The Sonnet Echo SE I T5 allows you to add a full-height PCIe card to your Thunderbolt/USB4 computer and get Thunderbolt 5 speeds up to 6000 MB/s.
Laptops and mini computers with Thunderbolt 5 ports offer a lot of processing power, but don’t have the PCIe slots some users need for connecting adapter cards to add specialized ports and processing capabilities critical to their workflows. The Echo SE I T5 Thunderbolt 5 to PCIe card expansion system is a compact, single-slot system that is compatible with Apple M series Macs, Intel Macs with Thunderbolt 3 ports, plus Windows and Linux computers with Thunderbolt 5 or 4 or USB4 ports It enables you to easily connect almost any Thunderbolt compatible, non-GPU PCIe card to your computer via an included Thunderbolt 5 cable.
The Echo SE I T5 enables you to connect a pro PCIe card, such as video capture and playback; audio interface, SAS, SATA or Fibre Channel host bus adapter; multiport 10Gb or 25Gb Ethernet; or RAID controller to add the ports and processors your computer lacks. Providing up to 6000 MB/s of bi-directional PCIe bandwidth to the installed card, twice that of Thunderbolt 4 or 3, you’ll be able to extract even better performance with cards with ultra-high bandwidth requirements when connected to a computer with Thunderbolt 5 ports.
The Sonnet Echo SE I T5 features an x8 PCIe 4.0 slot, and supports a single- or double-width PCIe card. Double-width? Examples include pro video and audio cards like the Blackmagic Design DeckLink 8K Pro G2, which spans two card spaces, or main cards with connected daughter cards that use the neighboring space for additional ports.
