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StarTech.com 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card vs StarTech.com 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter

13specifications compared
13differ
0identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:Mini PCI Express
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:PCI
Output interface
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:SATA
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
Chipset
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:Silicon Image - SiI3132
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:NEC uPD720200
Operating temperature (T-T)
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:0 - 70 °C
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:5 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:-65 - 150 °C
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:-20 - 70 °C
Width
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:30 mm
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:57 mm
Depth
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:50 mm
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:120 mm
Height
- 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card:4 mm
- 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter:20 mm

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Comparison of MPEXSATA22I, PCIUSB3S2
37 specifications	A StarTech.com 2 Port Mini PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card Model MPEXSATA22I View product	B StarTech.com 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter Model PCIUSB3S2 View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Host interfaceDiffers	Mini PCI Express	PCI
Output interfaceDiffers	SATA	USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
SATA revisionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SATA ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Port multiplierKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Designidentical
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hot-swapKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	CE	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
ChipsetDiffers	Silicon Image - SiI3132	NEC uPD720200
Data transfer rate (max)Known for one	3 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logical block addressing (LBA) supportKnown for one	48 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, BIG, JBOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 70 °C	5 - 50 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	-65 - 150 °C	-20 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	15 - 90%
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	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	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	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	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Technical detailsidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	30 mm	57 mm
DepthDiffers	50 mm	120 mm
HeightDiffers	4 mm	20 mm
WeightDiffers	7.8 g	60 g
Packaging data4 differ
Cables includedKnown for one	SATA	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
ManualKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package widthDiffers	145 mm	140 mm
Package depthDiffers	210 mm	175 mm
Package heightDiffers	40 mm	30 mm
Package weightDiffers	131 g	190 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1300 Mbit/s
Connectivity technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Wired
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows XP(32/64-bit)/ Server 2003(32/64-bit)/ Vista(32/64-bit)/ Server 2008 R2/ 7(32/64-bit)
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No

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