Last time, I’ve explained everything you could want to know if you wanted to put an M.2 socket onto your board. Today, let’s build M.2 cards! There’s a myriad of M.2 sockets out there that are just ...

ASRock has just unveiled its new Ultra M.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 connection interface that is said to double its transfer speed bandwidth, and blow SATA 3 6GB/s out of the water. The new Ulra M.2 interface is ...

You’ve seen M.2 cards in modern laptops already. If you’re buying an SSD today, it’s most likely an M.2 one. Many of our laptops contain M.2 WiFi cards, the consumer-oriented WWAN cards now come in ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Using the M.2 interface to connect high-speed modules to a motherboard has become something of a trend. This space is ...

As motherboard manufacturers unveiled their new Intel 9 Series products one after another, we can see the proliferation of PCIe Gen2 x2 M.2 interface on Desktop motherboards very clearly. However, ...

Its $289.99 price puts it in the middle of the Mini-ITX motherboard market, but the ASRock B650E PG-ITX is near the top in features. This tiny board offers ample power delivery, two M.2 sockets and ...

It wasn’t always so simple to add storage to a desktop or laptop. For decades, PC storage was synonymous with bulky, mechanical hard drives. The first hard drive was sold in 1956, but it wasn’t until ...

All our computing devices rely on technology that allows them to connect to other devices and networks. Some of these work using electromagnetic systems, but a good number of them must use a physical ...

When building a new PC, it's very likely that your fancy motherboard will feature multiple M.2 sockets. It's almost guaranteed that some portion of these SSD slots will be connected directly to the ...

Gigabyte's X870E Aorus Pro Ice is a midrange motherboard full of features, from a trio of PCI Express 5.0-capable M.2 sockets to 40Gbps USB4 ports, integrated Wi-Fi 7, and a winter-white design that's ...

Have you built a machine recently, loyal HotHardware reader? If you have, then it probably included an M.2 SSD, and if it did, then you're well aware of the annoyance that is the M.2 screw. Too small ...

So i've just put together an Asus Z170-Deluxe based machine and have come across this rather frustrating limitation. I've installed an M.2 PCIE SSD on the mobo only to find the moment I enable RAID ...