Product comparison · 2 interface cards/adapters

StarTech.com 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard vs StarTech.com 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card

13specifications compared
9differ
4identical
25known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:ExpressCard
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:Mini PCI Express
Chipset
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:Silicon Image Sil3132CNU
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:Silicon Image - SiI3132
Width
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:54 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:30 mm
Depth
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:75 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:50 mm
Height
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:5 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:4 mm
Weight
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:22.5 g
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:7.8 g
Package depth
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:175 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:210 mm
Package height
- 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard:30 mm
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:40 mm

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Comparison of ECESATA254F, MPEXSATA22I
38 specifications	A StarTech.com 2 Port Flush Mount ExpressCard Model ECESATA254F View product	B StarTech.com 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card Model MPEXSATA22I View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Host interfaceDiffers	ExpressCard	Mini PCI Express
Output interface	SATA	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
eSATA ports quantityKnown 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
Features1 differ
ChipsetDiffers	Silicon Image Sil3132CNU	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 PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 70 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-65 - 150 °C	-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	54 mm	30 mm
DepthDiffers	75 mm	50 mm
HeightDiffers	5 mm	4 mm
WeightDiffers	22.5 g	7.8 g
Packaging data3 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 width	145 mm	145 mm
Package depthDiffers	175 mm	210 mm
Package heightDiffers	30 mm	40 mm
Package weightDiffers	115 g	131 g
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84733020	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	3000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Connectivity technologyKnown for one	Wired	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Windows 2000/ XP(32/64-bit)/ Server 2003(32/64-bit)/ Vista(32/64-bit)/ Server 2008 R2/ 7(32/64-bit), Linux	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source

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