Review on 🔌 RIITOP NVMe Adapter with Heat Sink - M.2 PCIe SSD to PCI-e Converter Card | 2280/2260/2242/2230 [Upgraded] by Darryl Jennings

I got this card to move an NVMe SSD from a dedicated M.2 slot on the motherboard to a PCIEx8 slot. The reason was to free up 2 SATA ports shared with the M.2 slot, but the NVMe SSD output was halved. I placed the RIITOP NVMe adapter in the PCIEx8 slot. i7-11700 processor, Z590 Taichi motherboard, graphics card in PCIEx16 slot, 2 NVMe SSDs in other M.2 slots (3 total) and 1 PCIEx1 slot full. I moved the NVMe M.2 back to the original slot. Bought a SATA controller card instead of SATA drives and installed 2 slower NVMe Gen3 SSDs in Raid0/Stripe. This allows me to get the maximum performance out of the M.2. and yes, there is still a useless RIITOP NVMe adapter. Because of the price I'm leaving it because it seemed to work and maybe I'll find a use for it. The RIITOP NVMe adapter is a direct adapter, no chips, just connection cables. Why is the output signal halved? Are the track assignments handled by the processor or chipset? Tell me if you really understand the Intel specs! Have I reached the upper limit for lane assignments? 8 16 24 37 What is the upper limit On page 20 of the Intel® Core 11th Gen Volume 1 datasheet, you can only see 8 unshared PCIe lanes, for a total of 24 PCIe lanes, for a total of 37 lanes. But figuring out which of the 16 shared files goes where is the problem.