Follow-up post regarding my PCIE 4.0/Bifurcation Riser adventure thus far -
Newer LINKUP PCIE 4.0 Riser video feat. RTX 3080 + Asus Strix x570i
Personally debating on whether I'm going to get a
Right Angle 40cm adapter or a
27cm ITX Reverse (also comes in
white) for my 3080+HTC Wireless adapter s402 build. The 27cm would be cleaner since I also have a
C_Payne x8/x8 adapter coming. I'm leaning towards the 40cm cable - it has a lot more slack/room for error and can I pair it with my backup 40cm
ADT-Link R41SL PCIE to M.2 adapter at full 4.0 speed should the bifurcation card not work or run at PCIE 3.0 spec (Bad = 3.0@x8, Good = 4.0@x8). I've had several convos with their customer support, they're surprisingly very responsive AND very knowledgable about their products.
ADT-Link also has a PCIE 4.0 cable spec in the works and
sent me a photo, but there's no real ETA. That, and the actual listed cable on their website/3D PDF (
R33UF-V4) is for a Reverse cable, not a straight one like the picture.
I looked into the
Louqe TWINAX PCI-e RC260 GEN 4+ COBALT cable. You can't buy it in NA right now w/ Nordic countries and China getting first dibs on all Louqe gear since this past summer and its too short for my needs at sub 25cm length.
I also tried contacting
Ameri-rack for their ARC2-PELY423-C7 series (specifically the ARC1-PELY423-C30V3). Long story short:
don't bother with Ameri-rack. Its one dude, he's super hard to get in contact with via their website contact form, extremely reluctant to even entertain letting you buy hardware without double and triple checking motherboard support (
the one I want to use supports bifurcation [
verified even!] and I told him so but noooooo), and its sounds like he's under constant stress with B2B customers. They have *ZERO* plans in regard to pcie 4.0 as of this past July time frame. Mess.
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