Sonnet Allegro USB 3.1 Two-Port USB-C 10Gb PCIe Card (15W per port) (USB3C-2PM-E)

When it comes to supporting the fastest USB drives available, your computerÕs USB 3.0 ports are perfectly adequateÉ for connecting peripherals that donÕt depend on the ultimate USB 3.1 speeds. However, common USB 3.0 ports can be underachieversÑat 5Gbps, they canÕt support the maximum performance from many storage devices, and may not provide enough power to enable them to operate. You need SuperSpeed+ USB. You need SonnetÕs Allegro USB-C PCIe card.The Allegroª USB-C PCIe supports data transfers at up to twice as fast as USB 3.0, and can also deliver 15W of power per port to USB-C bus-powered devices (three times the 4.5W specified in the USB 3.0 spec). DonÕt settle for mediocre performance or insufficient power for the fastest SSDsÑinstall an Allegro USB-C card to instantly add two Gen 2 USB 3.1 ports to your system and take full advantage of todayÕs SSD performance.Speed and PowerSonnet's Allegro USB-C PCIe computer card supports data transfers up to 960 MB/s when connected to a USB-C Gen 2 SSD RAID deviceÑtransfers complete in half the time compared with using a USB 3.0 2.5-inch SSD! Sonnet specially engineered the Allegro USB-C card to provide 15W of power through each of its ports. The ports communicate with the host that 3A of VBUS current is available, enabling this Sonnet solution to support USB-C bus-powered SSDs and SSD RAID devices that need 15W during demanding write operations.