1 Topic by ramses (edited by ramses 2024-02-03 11:54:01)

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Topic: USB3 PCIe card

This is an alternative to Sonnet cards (with FL1100 USB3 chipset)
USB3 chipset: ASM3142 and UASP support.

https://www.startech.com/de-de/karten-a … exusb312a3

UFX III and ADI-2 Pro FS R BE connected to it, no issues with MADIface driver 0.9831

My Sonnet card had coil whine, I replaced it with this card.

Two of those cards in my setup..

Of course, I would like to get a card with 4x USB3 controller again, but currently I see no suitable cards on the market, or they have USB-C which is of no use for me (unnecessary tiny plugs and "adapter hell").

This combination of 2-port cards fits now quite well into my mainboards socket layout / capabilities, except the card in the last socket.

The Startech USB 3.2 card runs well in combination with the Startech active extension cables like this one here
https://www.startech.com/en-de/cables/usb3aaext3m
Different lengths are available (3, 5, 10 m)

https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/attachment/3106-12-2024-02-03-slot-assignment-x10sri-f-jpg/

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Re: USB3 PCIe card

This is apparently also good for UFX+ ?
Apparently it also works on Linux, which is a good thing.
At that price, I might even get excited to test it

3 Reply by ramses (edited by ramses 2024-03-01 16:14:41)

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Re: USB3 PCIe card

sjzstudio wrote:

This is apparently also good for UFX+ ?

For everything using USB3 and MADIface driver.

My current slot allocation, in case you are interested. I took care that every card gets the needed bandwidth in terms of PCIe version and number of PCIe lanes):

PCIe Slot 1 (PCIe 3.0 x16): nVidia RTX 4070, PCIe 4.0 x16, performance in PCIe 3.0 x16 socket sufficient
PCIe Slot 2 (PCIe 3.0 x4): covered by GPU, reason for buying the 4070, only needs 2 sockets, one will be free for 10Gbit LAN card
PCIe Slot 3 (PCIe 3.0 x8): Intel X710-DA2, 2x SFP+ (10 Gbit)
PCIe slot 4 (PCIe 3.0 x8): Startech USB 3.2, 2x 10Gbit (1x ASM 3142), PCIe 3.0 x2
PCIe Slot 5 (PCIe 2.0 x4, lanes from chipset): Sonnet Allegro Pro, USB3-PRO-4P10-E (2x ASM 3142), PCIe 2.0 x4.
PCIe Slot 6 (PCIe 2.0 x2, lanes from chipset): Sonnet Allegro, USB3-4PM-E (1x Fresco Logic FL1100EX), PCIe 2.0 x1

See also: https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/Ent … mponenten/

Removed old photos, need time to make new ones with the latest layout.

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