Echo SE I T5 Thunderbolt 5 Expansion System

Desktop 1-slot Thunderbolt 5 to PCIe Card Expansion System for Computers with Thunderbolt or USB4 Ports

Connect One Full-height, Half-length+ PCIe Card (Plus Daughter Card)

Laptop and mini computers with Thunderbolt 5 ports offer tremendous processing power, but don’t have the PCIe slots creative pros need for connecting adapter cards to add specialized ports and processing capabilities critical to their workflows. Sonnet offers the ideal solution to overcome this limitation with the Echo™ SE I T5 Thunderbolt™ 5 to PCIe card expansion system. This compact, single-slot solution works with the latest Macs, Windows PCs, and Linux computers equipped with Thunderbolt or USB4 ports, letting you connect almost any Thunderbolt-compatible (non-GPU) PCIe card using the included Thunderbolt 5 cable.

• Create Expansion through a Thunderbolt Port

Pro PCIe Card Expansion

Echo SE I T5 enables you to connect a pro PCIe card — such as video capture and playback; audio interface; SAS, SATA or Fibre Channel host bus adapter; multiport 10Gb or 25Gb Ethernet; or RAID controller — to add the ports and processors your computer lacks. Providing up to 6800 MB/s of bi-directional PCIe bandwidth to the installed card — twice that of Thunderbolt 4 or 3 — you’ll be able to extract even better performance with cards with ultra-high bandwidth requirements when connected to a computer with Thunderbolt 5 ports!

One PCIe 4.0 Slot and Space for a Daughter Card

Sonnet Echo SE I T5 features an x8 PCIe 4.0 slot, and supports a single- or double-width PCIe card. Double-width? Examples include pro video and audio cards like the Blackmagic Design DeckLink 8K Pro G2, which spans two card spaces, or main cards with connected daughter cards that use the neighboring space for additional ports.

Power to Spare

Echo SE I T5 includes an auxiliary PCIe power connector that enables you to use a card that requires extra power such as the AJA Kona 5, Blackmagic Decklink 4K Extreme12G and DeckLink 8K Pro G2, and Deltacast 12G/4C.

Supports Most Thunderbolt-Compatible PCIe Cards

Measuring just 3.4 inches wide by 11.2 inches long by 5.8 inches tall, the compact Echo SE I T5 supports cards at a maximum of 7.75 inches long, making it compatible with nearly all Thunderbolt-compatible PCIe 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, and 1.1 cards.