What a difference! Continuing with my post from last week, I wanted to mention an upgrade for my Mac Pro that came in the mail this last week. With external drives and many other things upgrading to a USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt connection, I went in search of an expansion card for my Mac Pro that would increase connectivity and decrease my data transfer times.
I tried to find someone that had added Thunderbolt ports to their late model Mac Pro, but this was not to be. I did, however, find plenty of people that had purchased, and successfully installed, a USB 3.0 card.
SONNET USB 3.0
I ultimately decided on a Sonnet 4-Port USB 3.0 PCI express card. I looked at several other 4-port cards, but many of them required additional power from the mother board. Not having additional power to give, I went with the card from Sonnet. Shipping was fast and installation was simple (plug and play).
I've run some preliminary tests and this thing will save me hours of time in the long run. I've connected my Time Machine backup drive in addition to my new Lexar Workflow Hub and everything is flying! Based solely on the time it's saving me, I should have made this purchase long ago.