Sinefine 4 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expansion Card (2 USB Type-A and 2 USB Type-C Ports), Internal Converter PCI Express Expansion Card for Desktop PC Card

It seemed like my backups were taking forever. My motherboard supports both USB2 and USB3. I thought that maybe my USB 3 ports were on the fritz or whatever so I purchased this unit. It's a good card but my backups are still taking longer than I'd like. I think I've narrowed it down to having too much data on my backup drive (a 500GB SATA III SSD with 170GB free space). I mean, if I have a totally bare drive then I can backup my workstation's C: drive in about 5-minutes. With all the data on the destination drive, however, it takes about 20-minutes to backup. It's not the expansion card's fault. That thing performs great but for some reason the connected devices are letting me down. The destination drive is inside a USB3 to SATA III enclosure. As the drive fills up, however, performance goes down. I can't explain it. On the bright side, it beats the heck out of old Hard Drive backups. Those were terrible. I'm using Windows 10's backup utility through Control Panel. It's the program labeled "Backup and Restore Windows 7". I'm doing a "System Image" Backup. Bottom line: It's a good card. I recommend it.

Gave new life to my old computer. Needed a "C" port, this was easy to install, and configuration was seamless

So the story is that I'm running an AM4 motherboard that doesn't have any usb C connections. I got an external enclosure for an M.2 NVME driver for quick transfers as sata ssd's were just to slow. However the system had problems detecting the M.2 drive. I though it was a compatibility issue so I purchased another drive. The second one worked also had issues being detected. Through much effort I finally got the system to recognize the drive. Problem was that it would only work on one single specific usb 3 port (via a 3.0 to type C adapter that came with the enclosure). On any other port it would disconnect after 2 seconds and be non functional. Put it back on the port that previously recognized it and it just worked. Despite this one functioning port I figured that it was probably unreliable and would likely be an issue the next time I connect a different usb C device. So going on the assumption that the problem was related to the motherboards chipset not liking connecting to the nvme drive via externally I got this card. Installed it on a Windows 10 O.S. and it was instantly recognized, no need to bother with the CD cause honestly who has a disc drive anymore? Anyway I tested the external drive and it was instantly picked up and I was able to transfer several gig's worth of video files over onto my system. It also "does not" require additional power so don't have to worry about cable managing as none are needed. Overall worth every penny!

This very small PCIe x1 card does exactly what it sets out to do: provide additional USB-C ports for a motherboard that may not have additional ports. I purchased it to power both my Quest 2 as well as a USB-C wireless phone charger. It works with 0 hassle - it is plug and play with no additional driver download required. It seems to be very durable, it is currently sitting right above a large graphics card and there has been no heat related issues. The ports are fast enough for VR data rates as well. A solid little unit that does what it needs to do.

Edit: Updated from 2 stars to 5 stars due to great customer service and the ease of receiving a refund. The card works excellently for data transfer and USB peripherals, and it looks like the product details were updated to emphasize it does not work for displays. Original Review: Seems to work for data and non-display items (mouse, keyboard, etc.), but trying to use the USB Type-C to HDMI gives the "Display connection might be limited" message and does not work. Disappointing since this was the main purpose of my purchase. Hopefully I'll be able to refund it this product.

BUYER BEWARE: FALSE ADVERTISING This has a Renesas uPD720201 according to the reported PCIe info on my computer. This controller only supports up to PCIe 2.0. This limits the theoretical max bandwidth to 4.0 Gbps via the 1x interface, BELOW the maximum of a single USB 3.0 gen 1 device (5.0 Gbps). AKA: Plug in more than one device and you're not going to get much speed at all. Use all four ports and you'll be running at 1/5th the rated speed per device. Also power delivery didn't work. My device died quickly while plugged in. Turns out, the maximum by this controller is 7.5W (Which is the spec of USB BC 2.0, this is NOT any where close to modern quick charge protocols). Unless you want the cheapest thing, look elsewhere. It's very cheap but that's the only upside.

For some reason the drivers for this are supposed to be built into Windows but it took a couple of reboots before it started working properly. Not sure what happened there. The CD it came with was completely scratched up and impossible to read, so hope you don’t need the CD. Once the drivers settled it worked perfectly. It’s also a very low profile card.

Having this card added new life to my older system

Es un buen producto, funciona muy bien, se instala muy fácil, y cumple con su función.

I put together a fairly high-powered PC a few years ago to use for audio and video editing. One thing I didn't anticipate was how quickly USB C would be adopted as a standard for peripherals. This PCI card was recommended as a simple way to do that. Worked perfectly - plug and play, with no drivers reuired. I plugged it into an available PCI E slot, fired up the computer and instantly had four additional USB ports - two type A and two type C. I ran a cord from one of the USB C ports to an inexpensive USB C hub, and now have a bunch of ports conveniently located on my desk.

Funciona bien para el precio

Fast, but they do fail here and there.

Slapped this in since my B550 boards kept blowing resistors trying to power my touch screen. Replaced with this and been holding up. This has been holding up showing that my 300$ MB has some upgrading to do when it comes to the onboard Type C.