External PCIe Expansion KIT - $200 USD???

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External PCIe Expansion KIT - $200 USD???

Postby peterfitz » Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:57 pm

Good evening Turtlerockers, Long-time lurker, first time poster

I'm hoping to bend a more experienced ear and get some advice
I've run out of PCIe slots on my 2007 MacPro 2x2.66 and I've found this,
External PCIe Expansion KIT - do you reckon it would work?

http://www.ioi.com.tw/products/proddeta ... ID=1130002

I've emailed them and it's only $200 USD which is a tenth of the price of a Magma case

External PCIe Expansion
EPCIE4XE1X40 KIT
PCIe x4 to four PCIe x1 Expansion Backplane Kit
Peter FitzGerald
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Re: External PCIe Expansion KIT - $200 USD???

Postby peterfitz » Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:30 am

One of the guys from the Cubase forum just ordered one of these though..
http://www.span.com/product_info.php?cP ... s_id=28381

Apparently works really well with UAD-2
Peter FitzGerald
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