VPN: PCI625USB2IStarTech Value 6 Port USB2.0 PCI Card Model PCI625USB2I
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 Rating: Review Date: 02/17/10 |
StarTech Value 6 Port USB2.0 PCI Card Model PCI625USB2I
Cons:Latest installer and device drivers are circa 2003So installer and drivers won't work on win7 x64
Pros:Adds a LOT of usb 2.0 ports for one little PCI cardVery good bang per buck |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/22/09 |
StarTech Value 6 Port USB2.0 PCI Card Model PCI625USB2I
Cons:Wont recognize some external hard drives.
Pros:Works great, My Hitachi External drive is recognized and works well! Comment:
Great budget card for the price adds a LOT of extra 2.0 USB ports Plug and play, all around good buy for the money! |
The drivers and installation software is only rated for XP, even though the StarTech website says Vista. No documentation says Windows 7. I installed the card on my win7 x64 machine, and win7 picked it up right away and installed some default usb drivers that worked fine. I compared read/write speeds of the card ports with my gigabyte motherboard ports (both usb2.0/480Mb and usb3.0/4800Mb ports), and got these relative numbers for my little usb flash drive: Startech ports (5.8mbwrite/6.2mbread), usb2.0 mobo (7/9), usb3.0 mobo (7/9). So the card speeds are comparable, but a little slower than, the latest 2010 mobo port speeds.