Testing four different USB3 PCIe cards

card

source

date

price

Chipset

Ext

Int

Time

Rate

Plugable PCIE-USB3-SP

Amazon

2012/04

25.95

Ren D720200

2

0

265

45.6

BYTECC BT-PEU310

Frys

2012/04

26.98

Ren D720200

2

0

NFG

Vantec UGT-PC345

Newegg

2014/04

22.99

Ren D720201

2

"2"

120

89.8

Siig BBGS407X JU-P40212-S1

Newegg

2014/04

29.99

TI TUSB7340

3

1

44

244

The Best

Plugables no longer sells PCIe cards.

Vantec uses funny 20 pin internal connector for the other two USB3 connectors. Newegg sells a $7 adapter cable and connects to some Asian sources for $4 or more. So, call it a two port card, if you want four ports go with the Siig.

The xhci drivers for USB3.0 did not appear in the Linux kernel until 2.6.31, and are still improving through the 3.x series.

USB3Test (last edited 2014-04-15 19:05:52 by KeithLofstrom)