SoNNeTAllegro Pro USB 3.1 PCIe Card with 4x 10Gb charging ports - Thunderbolt compatible

I have a maxxed-out 2010 MacPro 5.1, 12-core 3.46Gghz with 80Gb RAM (currently has High Sierra OSX) computer for video and VFX work. I use a combination of Sata SSDs, and latest generation NVMe drives internally, and have been recently trialling the 'Anyoyo' aluminium external Enclosure Box cases for my spare M.2 NVMe sticks (Has USB-C out to USB-A SuperSpeed connection). I use these for Disk and Preview caching within Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects CC 2019.As a comparison my internally PCIe-mounted, AHCI NVMe gets (real world) 1.5GB/s READ/WRITE for my main Work Drive. A normal HD Drive would do about 80Mb/s.Up until today I was using a standard (cheap £25) 4-port Inatek KT4004 USB PCIe card internally, like many MacPro 5.1 owners. I was getting real-world 370Mb/s WRITE speed with its USB 3.0 interface on my Anyoyo NVMe external drives.Replacing the Inatek with this flagship Sonnet Allegro PRO 3.1 Gen2, has instantly **DOUBLED** my write speed on the NVMe's from 370Mb/s to 741Mb/s. My jaw is on the floor. It's not 10Gb/Sec or any theoretical maximum, but that blows ANYTHING I've ever seen on existing USB 3.0 Superspeed before and for Premiere and After Effects is tremendous.Seriously, for £150 quid, this is an amazing and simple upgrade for a 9yo computer. I spent hours researching all the various competitors out there, and folks, this is the one to go for. Yes, it's expensive compared to the £100 quid next-in-line but when you compare the specs, and the compatibility, it's a no-brainer.PRO TIP: For maximum iOS/iPhone compatibility on MacOS, defo load in Sonnet's extra "dskcd-usbpwr-103" driver software to the Mac (installs and runs perfectly on High Sierra).This works beautifully on the MacPro 5.1 and i thoroughly recommend it as an upgrade. The proof is in my photo attached to my review. A++ Sonnet!

This one does the job. For custom Mac Pro recently upgraded and made to think its a more modern machine. Previously tried a cheaper one and it was underpowered to run peripherals. Especially the USB3 ports and SD Card reader on the monitor connected to the USB3 pcie card through upstream. My only complaint is the price.

A bit tricksy to install but have not really looked back since. Worth the money

Easy to install and worked straight out the box. Super fast speeds on Mac and works with all devices.

Works under Windows or macOS on my Hackintosh. Very fast transfer speeds. Needs a PCIe x4 slot.

After quite a bit of research I settled on this card. Installed easily enough. Switched on - nothing. Checked OS compatibility and not compatible with OS 10.11 which is the last OS I can use on my 2008 Mac pro. I can't see that anywhere obvious in details before buying. So be warned - if your running OS 10.11 it's useless. 10.10.5, 10.12.6+ are ok apparently.

If you compare this unit to other similar cards, you realize that not everything is built equally. This cards has top specs and power (important with some of you devices) and so far, runs perfectly even when its being pushed by multiple devices being used almost simultaneously. At the end of the day, its the user experience that counts and I am quite satisfied.

Funktioniert ohne abzustuerzen, Braucht aber einen Reboot nach dem USB Geraete angeschlossen wurden.

Ottimo prodotto, Sonnet rimane un costruttore di device pro.

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Sonnet Allegro Pro USB 3.1 PCIe (USB3-PRO-4P10-E) runs in Mac Pro [late] 2008 like a charm. The increase in speed is significant in all aspects of disk operation. Card is not cheap by any means, but works!