcome! There appears to be a load balancing issue when using less than 4 drives. Performance is better with 4 Drives. However, in RAID 0 the Tests indicate with 4 Drives, You attain the Speed of 3 Drives due to overhead for RAID configuration. PCIe 5.0 per NVMe will be up to 15,000MBps. Which means, new Chipsets, new Motherboards and everything else. BTW: Windows 11 is due out June 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM ET. Why is that important? Be careful purchasing any computer Items that require a Driver. We think this is why the older NVIDIA Video cards will no longer be supported. Stay tuned!

[@arturperzyna5453]

The whole process looks so pro and all, but fails completely to deliver. You didn't rebuild RAID. It is obvious that affected the results by lowering them by two digit value expressed in percentage. Looks like ASUS is worse than it is.

[@jeffdughman9741]

Can i use this just too add more drives? im not needing raid and just want more drives, and will this slow down the speed of the drives and will it effect my 3080 ti performance ? im looking to get the asus one. thanks in advance it means alot i really need to know but dont have extra cash to do the test myself.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi jeff dughman, Welcome! Yes, absolutely! A Quad AIC requires 1 x16 Slot, electrically. And that Slot must be Bifurcated in the Bios from x16 to x4x4x4x4. As long as You Motherboard has 2 x16 Slots, all is good! One for the Quad AIC and One for the RTX 3080 Ti. Are You using the X570 chipset? That's going to be a problem for having enough PCIe Resources. What's Your Motherboard? If You only have 1 x8 PCIe Slot, then a self Bifurcated AIC would be in order. Those cost as much as a Motherboard due to the PLX Chip for Lane Switching. Hope that helps! Thanks for Asking!

[@jeffdughman9741]

@@BuildOrBuy I have the new asus hero dark x570, it's part of the asus x570s boards they just dropped not too long ago, thanks for being so fast i hope the board can do it

[@BuildOrBuy]

Ji@@jeffdughman9741, Absolutely! Not enough PCIe Resources. ‧ 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslots (x16, x8/x8). You would only see 2 M.2 NVMe Drives. And Your GPU would be using a x8 Slot. Not ideal. Very few x570 Motherboards have even 1 dedicated x16 Slot, electrically. Let alone two. This type of AIC is made for a HEDT. Like a TRX40 or WRX80. You could use a Dual M.2 NVMe Adapter like the one from Supermicro. Hope that helps!

[@jeffdughman9741]

@@BuildOrBuy Thank you so much for the advice, it helped alot

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@jeffdughman9741, Absolutely! Success on Your Computer Build! Thanks for Asking!

[@margovincent22x]

Can we use Asus m2 16 4 card for raid 5 on an AMD x570?

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi margovincent22x, Welcome! Only if You have a Dedicated x16 PCIe Slot, electrically. Most x570s do not. They have Shared PCIe Resources. Great question. Thanks for asking! BTW: Which x570 Motherboard are You using? Be happy to look it up and extrapolate that info for You!

[@margovincent22x]

@@BuildOrBuy if I need hardware raid 5/6 on x570 any good suggestions. Right now checking broadcom megaraid but as a beginner I cannot decide on how and what to get.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@margovincent22x, Right now, doing Your Research to explore Your options is a good thing! 1st, is RAID a need or a want? Suggest, Keep it Simple. And inexpensive. So You can experience the technology. And experiment. 2nd, There are 3 types of RAID. 1. Hardware RAID 2. Hybrid Bios RAID 3. O/S software RAID 2 and 3 can be achieved with a Quad card. 1 requires a Broadcom MegaRAID. Then You have the M.2 NVMe Drives. Same Drives work on all of them! Hope that helps!

[@margovincent22x]

@@BuildOrBuy the raid 5 or 6 is a need for our small family business.

[@margovincent22x]

@@BuildOrBuy I also live in PHILIPPINES so I hope I am not bothering you with the time difference.

[@xKevmachinex]

sold out because of chia coin, to the moon baby!

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi kevmachine, That's just crazy! I think You're probably right! Thanks for watching!

[@xKevmachinex]

@@BuildOrBuy np if you got some storage u should wait until the 17th and join a pool and plot a little as a hobby.

[@BuildOrBuy]

Hi@@xKevmachinex, Who would have ever thought... These miners are ruining Computer Building for all of Us!

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@@BuildOrBuy its insane, first gpu's now hard drives whats next?

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pretty soon a basic computer for everyday use will cost 3000 bucks.

[@Terelle-2026]

I love the videos; if you hit the thumbs down; headbutt a knife

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Hi Terelle 2026, Love Your Comments. All of it! Thanks for watching!