Product comparison · 2 interface cards/adapters

Nilox PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0 vs StarTech.com 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card

10specifications compared
8differ
2identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:PCI
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:Mini PCI Express
Output interface
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:USB 2.0
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:SATA
Width
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:110 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:30 mm
Depth
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:30 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:50 mm
Height
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:30 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:4 mm
Weight
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:85 g
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:7.8 g
Package width
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:240 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:145 mm
Package depth
- PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0:170 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:210 mm

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Comparison of PCI-USBIEEE, MPEXSATA22I
38 specifications	A Nilox PCI-USBIEEE interface cards/adapter USB 2.0 Model PCI-USBIEEE View product	B StarTech.com 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card Model MPEXSATA22I View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI	Mini PCI Express
Output interfaceDiffers	USB 2.0	SATA
SATA revisionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Internal SATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Port multiplierKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	6	Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Hot-swapKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CE
Product colourKnown for one	Chrome	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Silicon Image - SiI3132
Data transfer rate (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Logical block addressing (LBA) supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	48 bit
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, BIG, JBOD
Plug and Play	Yes	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-65 - 150 °C
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 2000, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Pre
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Technical detailsidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	110 mm	30 mm
DepthDiffers	30 mm	50 mm
HeightDiffers	30 mm	4 mm
WeightDiffers	85 g	7.8 g
Packaging data2 differ
Cables includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SATA
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Package widthDiffers	240 mm	145 mm
Package depthDiffers	170 mm	210 mm
Package height	40 mm	40 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	131 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports quantityKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
PlatformKnown for one	PC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Connectivity technologyKnown for one	Wired	Unknown — not stated by the source

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