GIGABYTEone of the leading companies in high-performance and gaming hardware and components, has announced the adapter AORUS Gen5 AIC Adapter PCIe 5 compliant and capable of supporting up to four NVMe SSDs in M.2 form factor. In other words, it is an adapter with four M.2 slots for NVMe SSD drives.
As you can see in the picture, the AORUS Gen5 AIC Adapter is a device that occupies a 16-lane PCIe slot to greatly expand the storage capacity of a desktop computer. The four M.2 slots that it makes available give access to PCIe 5.0 interfaces with a maximum capacity of 16 terabytes. Bandwidth can be increased by configuring a RAID array to reach 60GB/s.
Due to the large capacity it is capable of supporting and the high speeds it can work at, the AORUS Gen5 AIC Adapter includes orCho built-in temperature sensors and a 2-inch dual ball bearing fan temperature controlled to ensure proper operation.
The AORUS Gen5 AIC has an aluminum protection that gives it a very attractive aesthetic finish that, together with the metal contact base, is responsible for contributing to heat dissipation. The single-slot design greatly improves convenience without worrying about interference from other PCIe devices.
The device has an internal heat dissipation system made up of a large heat sink and a double-sided high-conductivity thermal pad. Also, temperature can be monitored in real time with AORUS Storage Manager and SSD Tool Box appswhich are exclusive to GIGABYTE.
The use of the AORUS Gen5 AIC is aimed at the new generation GIGABYTE motherboards for Intel and AMD with support for PCIe 5. Obviously, the M.2 slots provided by the device are compatible with PCI Express generation 3 and 4 drives.
Jackson Hsu, Director of GIGABYTE Channel Solutions Product Development Division, stated that “With the upcoming PCIe 5.0 platform, high-speed storage can exceed 10GB/s. For users seeking higher performance, GIGABYTE AORUS Gen5 AIC leads the way to extreme performance when building a disk array”.
