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MP 7,1 Usb 3.0 PCIe

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lostinforums

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Struggling to find any of these for the new Mac Pro? Am I missing something?

i have a PCIe usb card, but I need another so this time thought I’d get a usb 3.0 one just to future proof, but can’t see any here in the uk.
 
Here are two. The first has a single controller driving 4 ports total (at 5 gbps each), and the second has two controllers driving 4 ports total (at 10 gbps each).

USB3-4PM-E:
www.sonnetstore.com

Allegro Type A USB 3.2 4-Port PCIe card with four 5Gbps ports & USB charging

Mac and Windows adapter card with four USB 3.0 ports with dedicated 5Gb/s controller per port for speeds up to 1800 MB/s.
www.sonnetstore.com www.sonnetstore.com

USB3-PRO-4P10-E:
www.sonnetstore.com

Allegro Pro Type A 4-port USB 3.2 PCIe card with four 10Gbps ports, dual controllers & USB charging

Mac, Windows and Linux PCIe adapter card with four USB-A ports and 7.5W of power dedicated to each port for bus-powered USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) devices. Backwards compatible with USB 3.1 and 3.0 peripherals.
www.sonnetstore.com www.sonnetstore.com

These are available at various outlets, so I think you'd be able to get these in the UK, but I'm not 100% sure
 
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lostinforums said:
Struggling to find any of these for the new Mac Pro? Am I missing something?

i have a PCIe usb card, but I need another so this time thought I’d get a usb 3.0 one just to future proof, but can’t see any here in the uk.
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USB 3.0 is old (5 Gbps). Consider USB 3.1 gen 2 at least (10 Gbps).

New Mac Pro or old Mac Pro doesn't matter except new Mac Pro supports PCIe 3.0 instead of PCIe 2.0 so it can get better performance from 1 lane ASM1142 cards, or 2 lane ASM2142 and ASM3142 cards (cards that don't have a PCIe 3.0 switch).
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lostinforums said:
Would this work in a 2019 Mac Pro?

www.amazon.co.uk

[Support UASP for Mac Pro] Inateck 4 Ports PCIe to USB 3.0 Card for Mac Pro - No Additional Power Connection Needed

[Support UASP for Mac Pro] Inateck 4 Ports PCIe to USB 3.0 Card for Mac Pro - No Additional Power Connection Needed
www.amazon.co.uk

to be honest I don’t even need usb 3, kinda struggling to find Mac pcie usb cards, there seems to be loads for windows.

will any pcie card work for me as long as it’s for mac of course?
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Read this
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^^^^Inateck devices are known to work in Macs. Before I switched to my current HighPoint card I used an Inateck card in my last 5,1 cMP. I went with the HighPoint due to two controllers.

Lou
 
lostinforums said:
Would this work in a 2019 Mac Pro?

www.amazon.co.uk

[Support UASP for Mac Pro] Inateck 4 Ports PCIe to USB 3.0 Card for Mac Pro - No Additional Power Connection Needed

[Support UASP for Mac Pro] Inateck 4 Ports PCIe to USB 3.0 Card for Mac Pro - No Additional Power Connection Needed
www.amazon.co.uk

to be honest I don’t even need usb 3, kinda struggling to find Mac pcie usb cards, there seems to be loads for windows.

will any pcie card work for me as long as it’s for mac of course?
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I don't know if it's that exact one but I have an Inateck USB card that was in my 5,1 running fine in my 7,1.
 
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Thread summary for latest recommendations. This thread refers to PCIe cards for adding USB 3.0 and 3.1 to classic Mac Pros. General Notes: The USB 3.0 cards in this list support UASP for faster transfer speeds and reduced CPU utilization (exceptions to this are noted). The USB 3.0 cards in...
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lostinforums said:
Struggling to find any of these for the new Mac Pro? Am I missing something?

i have a PCIe usb card, but I need another so this time thought I’d get a usb 3.0 one just to future proof, but can’t see any here in the uk.
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why? every thunderbolt port on a 7,1 is also a USB3,1gen2 port
 
Because I need two of the thunderbolt ports for ‘thunderbolt to FireWire‘ connection for my audio interfaces.

thanks for the links etc above, really appreciated. About to pull the trigger
 
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