Sonnet Echo Express SE I Thunderbolt Box 1xPCIe 3.0

Echo Express SE I: Compact expansion with one PCIe card

Echo Express SE I provides one PCIe card expansion slot in a compact and lightweight form factor. Designed to accommodate a card up to 7.75" long by 5.6" wide by 8.6" long by 3.5" high.
Echo Express SE I takes up little space but is large enough to support almost all available Thunderbolt 3-compatible PCIe 3.0, PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 1.1 cards.

Connect one full-height, half-length+ PCIe card (Add-in Card Plus) to computers with Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 ports

Are you looking for a new computer? It's amazing how much processing power the latest Mac® and Windows® and Linux® computers with Thunderbolt™ ports offer, but the thinness comes with limitations - there's no way to install PCIe cards for additional connectivity and processing capabilities beyond what's on offer standard computer ports.

Sonnet Echo™ Express SE I (Thunderbolt 3 Edition) is a compact desktop Thunderbolt™ to PCIe card expansion system that allows you to connect a single PCIe card to any computer with Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 ports.

Key Features:

• Connects a compatible PCIe expansion card to computers without PCIe slots – Use high-performance PCIe cards with any Mac or PC with a Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 2 port*
• One PCIe 3.0 x8 slot – Supports 1/2-length, full-length, and full-length cards or half-height + one add-on card on top of the PCIe card
• Thunderbolt 3 40Gb/s interface – offers PCIe bandwidth up to 2750 MB/s, doubling the performance of Thunderbolt 2
• Small form factor, full performance – smallest Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 2 card expansion system available * to PCIe, supports the most popular low-profile, Thunderbolt-compatible PCIe cards at full performance.
• Two Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports - one port reserved for connection to a computer; the second port supports daisy-chaining up to five additional Thunderbolt peripherals to your computer, connecting one USB peripheral, or connecting to two 4K displays or one 5K display
• Ultra-Quiet – Temperature-controlled variable speed fan automatically and silently cools the card
• Power Saving Mode – Turns on/off automatically with your computer
• Rugged aluminum casing – provides rugged and safe protection
• Peripheral Power – provides up to 15W of power to a connected peripheral or host
• Thunderbolt and ThunderLok 3 cable included – includes a 0.5-meter Thunderbolt 3 cable (40Gbps) and Thunderbolt 3 Thunderbolt connector retaining clip to secure the cable from accidental disconnection

Echo Express SE I  offers the performance of a 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 port, which offers twice the PCIe bandwidth of Thunderbolt 2 and delivers up to 2,750 MB/s of bandwidth. This enables support for 4K video capture and processing cards at high frame rates, as well as 16Gb FC and dual-port 10GbE cards at full performance. With the ability to support the most demanding PCIe cards with the highest performance, support for connecting two 4K @ 60Hz displays or one 5K @ 60Hz display, and support for a wide range of Thunderbolt and USB devices, Thunderbolt 3 is a step forward in every respect.

With an x8 PCIe 3.0 slot, this compact Thunderbolt 3-to-PCIe expansion card supports multiple Thunderbolt-compatible 16Gb and 8Gb Fiber Channel, 40 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, video capture and processing, SAS and SATA bus adapters, and a RAID controller.

*To connect via the Thunderbolt 2 port, a TB3 to TB 2 adapter is required, which is not included with the device. Not all cards compatible with your device will work with the Thunderbolt 2 port.