Sonnet Allegro USB-C PCIe Card, 2-Port (Thunderbolt Compatible) Allegra USB-C PCIe PCI Express 3.0 Low-profile Dual-port USB 3.1 Gen 2 Card with 15W Power per Port • Key points - USB SuperSpeed+ technology — Add two 10Gbps USB-C (USB 3.1 Gen 2) ports to your Mac Pro® with PCIe, Windows® PC, computer, or Thunderbolt™ to PCIe expansion chassis; transfer data up to twice as fast as USB 3.0 connections - Super-Powered Ports — Supports USB-C bus power for SSD, RAID SSDs, and hard drives with up to 15W (3.0A) power per port - Protected ports — Independent regulation of the power supplied isolates each port to prevent micro cross cuts that could cause accidental disconnections - Fuse with Reset function — Fuses to prevent overload caused by connected devices have a reset function. Simply turn off the system and restart it to avoid any damage to the card or computer - PCIe Data Link Auto-Negotiation — In a PCIe 3.0 slot, the self-negotiating card one lane data link and in a PCIe 2.0 slot it does so in two lanes, ensuring total performance at 10Gbps in both generations of PCIe slot - Compatibility & support for a wide range of USB devices — Support for USB-compliant devices for storage, hubs, and other USB-IF devices - Support for hot device connections — Connects and disconnects devices without having to turn off the computer - Optimized for Thunderbolt — Delivers maximum performance through Thunderbolt - Easy installation — Quick and easy installation into any available PCIe slot. Operations performed by the user • Adds SuperSpeed+ USB technology Add two powerful USB-C to 10Gbps (USB 3.1 Gen 2) connections to your Mac Pro Tower, Windows PC, Linux computer (1), or a PCIe Thunderbolt to PCIe expansion chassis (3). When it is necessary to connect the fastest USB drives, your computer's USB 3.0 ports seem perfectly adequate… for connecting devices that don't depend on the maximum speed of the latest USB 3.1 ports. However, common USB 3.0 ports can be underperforming—at 5Gbps, they can't deliver the maximum performance of a lot of disk storage and often can't provide enough electrical power to boot them. You need SuperSpeed+ USB ports. Then choose the Allegro USB-C PCIe card from Sonnet. The Allegro™ USB-C PCIe supports data transfers up to twice the speed of USB 3.0, and it can also provide 15W of power per USB-C port for bus-powered devices (three times the 4.5W specified in USB 3.0 specifications). Don't settle for poor performance or insufficient power for the fastest SSDs, install an Allegro USB-C card to instantly add two USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports to your system and enjoy the full performance of your devices. • Speed and Power Sonnet's Allegro USB-C PCIe card supports data transfers up to 960MB/s when connected to a USB-C Gen 2 SSD RAID —Total transfer time is halved compared to using a 2.5" SSD via USB 3.0! Sonnet has specially designed the Allegro USB-C card to deliver 15W of electrical power through each of its ports. The ports communicate with the computer, which offers an available current of 3A via the VBUS, allowing Sonnet's solution to support bus-powered SSD and RAID devices that require 15W during write operations. • Power regulation for each port Ordinary USB-C adapter cards treat the power supplied by the ports as a secondary consideration, requiring them to use an additional power source and low regulation. The Allegro USB-C is not an ordinary PCIe card. The Allegro board regulates its own power supply without the need to connect a cable to the back of the board to overcome the lack of power. As a result, it is fully compatible with all computers and Thunderbolt expansion chassis that do not have these additional power connections. Sonnet's Allegro USB-C is unique in regulating the electrical power of each of the ports independently, giving them protection against microcuts from the adjacent port. Without this protection (rarely encountered on ordinary cards) disconnection and re-connection of devices can cause automatic disconnection of the related device. • Fuses with resetting The Allegro USB-C card is equipped with Reset fuses on each port to protect the board and computer from short circuits caused by a faulty cable or device. If a fuse breaks down, you can re-arm it by simply turning off your computer. • PCIe Auto-Negotiation The Allegro USB-C PCIe performs PCI Express auto-negotiation. It automatically negotiates with an x1 data link when in a PCIe 3.0 slot and with an x2 link in a PCIe 2.0 slot, to offer full bandwidth to both generations of PCIe slots, and give great performance with any configuration. • Optimized for Thunderbolt Do you have a Thunderbolt connection, and no PCIe slot? The Allegro USB-C PCIe Card is the perfect solution with PCIe expansion chassis in Thunderbolt 2 or Thunderbolt 3, including Sonnet's Echo Express™ or xMac™ Thunderbolt expansion card system to a PCI Express card, delivering full performance with either installation — Now you can add two additional USB-C potsls into any existing Thunderbolt chassis from Sonnet. • Easy installation This Allegro USB-C PCIe card easily installs into any PCIe x4 slot (mechanically); both low-profile and full-height slots are included. The Sonnet card allows "hot" connections of devices with automatic configuration to all USB-IF compliant USB devices.