ICY DOCK M.2 NVMe SSD to PCIe X16/X8/X4 Card Adapter with Large Aluminum Heat Sink | EZConvert Ex Pro MB987M2P-1B

I can finally boot off of NVMe M.2 drives on my old workstation. I'm running Windows 10 on a SuperMicro X9DAi dual Xeon motherboard with no M.2 or U.2 slots. I've installed a Broadcom/LSI 9400-16i 16-port controller, two LSI Logic Cable P/N 05-50065-00 cables which support four x4 NVMe drives. I'm using these fantastic ICY DOCK Tool-Less M.2 to U.2 Adapters to mount four Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe Series 2TB M.2 PCI-Express 3.0 x4 Solid State Drives. I've currently testing using the SilverStone TP02-M2 Heatsink for M.2 SSDs. The old BIOS is set for UEFI boot mode and will detect the controller and NVMe drives. Windows 10 will boot from them out of the box using the stock driver without issues and no speed issues at all. I couldn't be happier with the combo. I just can't see upgrading my motherboard and Xeon CPUs until Intel moves to PCIe 4.0 and has a die shrink on their Xeons to 7nms. And no I'm not swapping to AMD and their no ECC junk. I'll wait for Intel and move to a 7nm Gold-something Xeon with PCIe 4.0 and full ECC support when the time comes! This bring new life to my old system running dated Intel SATA SSDs off an LSI 9200 series SAS controller. This is the best best upgrade I've done since install the nVidia 2080 TI card. I would highly recommend the combo to my geek friends!

Works great, easy to install, looks cool.Easily compatible with old Mac Pro cheese grater desktops, and throwing a NVMe SSD makes for an excellent upgrade if you’re still using one.

I've been a fan of IcyDock ToughArmor products for a long time and this continues my experience with excellent quality from them. The drive sled on this controller card/hot swap bay are compatible and easily swap with the sleds from many of their other 2.5" 9.5 mm height products (see IcyDock's website for specific models).I'm using this for the SSD cache drive in an UnRAID system where all my drive bays are filled with spinning disks but I had a free PCIE x1 slot on my motherboard.Per dmesg on my UnRAID system, this card uses an ASMedia ASM1062 as its controller. While not the fastest controller (managing about 388 MB/s read and write on my Crucial M500 cache disk) it's adequate for my needs. And the controller is probably faster than any spinning disk you might want to install in it.I will definitely purchase this again if I need one more disk in a system where I'm out of drive bays or controller ports but still have a free PCIE x1 slot.

I put this in a Syba 2.5" U2 mobile rack using a 3.5 to 5.25 converter. I used the DiLinKer M.2 to U.2 cable to connect to the M.2 slot on my motherboard. Now we have a easily removable M2 2280. Worth noting is that the mobile rack requires the SATA power for the M2 to work, for me this was a bonus as I can then use my KingWin 6 port SATA power switch to turn it on or off. With the help of Y power cables, I am going to put one set of drives on a single switch and other sets on different switches, thus making it easy to switch OS and configuration - Love It. I have not done an official test of the speed, but it seems very fast, just as fast as when the M.2 was on the motherboard.My only con for this solution is the pricing of the U2 backplanes and mobile carriers is high. I used this hardward solution as I do not like using software based multi-boot.

The Good:- Qnap TS-h973ax NAS recognized my NVME via this U.2 enclosure and can run Gen3x4 full speed although the highest I've seen Qnap Performance Test measured was 2.6GB/s from a max of 2.8-3.0GB/s my ADATA sx8200pro 1TB can achieve. Close enough! <thumbs up>Love the screw-less clamps to fasten down the NVME stick. Why didn't motherboard manufacturers think of this instead of using cumbersome screws?!?The Bad:Documents claimed screws are enclosed with the package but mine is missing. Good thing my NAS does not need screws to fasten the enclosure. Also read some other reviewers that their thermal pads are missing. Obviously there is some serious problem with its quality control department. Potential buyers beware!![Update April 23, 2022]Placed another order for another one. This time it arrived with NO THERMAL PAD OR SCREWS!! I had to supply my own thermal pad. Nice going, IcyDock. YOU SUCK! Your brand cannot be trusted. I'm banning you for life![Update November 19, 2022]Icydock, you are now worth less than 1 star!!! It appears to work initially but in actual fact, IT'S JUST SMOKE SCREEN!!!When used as cache, transfer speed can sometimes dip to ZERO MB/s, even if 6 x SSD RAID5 is used. FYI. standalone 6xSSD without cache can transfer at 9xx MB/s. So, 6xSSD RAID 5 and Icydock NVME U.2 cache dips to 0 MB/s is just jaw dropping to say the least.I have always suspected Icydock is the culprit but could not find proof....I had to buy 6 x SSDs to find out and now I have. DO NOT BUY!!!

Using crucial and WD Red NVME drives. Both worked great. Easy tool-less installation.

I installed two of them with 2tb ssd drives in my SAN (Storage Area Network) inside a Dell r710 server for basic ISCSI Network drives for the 10 VMs (Virtual machines) i am using for my Clients to remote into. works well.

I purchased this adapter so I can install M.2 drives into the NVMe drive trays in a Dell workstation. The adapter worked perfectly - I didn't have any issues with the firmware or OS recognizing the drive. As shown in the attached photo, the adapter accommodates the full throughput capability of the M.2 drive (i.e., at least for the Intel 256 GByte 760p shown in the screenshot).Furthermore, the adapter is easy to use. Tools are not required to break apart the shell and install the M.2 SSD. Everything fit as it should and appears to be durable. The top shell is aluminum and a thermal pad is included to contact the SSD. I've installed several M.2 drives into the adapter and the thermal pad is holding up well (this was one of my concerns with the adapter). The bottom shell is plastic and vented - I suspect this will help with air cooling.If I need more adapters - I will purchase these.

Es una verdadera lástima que Amazon venda este tipo de productos. El cliente lo compra para poder instalar una unidad SSD nvme en una laptop y las entradas de conexión son diferentes. Terrible experiencia. En realidad así no vale ni 1 peso.