Because of your video, I bought a MacPro 5.1 2012 2x2.4 Ghz, 24 Gb ram, 240 Gb SSD, 500 HDD, 640 Gb HDD, ATI Radeon HD 5770 1Gb, for 2000 DDK(about $183). I have installed a USB3 PCI and Asus 4xNVME with a 512 Gb NVme M2 card. On another 256 Gb SSD with Win 10 Pro. I have bought a RX 590 8gb in original box, for 850 DDK (approx. $125).
The NVME drive uses 4 lanes of PCI-E, so with only one drive in your ASUS drive adapter, plugging it into a x4 PCI-E port won't make a difference compared to x16. If you were to plug four drives into the ASUS adapter, you would need to plug it into a x16 PCI-E port to connect all the drives.
I am not sure the ASUS card works, with one installed in mine, like he did in the video, everything works fine, but as soon as I added more to fill the other three slots, now none of them are recognized.
I have this ASUS card in the slot above the video card, I put the single slot original video card back in so I could squeeze that card in, that is the x16 slot correct? and it still only sees the one NVME. Maybe this ASUS card does not support non-bifurcation boards? The ASUS card is pretty cheap and cannot find any of the cheaper cards that specifically state that they support non-bifurcation motherboards.
Just to add to the interesting comments....the ASUS NVME card only supports a single NVME ! This is because it needs bifurcation support to divide the X16 lanes into 4X4 lanes one 4 lane for each NVME. 5,1 does not support bifurcation. Hence they are cheap cards . Hope that can be in a next video? Just a X4 PCIE NVME should support over the speed your seeing.
I use those small SSDs as my opencore installer drives - they are MUCH faster than using USB. As others have pointed out the PCI card won't do more than 4 lanes unless you sacrifice the 16X video card slot - I just got a cheap 4X PCI host card for my NvME drive Orico NVME M.2 expansion card - Samsung 870 drive I'm getting 1300 in slot 3
put the nvme card in the bottom slot 1 and the video card in slot 2.. they are both 16x slots and that nvme will do 1500/1450 read/write if set up that way
Looking forward to the next video! AFAIK, the motherboard unfortunately won't support more than 1x NVMe drive per PCIe slot with that ASUS card. Think there is a card that allows multi-NVMe support but it's $$$. Were you planning to use multiple NVMe drives with the ASUS card?
Cheers. I was planning on adding extra NVME’s as I and when, and if I need them. I have solved the problem by swapping the cards around…. I’ve got that covered in the next video :-)
Hello, I have a problem with OpenCore Legacy patcher and the sonnet 4x4. I have a 5.1 with monterey on it. rx580 8gb. Without the PCIe card it works just fine, no problems whatsoever. If I plug in the PCIe card with the nvmes the card blocks the booting process of the OS. I have tried to reset the NVRam holding the keys combination, waiting for 4 chines to happen, switch off the mac, plugging in the PCIe card but it still blocks the booting process. Any suggestions? Thank you
How can I connect thunderbolt display 27 inch which has thunderbolt connector, My GPU is original Radeon 5770 having two mini display port and one DVI,Need support
Hi quick question i have recently purchased a 980pro. But on doing a bit of research due to the pcie slots only being 2.0, and only reaching to max speeds of 1500(so to say because I haven’t actually tried it out myself) Would I get quicker speeds if I used a nvme to usb3.0 caddy instead of using the pcie slots As I do have usb 3.0 on my 5,1
I did. At around 19mins, I test the card in the slot and get double the speed, however as I mention it catches on the fans of the graphics card. I have solved this issue though, it's not ideal but you'll see it in the next video update next week! 🙂
Believe it or not just finalized the exact same set up, n gone through all the same issues u came across, lil tip in return for your advice with the NVMe storage, a lil toothpick to separate the gap between the GPU's touching. If possible leave the original GPU slotted in but not powered, u can get the loading screen back and any mitigate any dual screen issues. To add to the coincidence, the project I'm working on uses the exact same background sound Drifting/Dreaming at 432hz😁👊 wish you the best, n thanks🙏
I have a 2009 Mac Pro with Mojave. It presents the following problem. While I want to download, for example, an update of some program, for example Firefox, some file or something else, the process stops. What could be wrong? my connection is optical and the relevant check has been done by OTE and everything was fine since the pages on the internet open very quickly. Do I need to change anything in the hardware? Do you suggest I get a new network card? I've tried everything but I don't know what else I need to do. Thanks
My question, as i want to do it myself on my pc: Will you be able to boot from the nvme? I have mojave running, so the firmware should be updated to its most recent version. If i can only use it as storage, than i'm totally fine with the sata II ssds.
Hello and thank you for this video. I have the same Asus nvme X16 card as you. I'm on mac osx big on opencore and Mojave with a Mac Pro 5.1. The PCIe NVMe Asus card is not recognized by my mac. It is not recognized in PCI. Disks are not recognized in Storage. Disks are not recognized in Disk Utilty. When I connect the discs with an external box they are recognized. Nothing is recognized by Mojave or Big Sur. Do you have a solution for me? How did you get your Asus card to be recognized by the Mac?
@@retro-unboxing On Mojave I don't have opencore. The card is not natively recognized on Mojave and Big Sur. Did you update your montery opencore after installing the card? I wonder if it's opencore that installed drivers for it to be recognized on Mac? Or if it is only natively recognized only on Monterey? Can you confirm that it is natively recognized on Mojave for you, please?
I bought this ASUS M.2 nvme card, did you try it with more than one NVME? Mine worked with one as you installed, but as soon as I added any more all of them become unrecognized.
@@retro-unboxing Yeah I don't think the card is compatible for multiple NVME's I am thinking the card does not support a Non-Bifurcation Motherboard which the Mac Pro motherboard is, so it will only see the one NVME
@@retro-unboxing yeah I have it plugged into the second slot from the bottom, I tried using the original single slot video card so I could get the ASUS card in the next slot above it, the x16 slot
Flexx speed is 1375 write, 15 31 read , on my 2013 mac pro...no shit...it will score the same or higher on your 5.1 trust me!.ive only got a 2.7 gpu 12 core though....this Flexx ssd, score higher then the 2 tb samsung evo....amazing.cuase its made for macs
You need the Flexx lx 400 nvme ssd,s ok...Its custom made for the mac pro 5.1 1500 read speed black magic speed test,,Just letting 5.1 owners know this ok....
try the Flexx 250 gb lx 335 or the lx 400 for 5.1 which uses the lx 335 nvme in it, you cant go wrong, there custom made for older macs.please post your speeds ok...tks
Because of your video, I bought a MacPro 5.1 2012 2x2.4 Ghz, 24 Gb ram, 240 Gb SSD, 500 HDD, 640 Gb HDD, ATI Radeon HD 5770 1Gb, for 2000 DDK(about $183). I have installed a USB3 PCI and Asus 4xNVME with a 512 Gb NVme M2 card. On another 256 Gb SSD with Win 10 Pro. I have bought a RX 590 8gb in original box, for 850 DDK (approx. $125).
The NVME drive uses 4 lanes of PCI-E, so with only one drive in your ASUS drive adapter, plugging it into a x4 PCI-E port won't make a difference compared to x16. If you were to plug four drives into the ASUS adapter, you would need to plug it into a x16 PCI-E port to connect all the drives.
I am not sure the ASUS card works, with one installed in mine, like he did in the video, everything works fine, but as soon as I added more to fill the other three slots, now none of them are recognized.
I have this ASUS card in the slot above the video card, I put the single slot original video card back in so I could squeeze that card in, that is the x16 slot correct? and it still only sees the one NVME. Maybe this ASUS card does not support non-bifurcation boards? The ASUS card is pretty cheap and cannot find any of the cheaper cards that specifically state that they support non-bifurcation motherboards.
Just to add to the interesting comments....the ASUS NVME card only supports a single NVME ! This is because it needs bifurcation support to divide the X16 lanes into 4X4 lanes one 4 lane for each NVME. 5,1 does not support bifurcation. Hence they are cheap cards . Hope that can be in a next video? Just a X4 PCIE NVME should support over the speed your seeing.
I use those small SSDs as my opencore installer drives - they are MUCH faster than using USB. As others have pointed out the PCI card won't do more than 4 lanes unless you sacrifice the 16X video card slot - I just got a cheap 4X PCI host card for my NvME drive Orico NVME M.2 expansion card - Samsung 870 drive I'm getting 1300 in slot 3
put the nvme card in the bottom slot 1 and the video card in slot 2.. they are both 16x slots and that nvme will do 1500/1450 read/write if set up that way
I managed to boot Monterey(12.7.2) on my Asus Hyper 4x M.2 x16 PCI card, with one 512 Gb M.2. on my Mac Pro 5.1 (2012) with 48 Gb Ram.😃
Hi Jonathan. Ate you still using your Mac Pro 5,1?
im getting 1000mb/s on write and 1200mb/s on read with a 8€ cheap m2 pcie adapter :D
I woulda died of laughter if you then threw the entire mac pro off the screen as well. Kinda sad you couldnt figure out how to gaff that lol.
Thank you !!!Very interesting and helpful video🍹
Splendid progress!
Great videos, I loved the background music!
When is the next video coming?
Looking forward to the next video! AFAIK, the motherboard unfortunately won't support more than 1x NVMe drive per PCIe slot with that ASUS card. Think there is a card that allows multi-NVMe support but it's $$$. Were you planning to use multiple NVMe drives with the ASUS card?
Cheers. I was planning on adding extra NVME’s as I and when, and if I need them. I have solved the problem by swapping the cards around…. I’ve got that covered in the next video :-)
I’m about to get this card - is it all working with multiple nvme in raid?
Asus NVME card only allows one to be used on Mac Pro 5,1.
Great video. Thanks!
Hello, I have a problem with OpenCore Legacy patcher and the sonnet 4x4. I have a 5.1 with monterey on it. rx580 8gb. Without the PCIe card it works just fine, no problems whatsoever. If I plug in the PCIe card with the nvmes the card blocks the booting process of the OS. I have tried to reset the NVRam holding the keys combination, waiting for 4 chines to happen, switch off the mac, plugging in the PCIe card but it still blocks the booting process. Any suggestions? Thank you
Watching this on my 5,1
Upgrade the ram
What monitor is that? I like it!
Hey I love your videos, when will you start posting again?
How can I connect thunderbolt display 27 inch which has thunderbolt connector, My GPU is original Radeon 5770 having two mini display port and one DVI,Need support
Hi quick question i have recently purchased a 980pro. But on doing a bit of research due to the pcie slots only being 2.0, and only reaching to max speeds of 1500(so to say because I haven’t actually tried it out myself)
Would I get quicker speeds if I used a nvme to usb3.0 caddy instead of using the pcie slots
As I do have usb 3.0 on my 5,1
hi @retro unboxing
did you get this to work with multiple NVMe drives ??
as it won't work for me in any form and I'm getting 1500mbps read and write
Put the nvme ASUS card in the second slot above the graphics card , it’s a faster slot 16 X slot
I did. At around 19mins, I test the card in the slot and get double the speed, however as I mention it catches on the fans of the graphics card. I have solved this issue though, it's not ideal but you'll see it in the next video update next week! 🙂
Believe it or not just finalized the exact same set up, n gone through all the same issues u came across, lil tip in return for your advice with the NVMe storage, a lil toothpick to separate the gap between the GPU's touching. If possible leave the original GPU slotted in but not powered, u can get the loading screen back and any mitigate any dual screen issues.
To add to the coincidence, the project I'm working on uses the exact same background sound Drifting/Dreaming at 432hz😁👊 wish you the best, n thanks🙏
I have a 2009 Mac Pro with Mojave. It presents the following problem. While I want to download, for example, an update of some program, for example Firefox, some file or something else, the process stops. What could be wrong? my connection is optical and the relevant check has been done by OTE and everything was fine since the pages on the internet open very quickly. Do I need to change anything in the hardware? Do you suggest I get a new network card? I've tried everything but I don't know what else I need to do. Thanks
I would delete and retry again
My question, as i want to do it myself on my pc: Will you be able to boot from the nvme?
I have mojave running, so the firmware should be updated to its most recent version. If i can only use it as storage, than i'm totally fine with the sata II ssds.
Check your rom, if its 144.000 then yes, its been updated to nvme, should have been in the update from Mojave
@@dwaynestimpson5449 It's ordered. Let's find out 🙂
Hello and thank you for this video. I have the same Asus nvme X16 card as you. I'm on mac osx big on opencore and Mojave with a Mac Pro 5.1. The PCIe NVMe Asus card is not recognized by my mac. It is not recognized in PCI. Disks are not recognized in Storage. Disks are not recognized in Disk Utilty. When I connect the discs with an external box they are recognized. Nothing is recognized by Mojave or Big Sur. Do you have a solution for me? How did you get your Asus card to be recognized by the Mac?
Mine just worked, the disk was recognised no problem.
Out of interest why use opencore for mojave? It should work natively? Maybe a faulty card?
@@retro-unboxing On Mojave I don't have opencore. The card is not natively recognized on Mojave and Big Sur. Did you update your montery opencore after installing the card? I wonder if it's opencore that installed drivers for it to be recognized on Mac? Or if it is only natively recognized only on Monterey? Can you confirm that it is natively recognized on Mojave for you, please?
If ur in mojave, the firmware also should be on the latest available..that newest firmware should allow nvme boot and recognition...
Thanks@@skip741x3
It’s pegASUS so… it’s actually pretty bizarre 😆
I bought this ASUS M.2 nvme card, did you try it with more than one NVME? Mine worked with one as you installed, but as soon as I added any more all of them become unrecognized.
See @floatingwidget comment below. I haven't yet tried multiple NVME's yet.
@@retro-unboxing Yeah I don't think the card is compatible for multiple NVME's I am thinking the card does not support a Non-Bifurcation Motherboard which the Mac Pro motherboard is, so it will only see the one NVME
@@retro-unboxing let me know if you get a chance to try another one on that card and see what happens.
@@retro-unboxing yeah I have it plugged into the second slot from the bottom, I tried using the original single slot video card so I could get the ASUS card in the next slot above it, the x16 slot
Can you do me a favor send me a opencore file . I messed something up and need to make a usb thumb drive to get back in .
open core is design your Mac setup. just start the setup over again
move~!!😐
nvme SSD =>> (4) slot
RX580 =>>(3) slot
Please please please get a new mic, when you opened the box with the gpu in that just killed my hearing
My thoughts are with you at this tough time. It must have really effected you as no GPUs were opened in this video. Get well soon… 😉
@@retro-unboxing I think he talking about asus box
@@macgamer1973 I think you’re right. Not a mic issue, and I apologise for the crinkly noises in the video…. All very confusing.
Flexx speed is 1375 write, 15 31 read , on my 2013 mac pro...no shit...it will score the same or higher on your 5.1 trust me!.ive only got a 2.7 gpu 12 core though....this Flexx ssd, score higher then the 2 tb samsung evo....amazing.cuase its made for macs
You need the Flexx lx 400 nvme ssd,s ok...Its custom made for the mac pro 5.1 1500 read speed black magic speed test,,Just letting 5.1 owners know this ok....
try the Flexx 250 gb lx 335 or the lx 400 for 5.1 which uses the lx 335 nvme in it, you cant go wrong, there custom made for older macs.please post your speeds ok...tks