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GLOTRENDS

GLOTRENDS PA05-HS M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 X4 Adapter with Heatsink

SKU CH-DQ6Y-AYV5H MPN PA05-HS

Adds an M.2 NVMe slot to any PCIe x4, x8 or x16 slot with an aluminium heatsink that drops drive temperature by 5–20 °C

  • Product typePCI Express to M.2 Card

Model M.2 Adapter with 0.12 inch Heatsink

  • Adds an M.2 NVMe slot via any PCIe x4/x8/x16 slot
  • Aluminium heatsink cools the SSD by 5-20°C
  • Bracket-free design fits compact and 2U cases
  • PCIe 4.0 x4 delivers up to 64Gbps bandwidth
  • Boots Windows 10/11 or Linux from the NVMe drive

Compact M.2 NVMe adapter for tight builds

The GLOTRENDS PA05-HS converts a PCIe X4, X8 or X16 slot into an M.2 Key M socket supporting 2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 NVMe drives. It operates at PCIe 4.0, 3.0, 2.0 and 1.0 speeds without a mounting bracket, making it suitable for compact cases or 2U high cases where horizontal motherboard layouts are used.

Heatsink and bracket-free design changes thermals

An included 22x70x3 mm aluminum heatsink lowers drive temperatures by 5 to 20 °C during sustained workloads. Removing the bracket saves vertical clearance for low-profile chassis but means the card relies solely on the slot for retention; on vertically mounted motherboards the combined weight of adapter and SSD can cause the assembly to tilt.

Simple installation with OS caveats

The adapter is plug-and-play on Windows 11, 10, 8, Linux and Mac OS, though Windows 7 is not supported and a new NVMe drive must be initialized and formatted before the operating system recognises it. Booting from the NVMe drive requires a clean OS reinstall on a GPT partition and UEFI boot configuration; some older motherboards cannot boot from this device at all.

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Price $5.99
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Specifications

Product
Brand nameGLOTRENDS
Product lineM.2 PCIE Adapter
Model namePA05-HS
Product typePCI Express to M.2 Card

Questions about this item

Does the included heatsink need any thermal paste replacement over time?

The 22x70x3 mm aluminum heatsink is a passive component with no moving parts or thermal interface that requires periodic replacement.

What bandwidth ceiling will the adapter hit first during continuous heavy transfers?

The card delivers up to 64 Gbps on a PCIe 4.0 x4 slot and 32 Gbps on PCIe 3.0 x4, so the slot generation in your motherboard sets the sustained throughput limit.

How much extra heat or power does the adapter add when running all day?

The adapter itself draws negligible power and adds no active cooling; only the installed NVMe SSD generates heat, which the aluminum heatsink helps dissipate.

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