pcie 4.0

I want to directly connect two computers using two Intel XL710-QDA2 40Gbps PCIe 3.0 x8 cards. However, the only slot I have available on my MSI x670-P Wi-Fi motherboard is a PCIe 4.0 x 2 slot (the physical slot size is x16). See "PCI_E4" in the diagram below: If the card I would put in the...

Hello, I just received my CWWK N305 that came with the M.2 Expansion Board (CW-ADLN-4PCIE V0.6). I don't need the expansion board as I just want to use a single PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe drive (Predator GM7000). However, after removing the board and inserting the NVMe drive, it does not recognize it...

Hello, I just received my CWWK N305 that came with the M.2 Expansion Board (CW-ADLN-4PCIE V0.6). I don't need the expansion board as I just want to use a single PCIe x4 NVMe drive. However, after removing the board and inserting the NVMe drive, it does not recognize it. If I reinstall the...

Hello, I have an Asrock Rack W680D4U-2L2TG5 motherboard that has 4 oculink SFF-8611 ports of which three are configured for pci-express gen4 and one is configurable in bios for either 4x sata or pci-express gen4. I bought a pair of oculink cables and a pair of oculink to pcie 4x riser cards in...

Hello everyone, I'm long time lurker but first time poster on sales forum. I was able to buy some NEW HP branded Intel Optane SSD DC P5800x 400gb U.2 NVMe disk for my homelab but unfortunately I won't benefit from them in my use case. They spent one day inside my server and have 1-2tb...

This TrueNAS CORE box is going to be used exclusively for VMware ESXi datastores via iSCSI (with sync writes enabled). Supermicro H12SSL-NT Epyc 7262 2 x DDR4-3200 64GB ECC DIMMs (fully populate with 8 eventually) Noctua NH-U12S TR4-SP3 CPU cooler/fan Seasonic Prime TX 750W power supply Boot...

Just finished my raptor extreme project. intel platinum 28c, mellanox connectx-5 dual 100GE nic in a custom sff mini-itx case: Imgur silent, powerful, and not ugly!!! jp next project: epyc rome 64c, supermicro proprietary mb, pcie 4.0, mellanox connectx-6 dual 100GE pcie 4.0 nic in an even...