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Sep 12, 2017
It works... but for a mouse or low-power USB devices.
1 of 1 found this helpful Anything that requires anything over bare minimum of current causes the card to disappear from the system for a couple of seconds, reappear and ad nausea, until offending device is removed. This includes any fast USB 3.0 pendrives, HD webcams, USB 802.11ac cards, not to mention USB 3.0 HDDs, which outright refuse to even start spinning up. This is not a limitation of a single notebook, I checked the adapter inside the line of HP Elitebooks, couple of Dell mobile workstations and Compal DTR I have around - it's just unprepared to deliver any significant current to the ports. It works quite good, if powered USB 3.0 hub is connected - but that kinda defeats the purpose of the device in the first place.
At least it works as another bunch of low-power usb ports.
Mar 06, 2018
Best entry point into 10G networking
2 of 2 found this helpful This is the best entry point for 10G networks, either at home or at office. I tested the card with multitude od DAC cables (I focused on shorter than 5 meters cables), from high-end HP and Arista cables to cheapest sub-$10 no-names, and everything works.
Card requires little cooling, not a fan or anything, but having any airflow in the vicinity is good for electronics, or at least not baking adjacent cards.
Note for PCI-Express bandwidth and versions: This card is PCIe 2.0 x8, but it works the same when inserted in PCIe 3.0 x4 port (like all modern mainstream motherboards offer in 3rd x16 slot, which is actually x4 electrically connected). The card doesn't like PCIe 1.0 slots, however, resulting in lower transfer speeds (I'm hitting around 3.5 Gb/s for single connection, and topping at 7.2 Gb/s for multiple streams), despite theoretical PCIe bandwidth far exceeding required one. This applies to all Core2 - era machines, including Xeons E54xx. Anything from LGA1366 upwards should work on full speed. Windows Server 2016 and 10 include drivers for this card, but I'd suggest looking into Mellanox's own WinOF package, as it includes wider configuration options, and introduces teaming and failover support.
Now only if SFP+ 10G switches were just a tiny little bit more affordable...
Sep 12, 2017
Works as advertised, qood quality.
Excellent adapter, for all different purposes.
My use case was to mount 2280 SSD on 2260-capable motherboard. Using the shortest cable, it works perfectly good.
I also tried the longest cable to move the mounting place inside my cramped case far away, and it worked well too, drive appears in the system reliably.
I'd advise caution when handling the data ribbon, it's not rugged in any way, and if mishandled may easly snap or bend and break. Routing it carefully, especially in tight places may be essential, and if further assembly requires putting some tension to it, I'd recommend running a layer of kapton tape or equivalent product on the lenght of it to give it more survivability.