Quick Look: SilverStone ECU06 & ECU07 USB-C Expansion Cards

[Darksaber]

While USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps connectivity is widely available on modern motherboards, there are plenty of scenarios where the theoretical 1.25 GB/s transfer speeds are insufficient. The SilverStone ECU06 and ECU07 provide USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interfaces capable of 20 Gbps or 2.5 GB/s, thus allowing for an easy upgrade path as long as a PCIe 3.0 x4 expansion slot is present.

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[Dark_Phoenix]

Why would anyone buy this expansion card that offers either a single external or internal connection, surely there are solutions that offer more than one connector?

 

[Thorsthimble]

"But both the ECU06 and 07 use longer-lasting, higher-quality solid polymer capacitor while the cheapest alternatives stick with the cheaper electrolytic kind, which speaks to the quality of component used."

There's only one cap on there that isn't a surface mount ceramic cap. Not trying to be an arse, but while that's normally true, it doesn't mean a whole lot when they've only got one non-ceramic cap on the board.

 

[Mussels]

I only just upgraded to have a 10Gb NVME enclosure yesterday for my old intel 6000P NVME, and thought the 950MB/s reads gave me bragging rights

I'll just throw it in with the floppy disks now

Why would anyone buy this expansion card that offers either a single external or internal connection, surely there are solutions that offer more than one connector?

I dont think those exist with 20Gb ports, the bandwidth these need is hiiiiigh

The cards with SATA power should allow (the cards may not, regardless) fast charging support for USB-C devices, like the oculus quest or smartphones (or even laptops, depending on supported standards)

 

[Asni]

Most people don't know that Usb 3.2 gen 2x2 and TB3 have similar data bandwidth.

 

[Mussels]

Most people don't know that Usb 3.2 gen 2x2 and TB3 have similar data bandwidth.


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USB 4.0 merges both, thunderbolt is part of the standard

 

[Tardian]

Why would anyone buy this expansion card that offers either a single external or internal connection, surely there are solutions that offer more than one connector?

Because editing high bit-rate uncompressed 4k video needs a lot of bandwidth when using V90 SD cards. I'm not greedy one connector will do for now.