usb 2.0 pci card

[butch81385]

whats a good price on a usb 2.0 pci card?

i have been looking around, and i dont wanna get burned on ebay or selling sites...

[John Prophet]

they are pretty cheap nowadays

http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/cat/1...ds--USB%20Card

dunno about quality etc but the cards can be had forless than $10...or get a usb2/firewire combo for a bit more.

Dirt cheap

[butch81385]

ok, about $14 after shipping, same price i saw on ebay so i might as well buy it from a store...

btw, thanks alot!

[Bovon]

There are good USB cards and there some not so good USB cards. I bought one from a vendor at eBay.. it was new, and didn't work properly. I bought another 2-port USB PCI card from the USB man..and couldn't be happier..

Good price and good (helpful) people.

http://www.usbwholesale.com/

[butch81385]

is it worth the $10 for the "better quality" from usbwholesale?

[Bovon]

Well.. I think I would have to say yes. But, I also realize I am not on quite a budget as someone else may be..but the one I bought at eBay, I found out later, that there were a lot of not-so-good USB cards that have been sold in bulk and have found their way to eBay..and other individual places (auctions etc).

I'm sure there are many other cards just as good as the ones the USB man sells. I was referred to the USB man for a good, well performing card that has NEC chips...supposedly one of the best performing chipsets.

I just threw in the USB man for your consideration... you are doing the buying.

[butch81385]

thanks... i think im gonna go with the via one from acortech... it will get the job done and it is $8 with 5 ports

[pretzel]

to use a usb2.0 pci card, does the motherboard need to be able to supprt usb2.0? or can i stick it in my machine and it'll work perfectly? is this the same as firewire cards too?
Thanks.

[teengeek88]

yes, even if your mobo doesnt support USB 2.0 and firewire

the card has the USB 2.0 or FireWire chipset on it so its the usb/firewire part of the motherboard pretty much

[Steeple]

When I installed USB 2.0 PCI cards in my computers (soon after the cards were available, if I remember correctly), I had fewer issues with cards that had an NEC chipset.