Question 1

If i have 4x nvme drives in here, and use them discretely (non-raid), the pcie 4.0 slot is only x8 lanes, will each drive still be 5.2 gb/s?

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Says directly in description that this works in either a PCIe x8 or x16 Gen 3 or 4 slot. Another poster indicated they were successful in getting it to work in an x4 PCIe slot. Also, if your board is an Asus Workstarion board (or other Asus boards I presume) there is what's called Bifurcation which gives you even more options for RAID setup. (Bifurcation can make one x16 slot and break slot down into 2 x8, or 4 x4 lanes from what I have read) hope this helps : )

Question 2

Do I have to use raid for this card?

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This is designed as a RAID card, and it will be difficult or impossible to use as non-RAID, though that may depend on what is possible in your motherboard BIOS settings for the PCIE slot -- if it allows for 4-way bifurcation without RAID. (My workstation motherboard only allows for 4-way RAID, so I'm stuck with having to use RAID with this Hyper Card.) Otherwise, for non-RAID, you need an NVME card with on-board bifurcation, which is done with an Asmedia controller chip on the card that splits the PCIE signal. There are apparently no such cards on the market yet for PCIE 4.0, but there are such cards for PCIE 3, for 2 or 4 NVME cards.  (There are PCIE 4.0 cards for a single NVME or NVME + 1 SATA m.2, which of course don't require bifurcation.)

Question 3

Are sabrent 2tb rocket nvme 4.0 gen4 pcie m.2 compatible wityh this card ?
i have a asus zenith ii extreme alpha mb.
thanks

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Yes they are. Using 2 now in raid 0 on an MSI motherboard. Make sure to update the bios.
Someplace in the Bios you'll find a PCIE setting that gives the option for 4x4x4x4 or 4x4. If missing then update.

Question 4

Are sabrent 2tb rocket nvme 4.0 gen4 pcie m.2 drives compatible with this card ?
i have an asus zenith ii extreme alpha mainboard.
thanks.

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It should be. I got 4x Samsung 980 PRO 2TB in x4 mode in mine. The AMD TR CPU should have more than enough lanes available for you. Make sure you allocate the lanes properly in BIOS, if available. Do also keep in mind that this card is long... In case you have a water cooling setup / water reservoir that may interfere when the card is in the lower PCIe slots. Card length is similar to an NVidia 1080 FE / 2080 FE / 3080 FE.

ASIN	B084HMHGSP
Best Sellers Rank	#34,014 in Computers ( See Top 100 in Computers ) #3 in RAID Controllers
Brand	ASUS
Compatible Devices	Motherboards with AMD TRX40/X570 Series PCIe 4.0 support and Intel VROC NVMe Raid
Customer Reviews	4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (733)
Hardware Interface	PCI Express 4.0
Item Dimensions L x W x H	26L x 30W x 5H millimeters
Item Type Name	ASUS Hyper M.2 X16 PCIe 4.0 X4 Expansion Card Supports 4 NVMe M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) up to 256Gbps for AMD 3rd Ryzen sTRX40, AM4 Socket and Intel VROC NVMe Raid
Item Weight	1.95 Pounds
Manufacturer	Asus
Mfr Part Number	HYPER M.2 X16 GEN 4 Card
Model Number	HYPER M.2 X16 GEN 4 Card
Number of Items	1
Operating System	Windows, macOS, Linux
Style Name	Classic
UPC	192876624920
Unit Count	1 Count

Asus Hyper M.2 X16 Pcie 4.0 X4 Expansion Card Supports 4 Nvme M.2 (2242/2260/2280/22110) Up To 256GBps For Amd 3Rd Ryzen Strx40, Am4 Socket And Intel Vroc Nvme Raid

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