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  • HIGH PERFORMANCE: Install 2 PCIe 3.0 M.2 SSDs (NVMe or AHCI) into your workstation or server for read/write speeds up to 3GB/s and 2.8GB/s for single-drives or 2.4GB/s and 1.42GB/s (per drive) for 2
  • WIDE COMPATIBILITY: Dual M.2 PCIe SSD adapter card was extensively tested to ensure compatibility w/ Samsung 970 evo, 950 Pro, SM951, & other 2242, 2260, 2280mm PCIe M-Key M.2 NGFF SSDs (NVMe or AHCI)
  • BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY: Compatible w/ PCIe 1.0 & 2.0 and x8 or x16 slots, PCIe bifurcation is not required. Works with all workstation and server OS's such as Windows, Linux, and macOS incl. legacy
  • RAID FUNCTIONALITY: M.2 PCI Express adapter lets you use SSDs individually or in a storage pool using OS or 3rd party RAID software & supports RAID 0, 1, SPAN, JBOD for tiered/hybrid storage
  • VENTED DUAL-PROFILE BRACKETS: Pre-installed full profile bracket with low-profile (half-height) bracket in box & vented design for better cooling, avoiding drive throttling and improving reliability

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x8 Dual M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter - PCIe 3.0

M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

Boost System Performance

The expansion card lets you take full advantage of the fast performance and compact size of PCIe M.2 internal solid-state drives.

With the M.2 PCIe based drives in place, the adapter increases your storage capacity and gives your computer a significant speed boost, enhancing data transfer rates.

Access two M.2 PCIe SSDs simultaneously

The dual M.2 to PCIe expansion card employs a high-speed ASM2824 switch, allowing you to access two drives at the same time.

Since the adapter card does not rely on PCIe bifurcation, it can easily be integrated into all systems, new and legacy.

The M.2 PCI express adapter also gives you the flexibility to access your M.2 PCIe SSDs individually. Or, you can utilize software RAID to build a RAID array to add redundancy or enhance system performance.

Wide System Compatibility

The adapter connects directly to your computer motherboard to support two PCIe M.2 SSDs through a x8 PCIe expansion slot.

The adapter is compatible with PCIe 3.0 motherboards and is backward compatible with PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 1.0.

PCI Express M.2 SSD Adapter Card | For PCIe NVMe and PCIe AHCI M.2 SSDs

M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

M.2 PCIe SSD Adapter

Supports a Wide Range of PCIe M.2 SSDs

The PCIe M.2 NGFF (M Key) adapter supports PCIe 3.0 NVMe and PCIe-AHCI M.2 SSDs including 2242, 2260, and 2280 drives, supporting the most common drive sizes: 42, 60, and 80 mm lengths.

Easy to Install

The expansion card comes with a full-profile bracket pre-installed, and includes a half-height / low-profile bracket, for installation in small form-factor computers.

Vented Brackets

Vented brackets on the PCIe M.2 NGFF SSD adapter card increases air flow to assist in heat dissipation.

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Product Description

This Dual M 2 PCIe SSD adapter lets you add two high performance enterprise-class PCIe 3 0 M 2 SSDs (NVMe and AHCI) into the PCIe 8-lane or larger slot of your desktop workstation or server
Boost System Performance
The expansion card lets you take full advantage of the fast performance and compact size of PCIe M 2 internal solid-state drives With the M 2 PCI e based drives in place the adapter increases your storage capacity and gives your computer a speed boost enhancing data transfer rates
Access Two Drives Simultaneously
The dual M 2 to PCIe expansion card employs a high-speed ASM2824 switch allowing you to access two drives at the same time or individually Or you can utilize software RAID to build a RAID array to add redundancy or enhance system performance Since the adapter card does not rely on PCIe bifurcation it can easily be integrated into all systems new and legacy
Wide Compatibility
The adapter connects to your computer motherboard to support two PCIe M 2 SSDs through a x8 PCIe expansion slot The adapter is compatible with PCIe 3 0 motherboards and is backward compatible with PCIe 2 0 and PCIe 1 0 It supports PCIe 3 0 NVMe and PCIe-AHCI M 2 SSDs including 2242 2260 and 2280 drives supporting the most common drive sizes 42 60 and 80 mm lengths
Easy to Install
The PCI express M 2 NGFF comes with a full- and low-profile brackets for installation in small form-factor computers The brackets are also vented to increase air flow to assist with heat dissipation
The PEX8M2E2 is backed by a StarTech 2-year and free lifetime technical support.

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Customers like the quality, performance and ease of installation of the card. They mention that it's well constructed, works flawlessly and that it allows for a smooth and clean installation of any NVME M.2 SSD. They are also satisfied with value. However, some customers dislike bootability, and compatibility. Opinions are mixed on sata ports and drive recognition.

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198 customers mention148 positive50 negative

Customers like the performance of the adapter. They say it works flawlessly, the high-speed ASM2824 switch is really performant, and delivers faster speeds. The primary HDD works great, and the drives were detected and worked without problems. The adapter works right out of the box, and has no issues with speed and bandwidth. The SSD feels more responsive off this adapter, and DaVinci is now so fast that it can have noise reduction, glow, and film grain.

"...Works flawlessly. Very neat and no spaghetti. I am very pleased with this...." Read more

"Comes on CD. read instructions on which package it is.Works great! Wish they made one with more ports" Read more

"...This card works right out of the box, which makes me wonder - why can't these other manufacturers make a card that works for half the price?..." Read more

"...was 3weeks ago, so now I think I’m just stuck with an eSata controller that doesn’t work, and still no eSata port...." Read more

64 customers mention56 positive8 negative

Customers find the installation of the card very simple. They say it's a straight-forward, zero problem install on Windows 7. They also say the instructions are great and it seems well made. Customers also mention that the card is plug-and-play with NVMe and full speed 4kMB/sec.

"...I created a RAID 1 array for the boot drives and had no problem installing my Hypervisor OS. Great device!" Read more

"...There's not really a lot to say. The PC made installation tool-free and simple. The adapter was detected and so was my external HDD in the dock...." Read more

"...This was a very simple installation, and I didn't need to alter any dip-switches since I only wanted to use one external port for a RAID drive...." Read more

"...Mounting the ssd and installing the expansion card was easy. In about 10 minutes I was up and running with my 1tb SSD all installed...." Read more

40 customers mention29 positive11 negative

Customers like the quality of the adapter. They say it's well-constructed, and functions as a NVM SSD. Some mention that the adaptor is useful for adding extra HDDs.

"...Works flawlessly. Very neat and no spaghetti. I am very pleased with this...." Read more

"...Been online for a good 18+ months no issues. GREAT PRODUCT and worth the extra few bucks over no-name brands!" Read more

"...From what I've been reading online is that the ASM1061 chipset is just not very good...." Read more

"...solutions out there but the instructions are great and it seems well made. I waited 4 months before I wrote this review...." Read more

20 customers mention14 positive6 negative

Customers like the value of the card. For example, they say it's worth the extra few bucks, simple, and an inexpensive upgrade.

"...GREAT PRODUCT and worth the extra few bucks over no-name brands!" Read more

"...Final thoughts. I think for the money, it's worth it...." Read more

"...Working on a dl380p gen 8 running windows server 2019. Startech is always expensive but worth it. Especially in a server environment" Read more

"...The drive I bought (Silicon Power) is cheap, but ultra fast...." Read more

28 customers mention14 positive14 negative

Customers are mixed about the drive recognition. Some mention that on installation Windows 7 was automatically able to recognize it and install drivers, while others say that they were unable to find any available driver on StarTech's website.

"...Good room. Immediately the OS sees the drive - no drivers needed." Read more

"...immediately recognized by the software, and I also was unable to find any available driver on StarTech’s website...." Read more

"...I have observed no write errors, and no drive recognition problems. Write speeds on the stripe set are around 120MB/sec sustained...." Read more

"...7 drivers for this card needs to understand that this card DOES NOT NEED DRIVERS...." Read more

19 customers mention8 positive11 negative

Customers are mixed about the SATA ports. Some mention that it gives them two additional ports and fully supports port multiplier functions. They say the ports are easy to setup and convenient for plugging in different drives quickly. However, others say that they can only have 2 ports total enabled and that the ports can't be multiplied.

"Default drivers had problems with port multiplier for an external hard drive enclosure...." Read more

"...have SATA 3.0 and up to 6Gbps transfer speeds but also an 8-device port multiplier onboard...." Read more

"...default Windows driver instead of the official, but then port multipliers won't work, and I'm using 2 bays with 4 drives each...." Read more

"This card allows for one port multiplier; that means you can have multiple drives operated by one of the ports, but the other port must have one..." Read more

22 customers mention3 positive19 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the compatibility of the card. They mention that the system does not recognize the card in Device Manager, and the BIOS does not detect it. Some say that the card may not be compatible with Windows 11 and that it was not detected whatsoever by the motherboard.

"...The only difference is not supporting RAID. Caching is only thing I want from it." Read more

"...Reinstalled and no BSOD.Card not recognized in Device Manager / Windows 10: its your UEFI bios security protection...." Read more

"...Windows system did not see card. Bios did not see card. StarTech instructions and website were not helpful...." Read more

"...Card was not detected whatsoever by the motherboard. I took this as far as to mean the motherboard wasn't reading the PCI-E slot properly...." Read more

21 customers mention0 positive21 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the bootability of the card. They say that it causes problems with booting, and some older computers can't boot from it directly. Some customers also mention that the card wants to boot first in priority, so they have to connect their previous main hard drive.

"...At least not in my case on a 2019 Mac Pro. Once installed, the computer doesn't boot, only giving out indicator lights complaining about a problem..." Read more

"...I could not boot back into windows. Removed the card and still couldn't boot. Had to re-install windows from my backup partition...." Read more

"...Smart from the card picked up the drives but still it did not show up in windows am not sure if this helped or not but as soon as I went into bios..." Read more

"...Older computers can not boot from it directly but the OS should see it. Then TWO M.2 SATA slots that each have a SATA connector...." Read more

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Plugged it in and it works!
I added this to a PC that had 3 SATA ports on the motherboard, but I needed one more for an external HDD dock. I've had this adapter plugged in and in use for about 5-1/2 months, so this is not an "out of the box" review.This adapter has 4 SATA ports, two that can be internal (or perhaps brought to a front panel), and 2 more on the PC back panel. I've only plugged in to one of them - which met my needs.Summary:There's not really a lot to say. The PC made installation tool-free and simple. The adapter was detected and so was my external HDD in the dock. It has been completely trouble free, and I can easily recommend it to others.
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Jessica
5.0 out of 5 stars Add (2) x SATA SSDs to your Dell PowerEdge as a Boot Device to save space and make it neat!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2023
Style: 1x M.2 NVMe/ 2x M.2 SATA |2x SATAVerified Purchase
I bought this (2) x SATA M.2 + (1) X NMVe M.2 SSD adapter/controller card and have been very pleased. I bought this to use in a Dell PowerEdge T320 server. My use case is probably a bit different than most. I was switching my main Hypervisor install/boot drive from SD card (Dell ISDM) to SSD -- for performance and reliability reasons. I wanted to utilize the onboard SATA connectors to connect SSDs to, however, I didn't want 6-inches of SATA power adapters, a poorly fitting 2.5" cage or 2.5" SSDs sitting somewhere they shouldn't be.

I love the thought of the Dell BOSS (Boot-Optimized Storage Solution) cards, but that's only validated and available on 14th Gen and up Dell. I am running a pretty old 12th Gen PowerEdge.

Nice thing is that for SATA M.2 drives, this adapter polls power from the PCIe port. When no NMVe/PCIe SSD is installed in the adapter card, this card is completely transparent to the host/workstation -- which is significant for some servers where PCIe lanes or bus priority is a concern. I populated the adapter card with (2) x 256GB SATA SSDs, connected two SATA cables from the card to the Onboard SATA ports and installed the card in an unused slot.

Works flawlessly. Very neat and no spaghetti. I am very pleased with this. The two SATA M.2 drives showed up as any SSD to the Onboard PERC S110 RAID controller. I created a RAID 1 array for the boot drives and had no problem installing my Hypervisor OS. Great device!
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AndroidGeek
5.0 out of 5 stars Needs drivers for port multiplier
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
Style: 2x eSATA | 2x SATAVerified Purchase
Comes on CD. read instructions on which package it is.

Works great! Wish they made one with more ports
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Chris Jung
5.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately, it takes a $165 adapter card to support 2 m.2 M-key drives!
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2022
Style: 2x M.2 NVMeVerified Purchase
I got this adapter card only after 2 other cards failed me - one for only $15 & one for $40. This card, for $165, was the only one of the 3 that worked! The reviewers of these cheaper cards said that you need to change something in your computer's BIOS/UEFI to get them to work properly. NO!!! The only thing that the UEFI does for you is to allow you to run a self-test. The $15 card didn't work at all, & the $40 card would only recognize 1 out of 2 m.2 M-key drives. This card works right out of the box, which makes me wonder - why can't these other manufacturers make a card that works for half the price?

ONLY RECOMMENDED if you need to install 2 additional m.2 M-key drives in your computer.
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Robert S
4.0 out of 5 stars Had to study Jumper settings for awhile in order to understand what it seeks to teach
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2022
Style: 2x eSATA | 2x SATAVerified Purchase
Almost sent it back given frustration with Jumper settings, and things not seen, but once I groked settings and finally realized the drives I was attempting to use were no longer operational in ANY context, it was like a light went on. I didn't need cable, I didn't need another card, I needed working drives. This works fine and only cost me a few seconds at boot time while bios looks at it and tells me what it sees. I'm a happy camper using one for DVD drive and the other for a 3.5 internal mechanical drive. both on the ATA side/internal. I could be that I'm thick, but... I judge the directions for Jumper settings from that thick perspective as not so great. In the end, after some frustration understanding...clarity and my old Asus Z87A got a couple new drives with Win 10 pro putting its own driver. Don't have to bother with cd disk driver install.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Plugged it in and it works!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
Style: 2x eSATA | 2x SATAVerified Purchase
I added this to a PC that had 3 SATA ports on the motherboard, but I needed one more for an external HDD dock. I've had this adapter plugged in and in use for about 5-1/2 months, so this is not an "out of the box" review.

This adapter has 4 SATA ports, two that can be internal (or perhaps brought to a front panel), and 2 more on the PC back panel. I've only plugged in to one of them - which met my needs.

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There's not really a lot to say. The PC made installation tool-free and simple. The adapter was detected and so was my external HDD in the dock. It has been completely trouble free, and I can easily recommend it to others.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Plugged it in and it works!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024
I added this to a PC that had 3 SATA ports on the motherboard, but I needed one more for an external HDD dock. I've had this adapter plugged in and in use for about 5-1/2 months, so this is not an "out of the box" review.

This adapter has 4 SATA ports, two that can be internal (or perhaps brought to a front panel), and 2 more on the PC back panel. I've only plugged in to one of them - which met my needs.

Summary:
There's not really a lot to say. The PC made installation tool-free and simple. The adapter was detected and so was my external HDD in the dock. It has been completely trouble free, and I can easily recommend it to others.
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Garo Spenjian
5.0 out of 5 stars Stick with a known brand!
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024
Style: 1x M.2 NVMeVerified Purchase
I started off with a cheap, no name brand and it dropped by NVMe drive and caused a crash on a poweredge server (using with ESXi vSphere 7.0u3) with only 8 months of use.

I went with Startech and my problems faded away. Been online for a good 18+ months no issues. GREAT PRODUCT and worth the extra few bucks over no-name brands!
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ReaderDean
1.0 out of 5 stars May not be compatible with Windows 11
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023
Style: 2x eSATA | 2x SATAVerified Purchase
I ordered this pcie eSata controller card (PEXESAT322i) from StarTech because not only was it advertised to have SATA 3.0 and up to 6Gbps transfer speeds but also an 8-device port multiplier onboard. (For reference, I use an MSI Pro Z690-A WI-FI DDR4 motherboard and an nVidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU on my gaming computer, running Windows 11.)

With that setup, this eSata Controller was not immediately recognized by the software, and I also was unable to find any available driver on StarTech’s website. So I used their online support service, and the technician pointed me to a website that he said contained the appropriate driver. Unfortunately, the page was blank. Then I called the telephone support number, and there the technician said the card didn’t require a driver. The second time I called, the tech told me that my problem was a known issue and the engineers were working on it. He promised to email me when a fix was available. Two weeks later, I called tech support again, and he told me the card “might” be bad, and I needed to see if another computer would recognize it. When that test proved negative, I called back. (By this time I was well beyond the return date.). When this tech couldn’t give me an answer, I told him that I would be willing to use a standalone port multiplier on one of my existing SATA ports with just a simple eSata connector. He said it might be possible and that he would check with his “team” to see if an arrangement could be made, after which he would email me back with the answer — that day or the next. I never heard from him again. That was 3weeks ago, so now I think I’m just stuck with an eSata controller that doesn’t work, and still no eSata port.

Unless you know something I don’t, I wouldn’t recommend buying from this source. You’ll probably just get the runaround from their technical support team, and wind up without a workable solution.
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Sergio Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars works perfectly on a linux machine
Reviewed in Canada on December 1, 2023
Style: 2x eSATA | 2x SATAVerified Purchase
had no Problems configuring on a linux debian machine and was able to connect my external Hdd dock
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Style: 1x M.2 NVMeVerified Purchase
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Jas Bangar
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't lose the screwdriver!
Reviewed in Canada on July 26, 2021
Style: 1x M.2 NVMe/ 2x M.2 SATA |2x SATAVerified Purchase
I bought this because I lost the screwdriver from the original box. It's annoyingly hard to find a screwdriver of that size!

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Gary Surrey
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Reviewed in Canada on July 3, 2021
Style: 2x M.2 NVMeVerified Purchase
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