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Review on ๐Ÿ”Œ Inateck PCIe to USB 3.0 Expansion Card - High-Speed Desktop Adapter for Windows XP/7/8/10 - 4 Ports, No Extra Power Required by Todd Phillips

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I love it once I get it working!

I was going to put this into a new build I got with Windows 10, but then I realized that the file server I was building at the same time (which is an older computer) only had USB 2.0. So I decided to put it in this machine instead since I have a lot of old 2TB USB sticks. This old computer runs Windows 7. The computer didn't have a CD/DVD drive, so I couldn't insert the driver CD that came with it to start it up. But it seemed (at first) to find the card and install drivers for it. I hooked up a few things to it and found that it doesn't work out of the box. So I went to the page listed on the disk. ok i tried that but it said www.inateck.de and that didn't work so i googled and found out they are actually https://www.inateck.com - when i found the product on their website have, I have read these drivers are not needed!. as long as you have windows 10 (and 8 i think). Okay I thought I don't have Windows 10, where are the drivers for whom in my particular situation? Finally, I noticed them at the bottom of the product page. The site has a support section, but I couldn't find the drivers there. I found the drivers on the product itself below, and the download link didn't even state exactly what operating system it was for. Luckily that was what I needed. After I installed this (and rebooted, I don't remember if he said I should or not, but I rebooted) the card worked fine. me. It didn't bother me much. I've been looking for drivers online for a very long time. Some companies and websites perform better than others. It wasn't the best implementation I've seen for website driver support (they seem more interested in sales on their website than support, as you'll see if you go there it's very e-commerce -oriented), but the product itself works fantastic. I have 4 x 2TB hard drives connected to my file server via USB 3.0 and I've matched them to my other computers and I'm getting incredible speed (compared to what I got on my old file server, which only had USB 2.0). It's worth it. I'll be buying another one soon for the computer I was originally planning to buy it for. I was planning to use this for Oculus as it requires 3 USB 3.0 ports. I don't even have an Oculus yet, so I may buy it again later when I actually try to set up Oculus.

Pros
  • Best
Cons
  • The packaging is ugly