This USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 PCIe card lets you add four USB (Universal Serial Bus) Type-A ports to your computer through a PCI Express slot With two independent 10 Gbps channels the card makes it easy to upgrade your PC to the faster speed of USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 Gen 2 so that you can access newer peripherals at twice the speed of traditional USB (Universal Serial Bus) 30 (USB 31 Gen 1) cards Faster USB (Universal Serial Bus) performance When multiple devices are connected traditional single-bus USB (Universal Serial Bus) cards share your maximum bandwidth between all ports By employing two host controller chipsets shared across two ports rather than four this 4-port USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 card dedicates up to 10 Gbps for each set of two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports It reduces performance bottlenecks & doubles your total available bandwidth to 20 Gbps By adding 10 Gbps USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports to your computer you can harness the speed of USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 Gen 2 & rest assured you’re ready for both current & future high-bandwidth USB (Universal Serial Bus)-A devices With higher data throughput support this PCI Express USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 card is a necessity for external hard drives hard drive enclosures & many other USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 peripherals Plus the USB (Universal Serial Bus) card
Includes:: an optional SATA or LP4 power connector to connect to your system power supply & deliver up to 900m A of power per port to USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 bus-powered devices (500m A for USB (Universal Serial Bus) 20) The card is ideal to be used with large external storage solutions Shared bandwidth The 4-port USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 card features dual independent channels to your computer & shares 10 Gbps of bandwidth between two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports Each set of two ports shares a combined bandwidth of 10 Gbps If a single device is accessing the channel the card will provide data transfer rates of up to 10 Gbps to the device If two devices are accessing the channel simultaneously the 10 Gbps of bandwidth will be shared between both devices Room for four additional devices With four external USB (Universal Serial Bus)-A ports you can connect more devices to your computer The card provides easy access to commonly-used peripherals such as your flash drive & external hard drive & means that you can connect to both current & future high-bandwidth USB (Universal Serial Bus)-A devices For more flexibility you can couple the card with a USB (Universal Serial Bus)-C to USB (Universal Serial Bus)-A Cable (USB31AC1M) & connect your USB (Universal Serial Bus) Type-C™ devices Compatible with older USB (Universal Serial Bus) devices Connecting older peripherals isn’t a problem This versatile USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) card is backward compatible with legacy USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3020 devices that use the common USB (Universal Serial Bus) Type-A port so you can eliminate the added expense & aggravation of purchasing new devices The PEXUSB314A2V is backed by a Star Tech 2-year warranty & free lifetime technical support Ports & interfaces USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 (31 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity 4 PCIe version 30 Output interface USB (Universal Serial Bus) 31 Internal Yes Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin) 1 Host interface PCIe Technical details Chipset ASMedia
- ASM1142 Data transfer rate (max) 10 Gbits Performance UASP support Yes Chipset ASMedia
- ASM1142 Data transfer rate (max) 10 Gbits Design Colour of product Black Certification CE FCC Ro HS compliance Yes Colour Colour of product Black Packaging data Package width 142 mm Package depth 170 mm Package height 30 mm Package weight 120 g System requirements Windows operating systems supported Windows 10 Education Windows 10 Education x 64 Windows 10 Enterprise Windows 10 Enterprise x 64 Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Home x 64 Windows 10 IOT Core Windows 10 Pro Windows 10 Pro x 64 Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Enterprise x 64 Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Basic x 64 Windows 7 Home Premium Windows 7 Home Premium x 64 Windows 7 Professional Windows 7 Professional x 64 Windows 7 Starter Windows 7 Starter x 64 Windows 7 Ultimate Windows 7 Ultimate x 64 Windows 8 Windows 8 Enterprise Windows 8 Enterprise x 64 Windows 8 Pro Windows 8 Pro x 64 Windows 8 x 64 Windows 81 Windows 81 Enterprise Windows 81 Enterprise x 64 Windows 81 Pro Windows 81 Pro x 64 Windows 81 x 64 Mac operating systems supported Mac OS X 1010 Yosemite Mac OS X 109 Mavericks Linux operating systems supported Yes Server operating systems supported Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Operational conditions Operating temperature (T-T) -20
- 60 °C Storage temperature (T-T) 0
- 50 °C Operating relative humidity (H-H) 5
- 85 Weight &
Dimensions Width 120 mm Depth 125 mm Package width 142 mm Height 15 mm Package depth 170 mm Package height 30 mm Package weight 120 g Weight 79 g Packaging content User guide Yes Other features Chipset ASMedia
- ASM1142