Sonnet Releases Tempo PCIe Card That Supports Two SSDs

Sonnet has released two Tempo PCIe SSD expansion cards.

Sonnet is launching two variants of its Tempo SSD Expansion Cards that allow buyers to mount either one (Tempo SSD) or two (Tempo SSD Pro) 2.5" SSDs. Since the card features a PCIe connector, it enables users to reap the benefit of a SATA3 SSD without needing the requisite SATA3 connector(s) on their motherboard. Sonnet also notes that when mounted in an external enclosure and connected via Thunderbolt, a Mac Pro can boot off the expansion card.

For those interested, the Pro variant allows users to configure the SDDs to run in a RAID-0 configuration for even faster speeds.

At the time of writing MSRP pricing is set at €151 for the Tempo SSD and €303 for the Tempo SSD Pro. No word on availability.

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alidan , February 26, 2013 9:52 PM

how much speed can a pcie solt handle? because those ssds could get 1000 write speed and i usually see that speed in an 8x card option
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jesot , May 14, 2013 3:33 PM

This is one of the most useless things I've ever seen in my life.
Want to store SSDs? Buy a $0.10 piece of velcro.
Need SATA3? Spend about a third of the price of this piece of stupid device on a new motherboard.
Dumbest thing ever. Why did they develop this? There's zero application for it.
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mynith , March 24, 2013 12:41 AM

Funny how the current Mac Pro is the only Mac that actually has expansion slots and doesn't actually have Thunderbolt. There's a new one due soon, though.