Icy Dock ToughArmor MB842MP-B, PCIe -> M.2 PCIe

Der Icy Dock ToughArmor MB842MP-B Dual NVMe auf PCIe Adapter gab sich in unserem Test keinerlei Blöße und überzeugte auf ganzer Linie. Seine Verarbeitung ist typisch für Icy Dock tadellos und auch die Handhabung gestaltete sich äußerst simpel. Lediglich bei der Auswahl des Mainboards muss man aufpassen, dass der erforderliche PCIe Bifurcation Betriebsmodus unterstützt wird und ausreichend PCIe Lanes frei sind, damit beide installierten SSDs angesprochen werden können.

The concept behind the ToughArmor MB842MP-B was easy, make it so that people could easily swap M.2 NVMe drives the same way as 2.5/3.5" ones. Just two drive trays however may not seem as much to some people and even though I do partially agree when it’s so easy to swap them this shouldn’t matter much. In terms of performance by using the card on a PCIe 5.0 slot I did see higher numbers compared to the advertised 64Gb/s (almost reached 70Gb/s) so do keep that in mind If you have an PCIe 5.0 motherboard. Needless to say, Bifurcation is needed for this card to work and so unless you have a somewhat new system which will most likely have that feature you should check prior to getting your own card.

Today, at OCinside.de we are testing the Icy Dock MB842MP-B, a useful PCIe adapter for NVMe SSDs, which allows two NVMe SSDs to be easily exchanged via the back of the PC without having to open the PC case. Whether the performance is convincing and what else has to be considered when using the Icy Dock PCIe card is revealed in the following review.