[SOLVED] will Asus Hyper m.2 x16 v2 work in my system?

[StigDenmark]

Hi i am looking for a solution to add my, recently found, old m.2 NVMe ssd to my computer.

i found this card from asus
https://www.asus.com/Motherboard-Accessories/HYPER-M-2-X16-CARD-V2/

my current setup is a msi b450m mortar max motherboard.
amd ryzen 5 3400g cpu with vega graphics
2 nvme ssd, and a PCIe wifi-card
and i am trying to add a 3rd nvme ssd

the optimal solution would be if the asus card works.
the motherboard only can only have 3 PCIe in it, and one of the PCIe doesnt work if the 2nd m.2 slot is populated.
so right now there is room so i could just get a PCIe card for one ssd. but in the furture i want to add a graphics card to my PC, and then i would need one more PCIe

so if the asus card is compatible, i would have 2 ssd's on the asus extension card and one ssd in the motherboard, but would it work in the available x4 PCIe slot? and does my system support PCIe bifurcation ?
is there a better way to add the last ssd ?
and what kind of speed can i expect if the 2 ssd's are able to work on the card through the one PCIe x4 connection

i hope someone can help me, as i feel a bit lost after trying to figure the whole thing out

i listed the specs i thought was relevant above, here is a complete list if there is something else that have a say in the equation
Msi B450m mortar max
Amd Ryzen 5 3400g
2x8gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200mhz
tp-link wifi card
Corsair tx550m 80+gold
adata gammix s5 (256gb) And gammix s11 pro (256gb)
and then the ssd from my old laptop
samsung PM861 (512gb)

 

[Ervis Gjoni]

The long and short of it is yes, you can use that card and you can use ONLY 2 m.2 NVME ssd drives on it. then you can raid them or use them separately as you please.

Let me break it down for you.
The motherboard you have has a chipset that supports that raiser card. (Asus Hyper card)
Problem is that your CPU, has ONLY 8 pcie lanes available. The card uses 4 lanes for each drive. So it can only see and use 2 ssds. This is a CPU limitation. If you had a cpu without a build in graphics you would have 16 lanes, but then you would need at least 8 for graphics again so back to square one.
Your wifi card should work just fine since the PCIE gen2 x 1 slots that are on the bottom are routed through the PCH so they dont take lanes off of the cpu.

bios update required before you do this.
And yes, 2 nvme in raid 0 on this card will be much faster than anything else you have seen.

 

[StigDenmark]

The long and short of it is yes, you can use that card and you can use ONLY 2 m.2 NVME ssd drives on it. then you can raid them or use them separately as you please.

Let me break it down for you.
The motherboard you have has a chipset that supports that raiser card. (Asus Hyper card)
Problem is that your CPU, has ONLY 8 pcie lanes available. The card uses 4 lanes for each drive. So it can only see and use 2 ssds. This is a CPU limitation. If you had a cpu without a build in graphics you would have 16 lanes, but then you would need at least 8 for graphics again so back to square one.
Your wifi card should work just fine since the PCIE gen2 x 1 slots that are on the bottom are routed through the PCH so they dont take lanes off of the cpu.

bios update required before you do this.
And yes, 2 nvme in raid 0 on this card will be much faster than anything else you have seen.

okay thank you for the reply. so basically the card would take a bunch of lanes from any potential furture gpu i add, and i would have to upgrade the cpu, when i buy a gpu for the ssd riser card to still funktion?