MP All Models PCIe SSDs - NVMe & AHCI

[basslik]

No, I still have the I/O crest card as well. The Crest card is real great, but the heatsink is larger. When in slot#2 it obstructs airflow to the GPU. The Ablecom card is a lot shorter and slimmer and let’s air flow to the GPU. It’s not an issue any more since I have the Vega Pro, but it was a problem when I still had the 580 in there. Since The MP is my main archive computer, I have all PCIe slots filled with fast ssd blades.
The crest has two older AHCI blades, the others have NVME blades. I threw out all usb adapter cards unfortunately.

Mine has been in slot 2 since day one. I say around four years. Never had any heat issues whatsoever. Running high tracks counts, with many CPU intense plugins, and never got overheated.

Plus you take a hit if you are not using the x16 lanes with two Nvme's in it, if running RAID, reduced speed.

There's enough flow for sure though.

I imagine doing video would be a heat concern though.