Sonnet Echo I Desktop Thunderbolt One-Slot Full-Length PCIe Card Expansion System

Be empowered with the Echo I Desktop Thunderbolt One-Slot Full-Length PCIe Card Expansion System, a high-performance, durable, and compact solution for enhancing your computer's capabilities. This user-friendly and reliable system is designed to expand the storage capacity and performance of your desktop computer by adding an additional PCIe slot for a full-length PCIe card.

Perfect for creative professionals who rely on portable, mini desktop and all-in-one computers, the Echo I Desktop system provides a solution to the lack of PCIe expansion slots in these devices. It allows you to install a specialty card that adds necessary storage expansion, video or audio inputs, data transcoding, or connects to high-speed shared storage and networks.

Featuring compatibility with both PCIe and Thunderbolt interfaces, this system offers flexibility and broad compatibility with a wide range of computers and devices. It supports every type of Thunderbolt compatible PCIe 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 card available, including video capture and transcoding; audio DSP; 6Gb or 12Gb SAS or SATA host bus adapter; 10Gb or 25Gb Ethernet; SSD storage; and other specialty types.

The Echo I Desktop system comes with a rugged aluminum housing for robust and secure protection. It also features an integrated 400W power supply with 150W auxiliary power, saving energy by powering on/off automatically with the computer. The system is equipped with dual temperature-controlled, variable-speed Noctua fans rated at 17dBA for ultra-quiet operation, making it suitable for noise-sensitive environments.

This system is compatible with Apple M1 Series, Intel Macs with Thunderbolt 3 ports, and Windows and Linux computers with Thunderbolt 4 and Thunderbolt 3 ports. It also features a 40Gbps Thunderbolt interface that delivers up to 2750 MB/s of PCIe bandwidth when connected to a Thunderbolt 3 computer and up to 3000 MB/s of PCIe bandwidth when connected to a Thunderbolt 4 computer.

The Echo I Desktop Thunderbolt One-Slot Full-Length PCIe Card Expansion System is part of Sonnet's DuoModo family of modular Thunderbolt expansion systems, offering you the flexibility to interchange modules depending on your workflow. Enhance your computer's performance and capabilities with this reliable, high-performance system.