GIGABYTEone of the leading companies in high-performance and gaming hardware and components, announced the adapter AORUS Gen5 AIC adapter Compliant with PCIe 5 and capable of supporting up to four NVMe SSDs in the M.2 format. In other words, it is an adapter with four M.2 slots for NVMe SSD drives.

As you can see in the picture, the AORUS Gen5 AIC Adapter is a device that occupies a 16-lane PCIe slot for greatly expanding the storage capacity of a desktop computer. The the four M.2 slots it makes available allow access to PCIe 5.0 interfaces with a maximum capacity of 16 terabytes. Bandwidth can be increased by configuring a RAID array to 60 GB/s.

Due to the large capacity it is able to support and the high speeds it can handle, the AORUS Gen5 AIC adapter includes orBuilt-in Cho temperature sensors and a 2-inch fan with two ball bearings temperature controlled to ensure proper operation.

The AORUS Gen5 AIC has aluminum protection, which gives it a very attractive aesthetic finish, which, together with the metal contact base, contributes to heat dissipation. The single-slot design greatly improves convenience without the worry of interference from other PCIe devices.

The device has an internal heat dissipation system consisting of a large heatsink and a double-sided thermal pad with high conductivity. Also, the temperature can be monitored in real time using the AORUS Storage Manager and SSD Tool Box applicationswhich are exclusive to GIGABYTE.

The use of AORUS Gen5 AIC is aimed at new generations of GIGABYTE motherboards for Intel and AMD with support for PCIe 5. Obviously, the M.2 slots provided by the device are compatible with PCI Express Gen 3 and 4 drives.

Jackson Hsu, Director of Product Development at GIGABYTE Channel Solutions, stated that “With the upcoming PCIe 5.0 platform, high-speed storage can exceed 10GB/s. For users looking for higher performance, the GIGABYTE AORUS Gen5 AIC represents the path to extreme performance when creating a disk array.“.