multi channel pcie usb 3 card with 19 or 20 pin connector

A search for that seems to show Shenzhen YK-S Technology‘s store has this product, also sold via Newegg. The external writing and label suggest this product has a code of TB01200. It came wrapped in an anti-static bag, as a full-profile card (as expected from 4-port cards) with the driver CD wrapped in with the card (which seems quite wrong as the cellophane the CD is wrapped in might generate static). The ProductĪs expected, the product does not have any real branding or retail packaging to speak of. I was quite happy that the whole thing cost me just AU$10.35 shipped. Having more ports makes much better use of the I/O slot itself and reduces the chance I would need a hub in the future. Ultimately, I decided to opt for a Renesas/NEC based four-port controller, as I have known it for having some of the best compatibility when it comes to peripherals from the USB 2.0 days and it seems that this trait has definitely carried over to USB 3.0 as well. None of the boards so much as bother with a brand name or any packaging, but that shouldn’t really matter.

They’re hardly sophisticated when practically all of them are based around one-chip style solutions, often with manufacturers providing reference designs which can be copied to bring a product to the market quite rapidly.Ī quick peruse on eBay shows a multitude of boards available – two ports, four ports, five ports, from a variety of chipsets, such as VLI, Asmedia, Renesas/NEC, (or less common Etron Technology and Fresco Logic). Such add-in boards are normally quite simple products, and can be had quite cheaply from eBay. As a result, installing a second USB 3.0 host controller where the bandwidth is not shared between controllers will make life a lot more bearable. I’m lucky that the motherboard I have has two first-generation NEC chipset based ports, but that’s slowly becoming a bottleneck now that I have more USB 3.0 devices than USB 2.0, and when I’m trying to make the most of USB 3.0 SSDs.

If you’re still running an age-old dinosaur system like me (well, make that around six years old), then you’re probably feeling the pinch from not having quite enough USB 3.0 ports.

Multi channel pcie usb 3 card with 19 or 20 pin connector