Xenta USB 3.0 2 Port PCI-Express Card - 10x faster than USB2.0
- - An easy way to make your PC USB3.0 ready!
- Adds 2x high speed USB3.0 ports
- Requires a spare PCI-Express x1 slot
- Compatible with USB2.0 and USB1.1 devices
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Manufacturer ID: 2PORTUSB
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Xenta USB 3.0 2 Port PCI-Express Card - 10x faster Product Description
Features:
10 times faster than High Speed USB 2.0
PCI-Express x1 Connection
Complies with Universal Serial Bus 3.0 Specification Revision 1.0
Backward compatible to USB 2.0
Supports the following data Transfer Rate:
USB 2.0 Mode Up to 480mps
USB 3.0 Mode up to 5gps
Max 5w/900mA Power output to each USB 3.0 Port
Supports Windows XP/32/64 -bit Vista 32/64-bit and Windows 7 32/64 -bit
Xenta USB 3.0 2 Port PCI-Express Card - 10x faster Product Reviews
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Just Works
operating system:Windows 7Installed with drivers that came with it and then updated to intel drivers which nearly doubled the speed. There is a firmware update as well which I haven't tried yet. USB 2.0 devices also work faster (30%) with this than the onboard ports !!
The good and the bad
operating system:Windows 7The bad is that this does not come with a molex adapter!?! It is, as stated before, a floppy disc connector. I found you could buy one either from Amazon or from your local Maplin for about £2, so not the end of the world. I did need it though for my USB-powered Western Digital My Passport drive.
The good news: My write speeds on the WD went from 34MB/s to 104MB/s (according to Crystal Benchmark). In real-world image backup from Win 7 I did achieve 95MB/s.
So: all-in-all, a great upgrade for reducing my backup times x3 :)
Just One Drawback...
operating system:LinuxDoes exactly as required, and provides 2 USB 3.0 ports. The downside is that it requires a MOLEX power supply to be connected, and most newer systems (especially slimline or mass produced - eg Dell) only have SATA power connectors.
That just means that you'll need to pick up an adapter on the Bay, which only costs around 1.50. It's not a deal breaker, but it would have been thoughtful of Plexus to include one, especially with this new technology. Make sure you investigate and order as required!
Different power connector
Note that though the picture clearly shows a Molex power connector, the one supplied to me had a 4-pin floppy disk power socket on it instead, which was a pain - my power supply has 2 spare Molex, but no floppy plugs.
Adaptors are cheap on the Bay though.
Also, it does not seem to work properly with Linux kernel 3.0.0-12. Shows up Ok as a USB3 device, but an external USB3 caddy does not get detected.
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