Axagon 2x SATA 6G + 2x SATA M.2 PCIe Card

The Axagon PCES-SA4M2 2x SATA 6G + 2x SATA M.2 PCIe Card features a PCIe 3.0 x2 expansion card that delivers two SATA III ports plus two internal M.2 (B-key/B+M) SATA slots supporting 2230-2280 drives at full 6 Gbps speed. It utilises an ASMedia controller with support for Hot-Plug, NCQ, TRIM, Port Multiplier and includes both standard and low-profile brackets for versatile installation in any case.

Features

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PCES-SA4M2 PCIe Controller 2x SATA 6G + 2x SATA M.2

Four-channel SATA III PCI-Express controller with two internal SATA ports and two slots for SATA M.2 disks. Standard & Low profile.

The AXAGON PCES-SA4M2 PCI-Express controller extends your desktop PC with two SATA III ports and two slots for SATA M.2 discs with a transmission rate up to 6Gb/s. The combination of a two-port SATA III controller and two SATA M.2 slots makes the card a very useful device for expanding your computer. You can easily connect up to four discs, such as two 3.5" discs or optical drives and two SATA M.2 discs.

The card equipped with ASMedia chipset not only supports SATA 3.0 specification, but also other SATA technologies such as Hot-Plug, Native Command Queue (NCQ), TRIM, or Port Multiplier. Easy installation without the need to install drivers on most operating systems. Included low profile bracket allow controller installation into standard and also low profile PC cases.

• Full Plug and Play support.
• Compliant with Serial ATA 3.0 specification (SATA/600), transmission rates of up to 6 Gb/s (600 MB/s).
• Compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specification (SATA/300), transmission rates of up to 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s).
• Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification (SATA/150), transmission rates of up to 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s).
• Compliant with the ATA AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) specification revision 1.4.
• Fully supports Hot Plug connecting and disconnecting of SATA devices while running.
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ).
• TRIM feature support for SSD discs.
• Port Multiplier Command Based Switching feature support.
• Boot support from connected disk incl. cooperation with computer motherboard BIOS / UEFI.
• 4x LED to indicate connected discs activity.
• Four 2-pin sockets for connecting the HDD LEDs of the computer case.
• The ASMedia ASM1164 chipset is used.

Input

• PCI-Express 3.0 interface, compatible with PCI-Express 1.0a / 1.1 / 2.0 /2.1.
• Number of 2-Lane (x2) lines, compatible with x4 / x8 / x16 PCIe slots.
• The bandwidth of 2-Lane PCI-Express 3.0 bus 4 GB/s bidirectional.

Outputs

• 2x independent Serial ATA port, SATA III 6G standard.
• 2x internal 7-pin SATA data connector.
• Supports all SATA I / SATA II / SATA III optical drives, SSDs and hard discs of all capacities.
• 2x independent NGFF 75-pin B-key slot for SATA M.2 drives.
• Designed for B+M-key and B-key discs with 2230, 2242, 2260 a 2280 mm dimensions.
• Support of both one-sided and double-sided SATA M.2 SSD discs of all capacities.