MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card
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What is eSATA 6Gb/s?
eSATA stands for External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment.
eSATA 6Gb/s (600MB/s) for external storage devices.
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Future Ready Yet Fully Backward Compatible
The NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card is like a "performance assurance policy" as conventional hard disk drives and SSDs migrate to the SATA 6Gb/s standard. Installing the card now offers immediate speeds gains while making a Mac Pro or PC future ready for even greater speed gains. Like all good upgrades, the card doesn't leave the past behind. The NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card is fully backward compatible with PCIe 1.0 slots as well as previous generations of SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s drives.
Driverless Install With No Updating Needed
High performance doesn't mean a thing if its highly complicated to use, install, or a hassle to keep maintained. Because the NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card is fully compliant with the industry standard Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), there are no drivers to install and no future driver downloading/updating required. Additionally, the card uses the same connecting cables utilized by earlier SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s devices for straight from the box, "install it and forget it" highest levels of convenience and performance.
Adds Faster Than Factory Interface To Mac Pros
From faster backups and file transfers to high-end Audio/Video editing, connecting an eSATA interface equipped device to the NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card can take data transfer performance to an entirely new level. Optimally compatible with Mac Pro models and PCs with an available PCIe 2.0 slot, the NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card works with ANY eSATA interfaced equipped external hard drive or optical drive (NOTE: does not support port multiplier cases/enclosures.) to deliver significantly faster data transfer rates over the fastest factory equipped Mac Pro interface of FireWire 800.
Includes
- NewerTech MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe Controller Card
Features
- Adds two 6Gb/s eSATA ports for the fastest Mac Pro data interface available.
- Works with ANY eSATA interfaced equipped external single hard drive or optical drive solution.*
- Driverless install and no future driver updates/maintenance needed.
- Backward compatible with SATA Revision 1.x (1.5Gb/s) and 2.x (3Gb/s) hard drives and solid state drives.
- Uses the same connecting cables utilized by earlier SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s devices.
- 3 Year NewerTech Product Limited Warranty
*Card does not support port multiplier cases/enclosures.
Product Specifications:
Chipset
Connector Type
Interface
- PCI-Express 2.0 x1, backwards compatible with PCIe 1.0 expansion slots
Form Factor
Data Transfer Rate
- Up to 500MB/s total card bandwidth under optimal conditions.
Mac Requirements
- Hardware: Intel-based Mac with available PCIe 2.0 or 1.0 slot**
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5.x and later
PC Requirements
- Hardware: Any computer with available PCIe 2.0 or 1.0 slot**
- Operating System: Windows Vista and later Any Linux-based OS with built-in AHCI support
Hot Plug/Hot Swap Support
Booting
- Supports booting in Mac OS 10.6.8 and higher, Windows (Vista & Window 7) with AHCI mode enabled in the BIOS.
Port Multiplier
Drivers
Notes
- May also be used in external Thunderbolt expansion chassis.
Warranty
*On a Mac, Hot Plug/Hot Swap is supported in OS X 10.7.2 and later. Due to a bug in Apple's AHCI implementation, previous OS versions do not reliably support this feature.
**Out-of-the-box ready driverless install for both 32 & 64-bit operating systems such as Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6, Windows Vista,
Windows 7, and any Linux version with built-in AHCI support.
Mac Pro 4-core (Mid 2006)
(August, 2006)
Model ID: MacPro1,1
2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.0GHz
Mac Pro 8-core (Early 2007)
(April, 2007)
Model ID: MacPro2,1
3.0GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Early 2008)
(January, 2008)
Model ID: MacPro3,1
2.8GHz
Mac Pro 8-Core (Early 2008)
(January, 2008)
Model ID: MacPro3,1
2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Early 2009)
(March, 2009)
Model ID: MacPro4,1
2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.33GHz
Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2012)
(June, 2012)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.4GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.06GHz
Mac Pro 6-Core (Mid 2012)
(June, 2012)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
3.33GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Mid 2012)
(June, 2012)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
3.2GHz
Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
Mac Pro 8-Core (Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.4GHz
Mac Pro 6-Core (Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
3.33GHz
Mac Pro 4-Core (Mid 2010)
(July, 2010)
Model ID: MacPro5,1
2.8GHz, 3.2GHz
Xserve Quad-Core (Early 2009)
(April, 2009)
Model ID: Xserve3,1
2.26GHz
Xserve 8-Core (Early 2009)
(April, 2009)
Model ID: Xserve3,1
2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
PC Desktops
Compatible with Intel / AMD Process based PCs capable with
the specifications listed above.
OWC Mercury Helios
Thunderbolt PCIe
expansion chassis