iKoolCore repeatedly deny it is an problem with hardware and push the burden of proof on the consumer. That’s fine, but I also previously sent core temp and idle data, and proxmox system logs. How much more proof do I need to provide? They even have a dedicated support page on how to throttle CPU performance in the BIOS likely because other users are experiencing the same problem. https://www.ikoolcore.com/pages/bios-settings-for-the-r2-max

On top of that, they started selling external coolers for the R2Max as well. I think this is a more widespread issue than they’re willing to admit and I am frustrated that I can’t have my bad unit exchanged or returned, because the other two units work just fine.

Bottom line – if you need something reliable, stay away.

Something I couldn’t determine from their Wiki (which is great to see!) Do you know from your testing if 1x NVMe is connected can it take advantage of PCIe Gen3 x1 speeds (8GT/s) or is bandwidth always PCIe Gen2 x1 speeds because of the ASM118X chip that acts as a switch?