Gigabyte has released its CMT2014 M.2 x16 PCIe add-in-card, which is a daughter-board that can be equipped with four M.2 SSDs. A few months ago two other companies like ASUS and ASRock have released a similar card as well. Compared to the ASUS Hyper M.2 and the ASRock Ultra Quad M.2, the Gigabyte CMT2014 lacks any mechanism to cool the drives.


The PCB sports four M.2 sockets without a power connector. It's not the first time that we see a PCIe add-in-card compatible with up to four M.2 SSDs. Compared to the ASUS and ASRock cards, the Gigabyte CMT2014 doesn't sport any fan or heatsink. Furthermore the M.2 sockets are placed rather close to each other. According to the pictures, the CMT2014 should be compatible with four M.2 SSDs with up to 110mm length.

Like with the other M.2 x16 PCIe add-in-cards, the CMT2014 might not work fully in most desktop motherboards. The company didn't reveal pricing, but in order to prevent RMAs from people who can't get it to work, Gigabyte mentioned that the card is only compatible with Xeon "Purley" platform for now.




Source: Techpowerup