Add two USB C ports to your computer with this StarTech.com PCI-Express host controller card. Users can use these expansion ports to upgrade your current set up to transfer up to 10Gbps of data between peripherals and the main drive.

By adding these two USB C ports to your system, the connections are compatible with USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 for transferring your data at high-speed (10Gbps).

What’s even better is that StarTech have allowed backwards compatibility with previous USB versions and devices: USB 2.0 (480Mbps) and 3.0 (5Gbps). All users require is an USB C adapter to continue to easily use legacy equipment or peripherals with different connectors. StarTech.com offer a fantastic range of adapters for this situation.

The chipset used is an ASMedia ASM3142 chipset. This means it’s fully capable of supporting high data throughput and utilising the full speed of USB 3.1 Gen 2 devices. StarTech.com have built this adapter card with this specific chipset because they know the necessity and importance for external drives, as well as other peripherals, to perform at their best.

For flexibility, the card comes with a SATA power cable to attach to the motherboard when high powered devices are connected.

StarTech.com want their customers to have the freedom to choose which operating system they work best with without limitations for upgrading parts. They have designed this add-in card to be compatible with Windows, MacOS, and Linux and purposely included standard and low-profile brackets to install in a wide range of PC’s and servers, depending on the form factor.

• 2x USB type-C female ports
• Standard-profile brackets
• Low-profile brackets
• Max data transfer speed up to 10Gbps
• SATA cableprovides 5V 3A of power
• Supports USB 3.1 Gen 2
•Supports USB 3.2 Gen2x1
• Supports SCSI protocol for storage devices (SSD, HDD, NVMe)
• Compatible with Windows, Linux, and MacOS
• Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 3.0 devices
• ASMedia ASM3142 chipset

Users can utilise this card at any stage in the PC building process. Use it to upgrade existing ports or build your PC with it installed from the start. Depending on the size of your computer, you can use it as an expansion on the current ports available. It’s great for file transfers and backups, editing video or data recovery, it’s also perfect for using high-bandwidth external storage.

Yes, you can. This add-on card is compatible with MacOS operating systems.

PCIe stand for ’Peripheral Component Interconnect Express’. They come in different configurations depending on what motherboard you have and are there to connect high-speed components. Usually they connect directly to the motherboard to create extra ports, upgrade graphics cards, or add extra memory and storage.

• 1x USB C PCIe Expansion Card
• 1x Low Profile Bracket
• 1x Quick Start Guide