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RIITOP PCIe to 7 Port USB 3.0 Card

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No, as it uses a Renesas NEC Chip, which lost support in macOS when El Capitan was released.

You need a USB PCIe card that uses either an ASMedia 2142/3142 chip or Fresco Logic FL1100 chip.

I have the following USB3 PCIe cards, all work in macOS:
  • An Inateck KTU3FR-5021 Fresco Logic chip, PCIe x1 USB card (5 x external USB3 ports & 1 x 19-pin USB3 header port) that works in macOS.
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  • A ULANSEN ULS-UP5100C Fresco Logic Fl1100 chip, PCIe x1 USB card (2 x Type-C & 3 x USB3 ports) one Type-C port works at 10Gbps, one USB3 port can work at 10gbps, but if more than one device is used the 10gbps bandwidth is shared.
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  • A ULANSEN ULS-UP10053 ASMedia 3142 chip, PCIe x4 USB card (3 x Type-C & 2 x USB3 ports) one of each type can use 10Gbps as the card supports 20Gbps bandwidth.
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By the way, as the card you linked was only PCIe x1 speed you would probably find that the 5Gbps bandwidth was spread/shared between the 7 x physical ports, not that 5Gbps was available from each port.

If you plan to use more than one USB device with the card you end up purchasing, you need to make sure the card supports a better spread/share of the available bandwidth. Or accept that the available bandwidth will be shared between/across the ports.

Probably the easiest to source will be the older Inateck card. We have an eBay seller from the US offering cards to the UK market, so I am sure there are more available in your local market.

If you are in doubt about a card just ask.
 
No, as it uses a Renesas NEC Chip, which lost support in macOS when El Capitan was released.

You need a USB PCIe card that uses either an ASMedia 2142/3142 chip or Fresco Logic FL1100 chip.

I have the following USB3 PCIe cards, all work in macOS:
  • An Inateck KTU3FR-5021 Fresco Logic chip, PCIe x1 USB card (5 x external USB3 ports & 1 x 19-pin USB3 header port) that works in macOS.
  • A ULANSEN ULS-UP5100C Fresco Logic Fl1100 chip, PCIe x1 USB card (2 x Type-C & 3 x USB3 ports) one Type-C port works at 10Gbps, one USB3 port can work at 10gbps, but if more than one device is used the 10gbps bandwidth is shared.
  • A ULANSEN ULS-UP10053 ASMedia 3142 chip, PCIe x4 USB card (3 x Type-C & 2 x USB3 ports) one of each type can use 10Gbps as the card supports 20Gbps bandwidth.
By the way, as the card you linked was only PCIe x1 speed you would probably find that the 5Gbps bandwidth was spread/shared between the 7 x physical ports, not that 5Gbps was available from each port.

If you plan to use more than one USB device with the card you end up purchasing, you need to make sure the card supports a better spread/share of the available bandwidth. Or accept that the available bandwidth will be shared between/across the ports.

Probably the easiest to source will be the older Inateck card. We have an eBay seller from the US offering cards to the UK market, so I am sure there are more available in your local market.

If you are in doubt about a card just ask.
Has the maximum amount of ports been five then for a single card?
 
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