Review on Ableconn PEXM2-130 Dual PCIe NVMe M.2 SSDs Carrier Adapter Card (ASMedia ASM2824 Switch) - High-Speed 2X M.2 NGFF PCIe NVMe SSD Support for Mac & PC (PCIe x8, Non-Bifurcation Motherboard) by Brent Doolan

Name: Ableconn PEXM2-130 Dual PCIe NVMe M.2 SSDs Carrier Adapter Card (ASMedia ASM2824 Switch) - High-Speed 2X M.2 NGFF PCIe NVMe SSD Support for Mac & PC (PCIe x8, Non-Bifurcation Motherboard)
Item: Ableconn PEXM2-130 Dual PCIe NVMe M.2 SSDs Carrier Adapter Card (ASMedia ASM2824 Switch) - High-Speed 2X M.2 NGFF PCIe NVMe SSD Support for Mac & PC (PCIe x8, Non-Bifurcation Motherboard)
Rating: 5

October 27, 2022

I recommend this to anyone with a Mac Pro

I flashed a 2009 Mac Pro to 5.1 and this little baby is amazing. I added a 500GB NVME for macos and then a 2TB NVME for my home folder and before that I used 2 SSDs in a raid on another PCI card still installed. this nvme gets 2500mb! (even without raid) Also note that I was able to upgrade to Macos Mojave, which automatically installs the firmware to read nvme. So I assumed I was stuck in macos Sierra (would allow raid drives for macos) and didn't even need raid to get those speeds (macos Mojave no longer allows raid for OSes). Note. I also had to ditch my NVIDIA graphics card and install an Ati-Radeon to have Metal support. Bottom line, I can't believe I have a computer that's 11 years old and outperforms most computers. I always think I'll have to bite the bullet and drop 6k on a new MacPro, but I think I'm good for a couple more years.

Pros

. Compatible with PCIe 3.0 motherboards and backward compatible with PCIe 2.0 x8 or x16 slots. Works with any workstation or server running Windows, Linux and macOS. No driver installation required.

Cons