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First post, by Errius

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Do PCIe cards exist that combine USB 3.0 and SATA III functionality on a single card?

I'm trying to pimp out an old machine, but due to slot limitations am having to choose between fast USB or fast hard drives.

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 2 of 5, by Errius

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Yes, that's what I need. Internal USB headers would also be nice but are not essential.

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 3 of 5, by tayyare

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This is what I use:

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboard-Accessories/U3S6/

Still available NIB for 6-7 USD in where I live:

https://www.hepsiburada.com/asus-u3s6-2xusb-3 … AiABEgKOq_D_BwE

Don't take the "supported MB list" seriously, it just works fine in other MBs (I'm using it on a P5Q Premium).

One thing, like most other SATA6 controllers of the similar chipset, it is HDD only, does not support optical drives.

GA-6VTXE PIII 1.4+512MB
Geforce4 Ti 4200 64MB
Diamond Monster 3D 12MB SLI
SB AWE64 PNP+32MB
120GB IDE Samsung/80GB IDE Seagate/146GB SCSI Compaq/73GB SCSI IBM
Adaptec AHA29160
3com 3C905B-TX
Gotek+CF Reader
MSDOS 6.22+Win 3.11/95 OSR2.1/98SE/ME/2000

Reply 4 of 5, by Errius

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That looks good too. Though why does the other card have a Berg power connector but this one doesn't?

Is this too much voodoo?

Reply 5 of 5, by tayyare

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Errius wrote:

That looks good too. Though why does the other card have a Berg power connector but this one doesn't?

The power connection is for USB ports, and for high amphere usage. With the Asus, you will probably not be able to speed charge your phone.

Syba is a good enough brand though (although I get the Asus over Syba anyday) but I would say to stay away from no-name ones from Aliexpress (been there, done that)

GA-6VTXE PIII 1.4+512MB
Geforce4 Ti 4200 64MB
Diamond Monster 3D 12MB SLI
SB AWE64 PNP+32MB
120GB IDE Samsung/80GB IDE Seagate/146GB SCSI Compaq/73GB SCSI IBM
Adaptec AHA29160
3com 3C905B-TX
Gotek+CF Reader
MSDOS 6.22+Win 3.11/95 OSR2.1/98SE/ME/2000