Mainboard: Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3
1x PCI express & 1x NVME slots.
Current configuration:
Internal:
1x Corsair Force MP500 1TB is connected to the mainboard NVME slot.
External:
1x Adata XPG SX8200 2TB, inside a Sabrent (EC-NVME) NVME to USB3 external enclosure, via USB-C/TB3 (mainboard IO)
and
1x Samsung T5 1TB connected to a USB3.2 port
Issues:
1. Speed is bus limited, as observed in Dskmark scores below:
- MP5000 = ~5000
- SX8200 = ~1000
- T5 = ~300
2. (had) Severe stuttering/lagging issues while using the external USB NVME with USB-C port. Seems to be mitigated by BIOS settings (disable some AMD PBS & CBS options) & installing Thunderbolt driver from Lenovo (over ASRock)
SATA3 should be a better option for the 2nd NVME drive, but I'm having difficulty finding the right set of components for it. Most of the adapters on AMZN are for converting to U.2 or inly for M.2 non NVME.
Not to mention that I'd need a special SATA cable that's either very thin & flexible, or, some kind of SATA port angle changer (ports are blocked by PSU)
Thanks in advance
1x PCI express & 1x NVME slots.
Current configuration:
Internal:
1x Corsair Force MP500 1TB is connected to the mainboard NVME slot.
External:
1x Adata XPG SX8200 2TB, inside a Sabrent (EC-NVME) NVME to USB3 external enclosure, via USB-C/TB3 (mainboard IO)
and
1x Samsung T5 1TB connected to a USB3.2 port
Issues:
1. Speed is bus limited, as observed in Dskmark scores below:
- MP5000 = ~5000
- SX8200 = ~1000
- T5 = ~300
2. (had) Severe stuttering/lagging issues while using the external USB NVME with USB-C port. Seems to be mitigated by BIOS settings (disable some AMD PBS & CBS options) & installing Thunderbolt driver from Lenovo (over ASRock)
SATA3 should be a better option for the 2nd NVME drive, but I'm having difficulty finding the right set of components for it. Most of the adapters on AMZN are for converting to U.2 or inly for M.2 non NVME.
Not to mention that I'd need a special SATA cable that's either very thin & flexible, or, some kind of SATA port angle changer (ports are blocked by PSU)
Thanks in advance