The installation into a free PCIe x1 is simple. This is included in the low price is not necessarily a power adapter or Y-cable bearable, but for inexperienced users a problem.
It should be pointed out in more detail in the product description on.
The card is compatible with Windows XP and Windows 7 - but only if you installed a driver. That this is not supplied, and an internet connection mandatory for driver download is necessary is a significant lack for me. On the one hand you have to be an experienced user, on the other hand, the website [...] (TS PDU3 Driver uPD720202 with SATA power connector) is preceded with the speed of ISDN. At the end you have a ZIP archive (RENESAS-USB3-Host-Driver-30200-Setup-x86-x64-Binary.zip), the "setup.exe" contains the installation file.
After installation and a reboot, the precautionary card has been recognized and also of her attached USB 3.0 Hub. Also, the Kingston HyperX USB 3.0 64 MB stick and the Seagate Backup Plus USB 3.0 1TB 2.5 "disk were detected.
To test the speed I copied large ISO files and a holiday movie in MKV format (12GB, HD) on the plate and the stick - even via Hub and even directly on the map.
The speed was between 75 and 85MB / s, initially up to 105MB.
Except for the driver hurdle everything looked good extent - only suddenly parted USB devices, copying large files stopped and partly helped only a cold start / reset of the computer (Windows 7 Professional / 64-bit), because he froze. Everything unfortunately reproducibly.
Conclusion: The card or driver is faulty, an installation CD is missing, the card is definitely incompatible with Windows 7, as it comes to writing demolitions, the separation of equipment and crashes. This card would I NEVER SHARE and she goes back.
