{"product_id":"sonew-asm1166-m-2-to-sata-iii-4-port-adapter-card","title":"Sonew ASM1166 M.2 to SATA III 4-Port Adapter Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sonew ASM1166 adapter card addresses a common problem in home labs and small servers: running out of SATA ports before you run out of drive bays. Built around the ASM1166 controller, it slots into a single M.2 PCIe 3.0 connector (M Key or B Key) and breaks that lane out into four independent SATA 3.0 ports. That makes it a practical route to adding 2.5-inch SSDs, 3.5-inch HDDs, or optical drives without hunting for spare motherboard headers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBandwidth is where this card tries to distinguish itself. The M.2 link provides a total of 16 Gbps of PCIe bandwidth, and each of the four ports runs at the full native 6 Gbps SATA speed rather than sharing a throttled bridge. For anyone building a NAS or expanding a workstation's storage pool, that means attached drives can sustain sequential reads and writes without the bottleneck that plagues cheaper port multipliers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSonew also pays attention to the details that matter in always-on systems. An aluminum heatsink sits directly on the ASM1166 chip to manage heat under continuous load, and a reinforced hollow-backplate design adds structural support around the PCB. Per-port indicator lights confirm device presence and signal active transfers, giving a quick visual read on drive status without digging through OS logs. Compatibility spans Windows 7 through 11, common Linux distributions, macOS with appropriate drivers, and Synology DSM, with plug-and-play operation and hot-plug support on most modern systems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53833154429235,"sku":null,"price":29.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7526\/5843\/files\/41xD_ACRCsL._SL500.jpg?v=1786184200","url":"https:\/\/studio-supplies.com\/products\/sonew-asm1166-m-2-to-sata-iii-4-port-adapter-card","provider":"Studio Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}