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General
BrandPC Trading
Additional Specifications
Hardware PlatformPC
Technical Details
- Adds an extra 4 USB 3.0 ports to your computer
- Up to 5.0 Gbps Super Speed Data Transfer
- Backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices
- Requires additional power from standard 4pin female molex connection.
- Requires 1x PCI-Express 1.0 port or higher
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Product Description
Up to 10x Faster than USB 2.0
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
I got this USB 3 card 2 days after ordering it, so very impressed with the speed of the delivery. This USB card is powered by a molex connector, one word of warning as i almost found out, do not apply too much pressure trying to install the molex connector or you could very easily snap it off, it felt really flimsy.
Installation looks to have been fine, Windows 7 didn't automatically install the drivers but the device did come with its own installation disc which once directed to the cd rom was able to quickly install the drivers without any issues.
Installation looks to have been fine, Windows 7 didn't automatically install the drivers but the device did come with its own installation disc which once directed to the cd rom was able to quickly install the drivers without any issues.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Gray says all there is to say about the PCI-Express 4-Port USB 3.0 Expansion Card sold by PC Trading.
Definitely be careful about plugging in the power connector, a step missing in the instructions for "Hardware Installation". It might be safer to plug in the power connector before you insert the card in the PCI-e slot. And before buying check that you have one of those old-style 4-pin connectors, the sort used on old pre-SATA hard drives. If not, they cost next to nothing.
The card's fixing to the bracket is also a bit flimsy. But that should not be a problem when installed.
Drivers installed just fine. Like Gray, I suspect, I did this from Device Manager, pointing it at the CD, rather than by running the setup routine as suggested in the instructions.
Windows 7 (64-bit) also found an updated driver after being told to go and look.
Definitely be careful about plugging in the power connector, a step missing in the instructions for "Hardware Installation". It might be safer to plug in the power connector before you insert the card in the PCI-e slot. And before buying check that you have one of those old-style 4-pin connectors, the sort used on old pre-SATA hard drives. If not, they cost next to nothing.
The card's fixing to the bracket is also a bit flimsy. But that should not be a problem when installed.
Drivers installed just fine. Like Gray, I suspect, I did this from Device Manager, pointing it at the CD, rather than by running the setup routine as suggested in the instructions.
Windows 7 (64-bit) also found an updated driver after being told to go and look.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I have a Dell XPS420 and wanted to add some USB 3.0 ports. I chose this as it has 4 ports. It does not come with a power lead but you can buy these for less than a couple of quid on amazon anyway I bought these StarTech.com Power Y-splitter Cable (3 Large Ends). Installed easy and drivers went in OK. USB 2.0 worked fine but USB 3.0 would not work with my USB 3.0 drives. I am assuming this is because of a conflict with my XPS420 motherboard. Returned and refunded OK. I went through 2 versions of this type of board and then tried the Buffalo USB 3.0 PCI Express Interface Card which works fine. It uses a different architecture and chip set which seems more stable for my PC. It is however more expensive and only has 2 ports.
Have given this 3 stars as it did not work with my PC, but I would suggest you try this card first and if it doesn't work send it back and then try the Buffalo card.
Have given this 3 stars as it did not work with my PC, but I would suggest you try this card first and if it doesn't work send it back and then try the Buffalo card.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I purchased a 4 port USB 3 PCIE expansion card, it was delivered quickly and was easy to install, however the molex plug was a little tricky, had to be careful as had fear of... Read more
Published 11 days ago by D. Matthews
Does Not Work on My PC
Although the suppliers were helpful I could not get this to work reliably on my PC (Vista 64 bit). With just one device attached I had no problems, but as soon as I attached a... Read more
Published 18 days ago by I. Skelly
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Published 20 days ago by Robert G. Rogers
Didn't work for me
I have 3 USB 3.0 devices none of which would work with this card, My PC is an x86 running Windows Vista, I will hang on to the card though as I will shortly be updating my PC and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. Coleman
Poor build quality - pay for what you get!
Ordered one of these as a quick way of getting USB3 speeds. The plastic part of the USB connection in the end of the card (blue bit!) came clean out after only a few uses. Read more
Published 2 months ago by GingerNinja
Crashed my PC, even with a driver update
Got this as a replacement for one that the tags broke out of. Put it in today and then got BSD a couple of times. Wrote down the error code (MV91xx. Read more
Published 2 months ago by P. Doust
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