As of July 28, 2021, the AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box has been discontinued and this model is no longer being manufactured, sold or maintained.
The AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box was a Thunderbolt™ 2 PCIe expansion box that provided an additional PCIe slot for Thunderbolt 2 computers (e.g. laptop computers) where installing an internal expansion card is not an option and for systems where there is not enough space for more PCIe cards.
The portable Thunderbolt™ 2 PCIe expansion box provides an additional PCIe slot for systems that do not support or have enough available space for expansion cards. The external Thunderbolt 2 connection allows you to daisy-chain up to 5 additional Thunderbolt devices, making this the ideal plug and play companion especially when you have to take your system with you. Replacing the card is a simple matter of removing three hand tightening screws, so no tools are required.
Features
Two Thunderbolt™ 2 ports for lightning fast speeds of up to 20Gb/s
Supports half-length, full-height and double-width cards
PCIe (x16) slot provides a maximum of 25W
Does NOT support graphics cards
Interface/Ports
2x Thunderbolt™ 2 ports
1x internal PCIe (x16) slot with 4 lane PCI Express 2.0 interface
Data transfer
Thunderbolt™ 2 interface up to 20Gbps
System requirements (PC)
Not supported
System requirements (Mac)
Mac OS 10.9 or above
Computer with Thunderbolt connector
System environment
Operating Temperature: 5°C ~ 35°C
Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 60°C
Relative Humidity: 5% ~ 95% (non-condensing)
Power supply
External power adapter (UL, cUL, CE, FCC, BSMI, TUV approved)
Input: AC 100-240V, 50Hz-60Hz
Output: DC +12V/5A
Fan noise level
23 dB(A)
Dimensions (LxWxH)
9.17 inches x 5.87 inches x 2.99 inches
23.3cm x 14.9cm x 7.6cm
Package contents
AKiTiO Thunder2 PCIe Box
Thunderbolt cable
Power adapter
Setup guide
Carton/Packing
Retail Box Size: 12.4 x 12 x 4.9 in. (31.5 x 30.5 x 12.5 cm)
Carton Size (6pcs per carton): 20.8 x 13.2 x 13.9 in. (52.8 x 33.5 x 35.3 cm)
Gross Weight: 2.78 kg (retail box), 17.7 kg (carton)
Remarks
The maximum real world performance of this Thunderbolt 2 device is 1375MB/s.
This Thunderbolt product is not compatible with Apple's Boot Camp.
PCIe card (driver) must be compatible with requirements for Thunderbolt technology (e.g. hot-plug support, recovery from sleep).
Graphics cards are not supported.
Thunderbolt cable not included with all models or in all regions.
To connect this device to a Thunderbolt 3 computer, a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt adapter like the AKiTiO T3T is required.
This product has components or design elements that are patented or patent pending.
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