This USB 3.1 card allows you to add two USB-C ™ ports to your computer, through a PCI Express slot. It allows you to upgrade your current system by adding two USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports to your computer and get data transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps.
When two USB Type-C ™ ports are added, your computer is guaranteed to be compatible with the increasingly popular USB-C peripherals.
Faster USB performance
By adding 10Gbps USB ports to your computer, you take full advantage of the speed potential of USB 3.1 Gen 2 technology, ensuring current and future compatibility with high-bandwidth USB-C devices.
With higher data transmission performance, this PCI Express USB 3.1 card is a must have for External Hard Drives, External Drive Enclosures, as well as many other USB 3.1 peripherals. Additionally, the USB card includes an optional SATA power connector that allows you to connect to your system’s power supply and get up to 900mA of power per port for USB 3.1 bus-powered devices (500mA for USB 2.0). This card is ideal for high-volume external storage solutions.
Compatible with previous generation USB devices
This card is backward compatible with USB 3.0 (5Gbps) and USB 2.0 (480Mbps) devices. You can integrate this card into your computer today to use new USB-C devices, while continuing to connect your existing USB peripheral devices using various USB-C Cables.
Easy installation
The USB 3.1 card is compatible with a wide range of Windows® and Linux® operating systems. Additionally, this high-quality card includes both standard-profile and low-profile brackets, making it easy to install in full or small form factor computers or servers.
Applications
Upgrade a previous generation PCIe-equipped desktop computer from USB 3.0 / 2.0 to USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps)
Expand the USB capacity of your system with two USB-C ports or install the card as an essential hardware component of a new computer to be mounted
Ideal for file backup, video editing, and data recovery using high-bandwidth USB 3.1 Gen 2 external storage solutions.
