Tempo SSD PCIe Card
Simple SSD Upgrade Solutions
If you’ve been thinking about fast, bootable storage, you’ve read the stories and seen the reviews; SSDs are hot right now. Not only do they offer tremendous performance and easily outperform hard disk drives, they are more reliable, their prices are dropping and you can get more capacity than ever. If you’ve got a Mac Pro® or older Windows® desktop computer, you could just get a couple of 2.5” SSDs (plus necessary adaptors) and install them in some empty drive bays (if there are any) and be done with it – but the 3Gb/s SATA interface in your computer won’t support fast 6Gb/s SSDs at full speed. You could also get a 6Gb/s eSATA adaptor plus external mount SSD storage, but they come with the excess baggage of power adaptors and cable clutter. Sonnet engineered a great alternative – Tempo SSD. It’s a fast 6Gb/s SATA PCI Express adaptor card that enables you to attach readily available 2.5″ SSDs and install the assembly neatly into a single PCIe slot, no cables or drivers necessary.
Mount 1 x or 2 x 2.5″ SATA SSDs
Unlike other PCI Express SSD cards that rely on proprietary, premium priced SSD modules, Tempo SSD uses standard 2.5″ SATA drives that you choose. You get to select from the widest variety of SSDs, and buy the ones that best suit your capacity and performance needs while working within your budget. Because 2.5″ SSDs are readily available, you’re not tied to one retailer or SSD manufacturer should you decide to upgrade to higher capacity, faster SSDs.
Tempo SSD Key Features
- Adds Fast SSDs to Your System—Mounts one or two high-performance 6 Gb/s SSDs (sold separately) in your Mac Pro’s, desktop PC’s, or Thunderbolt expansion chassis’ PCIe slot
- High-Performance PCIe Interface—PCI Express 2.0 x2 host bus interface for high-performance applications
- Great Performance—Data transfers speeds up to 660 MB/sec(1)
- Unique Modular Design—Enables installation of a single SSD in half length card spaces, two SSDs in full length card space when extension plate is attached to the card
- Optimised for Maximum Performance Over Thunderbolt—Perfect for use in Sonnet’s Echo Express and xMac mini Server Thunderbolt expansion products
- RAID Support—Supports OS X and Windows RAID features
- Boot Support—Supports booting from attached drives under OS X or Windows 7 and 8 (see Tech Specs for details).
- AHCI Compliant—No drivers required
- Supports S.M.A.R.T. data reporting
Also Available: Tempo SSD Pro Plus
