MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2010 -I OCREST M.2 X16 PCIe 4.0 X4

[MacBS]

Good evening everyone,
I would like to have an opinion on the purchase of a PCI 4 M.2 NVMe card
for Mac Pro 2010, 2 x 3.46 MHz, 128 GB of memory, AMD Radeon RX 580 Pulse,
Big Sur 11.7.10 (Opencore 0.9.8 Martin Lo)
Do you think this card would do the trick ? on slot PCI 1
( IOCREST M.2 X16 PCIe 4.0 X4 Expansion Card with Heatsink Supports 4 NVMe M.2 2280 Up To 256Gbps Support Bifurcation Raid - Model Number IO-PCE44M2-02 )
Product Description :
1. Only support Bifurcation Motherboard, support high and low profile bracket cabinet
2. This adapter card uses 3.3V power supply, each 6A power modules to meet the power requirements of large power consumption SSD.
3. Supports 4 X 2280 NVMe M. 2 up to 256 Gbps in one card by utilizing PCIe 4. 0 bandwidth
4. NVMe RAID is supported base on the motherboard chipsets
THANKS

 

[tsialex]

Not compatible with Macs, no Mac supports PCIe lane split, also called bifurcation. Look at compatible cards on the first post of the sticky thread below:

PCIe SSDs - NVMe & AHCI

This is a general info thread for blade SSDs that can be used in the Mac Pro. This is a WikiPost so anyone with the proper credentials may edit it. NVMe SSDs can be used as a boot drive in the MP5,1 and MP6,1 with the latest firmware installed (beginning with version 140.0.0.0.0 for MP5,1 and...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[MacBS]

Thank you for your reply; So which card for 4 nvme ssds or 2 nvmes? Maybe in NGFF connect to bare sata THANKS

 

[tsialex]

Thank you for your reply; So which card for 4 nvme ssds or 2 nvmes? Maybe in NGFF connect to bare sata THANKS

I've already sent you the thread where adapters are tested, please look it for the confirmed working ones.

 

[MacBS]

OK