【Sonnet Technologies】Tempo 2.5-inch SATA SSD PCIe Card

Special Price HK$550.00 Regular Price HK$900.00
  • Compatible with 2019 Mac Pro
  • Works In Thunderbolt™ Expansion Systems
    (like Sonnet's Echo Express, xMac Pro Server, and xMac mini Server)
  • Optimized for Maximum Performance Over Thunderbolt
  • Mounts One or Two High-Performance 6 Gb/s SSDs (sold separately)
  • in an Available PCIe Slot of Your Mac, PC, or Thunderbolt Expansion System
  • High-Performance PCIe 2.0 x2 Interface
  • Great Performance – Up to 660 MB/s
  • Unique Modular Design
  • RAID Support
  • Boot Support (from Single SSD only)
  • AHCI Compliant – No Drivers Required
  • Compatible with Mac® and Windows
  • Designed in the USA

Local Delivery

CHINAM is currently shipping within Hong Kong and specific countries only. We use local courier service as our delivery company. We do not support shipping items in a single order to multiple shipping addresses. To ship items to an additional address, please place a new order to us. Unless otherwise specified, delivery charge at the rate of HK$300 will be imposed on each delivery. We currently offer free delivery for each order over HK$1,000.

For remote areas or outlying islands delivery service, please contact our sales team via email - sales@chinam.com.hk

International Delivery

We will do our best to ship internationally to countries where we do not have sales representation. Please register with us, we’ll keep you updated and notify you when this is about to happen and become available in your region. Please note, at this time the customer is responsible for the duties and taxes imposed by their country.

For international shipping please contact our sales team via email - sales@chinam.com.hk

Deliver Time

  • Once your order has been handed over to the carrier for delivery, you will receive a shipment notification email with an estimated delivery date. Please note that it is not possible to expedite your delivery and receive your package earlier than the scheduled delivery date. Therefore, we are unable to accept requests for expedited delivery. Our carriers are unable to provide an exact time of day for your delivery. If you ordered multiple items, you may receive separate shipments.
  • All estimates are based on business days. We only make deliveries in the specified areas of Hong Kong from Monday to Sunday except on the first two days of the Lunar New Year and when typhoon warning signal No. 8 or above or black rainstorm warning is in force.
  • All rescheduling of delivery, additional purchases, new sales memos and amendments must be made 3 days before the scheduled delivery date. Otherwise, a double delivery charge will be incurred.
  • We may deliver the merchandise in one or more installments, and some of the merchandises may be delivered directly from suppliers. Any times and dates given for dispatch of merchandise, or the length of time that merchandise will take to be delivered, are only estimates. If we are unable to meet any stated dispatch or delivery dates or times we will inform you as to the progress of your order. You agree and accept that under no circumstances will we accept cancellation of order or refund.

Signature On Delivery

  • Most of our shipments contain valuable items. If you will not be in attendance to accept delivery of your purchase, consider shipping to someone you trust will be able to sign for your package. For your convenience, you may prefer to have your order delivered to your office address. If you choose this option, please include the name of your business in the address. Please note, if you choose this option, goods may be left with reception or the Mail Room.
  • As our carriers require a signature on delivery, the carrier will leave a calling card if you are not at home. Please contact the carrier to reschedule delivery.
  • For postal deliveries, no signature is required and order status tracking is not available.
  • Delivery failure due to no one answering the door upon the arrival of goods at the appointed time, or to circumstantial limitations such as the entrance being too small, will require a rescheduled delivery and therefore incur double delivery charges.
  • We will deliver the merchandise ordered by you to the address you give us for delivery at the time you make your order through our staff or a third party provider. You agree to present your photo identification upon request when you acknowledge receipt of the merchandise. The merchandise shall be, and shall be deemed to be, delivered and accepted by you when the merchandise are delivered to the address you give us for delivery. You agree and accept that we are entitled, at our option, to charge you additional costs or cancel your order in the event of your failure to accept delivery for whatever reasons.

General

  • You will become the owner of the merchandise you have ordered when they have been delivered to you. Once merchandise has been delivered to you they will be held at your own risk and we will not be liable for the loss or damage.
  • You may not export any products purchased at CHINAM online store. We sells and ships products to end-user customers only. Notwithstanding order confirmation, CHINAM may cancel any order where it has reasonable grounds to believe the product is not being purchased for end use.
  • If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English version and the Chinese version, the English version shall prevail.
  • We reserve the final right to terminate or alter the above terms and conditions. In the event of any dispute, our decision shall be final and conclusive.
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Simple SSD Upgrade Solutions

If you’ve been thinking about fast, bootable storage, you’ve read the stories and seen the reviews; SSDs are hot right now. Not only do they offer tremendous performance and easily outperform hard disk drives, they are more reliable, their prices are dropping and you can get more capacity than ever. If you’ve got a Mac Pro® or older Windows® desktop computer, you could just get a couple of 2.5" SSDs (plus necessary adapters) and install them in some empty drive bays (if there are any) and be done with it—but the 3Gb/s SATA interface in your computer won’t support fast 6Gb/s SSDs at full speed. You could also get a 6Gb/s eSATA adapter plus external mount SSD storage, but they come with the excess baggage of power adapters and cable clutter. Sonnet engineered a great alternative—Tempo™ SSD. It's a fast 6Gb/s SATA PCI Express® adapter card that enables you to attach readily available 2.5" SSDs and install the assembly neatly into a single PCIe slot, no cables or drivers necessary.

Mount One or Two 2.5" SATA SSDs

Unlike other PCI Express SSD cards that rely on proprietary, premium priced SSD modules, Tempo SSD uses standard 2.5" SATA drives that you choose. You get to select from the widest variety of SSDs, and buy the ones that best suit your capacity and performance needs while working within your budget. Because 2.5" SSDs are readily available, you’re not tied to one retailer or SSD manufacturer should you decide to upgrade to higher capacity, faster SSDs.

Tempo SSD Key Features

  • Adds Fast SSDs to Your System—Mounts one or two high-performance 6 Gb/s SSDs (sold separately) in your Mac Pro's, desktop PC's, or Thunderbolt expansion chassis' PCIe slot
  • High-Performance PCIe Interface—PCI Express 2.0 x2 host bus interface for high-performance applications
  • Great Performance—Data transfers speeds up to 660 MB/sec
  • Unique Modular Design—Enables installation of a single SSD in half length card spaces, two SSDs in full length card space when extension plate is attached to the card
  • Optimized for Maximum Performance Over Thunderbolt—Perfect for use in Sonnet's Echo Express and xMac mini Server Thunderbolt expansion products
  • RAID Support—Supports OS X and Windows RAID features
  • Boot Support—Supports booting from attached drives under OS X or Windows 7 and 8 (see Tech Specs for details).
  • AHCI Compliant—No drivers required
  • Supports S.M.A.R.T. data reporting

A Card with Room to Grow

Tempo SSD features a unique modular design that grows with your needs. Out of the box, this Sonnet solution is a half-length, full-height card to which you attach one SSD. It’s small enough to fit in most spaces, perfect for installing a single SSD into your system. With the included extension plate attached, the Tempo SSD is transformed into a full-length card to which you can install an additional SSD. Adding the second SSD allows you to improve performance or data security by exploiting OS X® or Windows® RAID features. This card uses a fast 6 Gb/s SATA controller chipset and PCIe 2.0 x2 interface to deliver read speeds up to 660 MB/s from a pair of SSDs configured as a RAID 0 set. AHCI compliance ensures installation of the card is simple—attach your SSDs with provided screws, mount the card in an available PCIe slot, and turn on your computer—the necessary drivers are installed automatically. Drive health monitoring is supported through S.M.A.R.T. data reporting.

Add More to the Plate: The included extension plate allows you to add a second SSD to expand your storage needs.

Thunderbolt™ Port? Instant SSD Solution

Got a Thunderbolt connection, but no PCIe slot? Tempo SSD Pro is ideal for use in Sonnet's Echo™ Express Pro Thunderbolt™ Expansion Chassis for PCIe Cards or the xMac™ mini Server PCIe 2.0 expansion system/1U rackmount enclosure for Mac mini with Thunderbolt ports—the combo enables you to add high-speed SSDs to iMac®, Mac® mini, MacBook® Air, and MacBook Pro computers!

Add High-Speed SSD Drives to Your Thunderbolt Equipped Mac: Install SSD drives onto a Tempo SSD Pro and install the card into a Sonnet Echo Express Pro chassis for super fast access to all your data.

Sonnet Technologies Tempo 2.5-inch SATA SSD PCIe Card Specifications

Mac Compatibility

Mac Pro® 3,1, 4,1, 5,1, or 7,1 (2019)
Power Mac® G5 (with PCIe slots)
Xserve® (Intel with PCIe slots)
OS X® 10.5.8+
macOS Ventura compatible

Windows Compatibility

PC with PCIe slots
Windows® 11, 10, 8, 7
Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 R2, 2008

Thunderbolt Compatibility

Mac (Intel® or M1) or PC via a Thunderbolt to PCIe Card Expansion System
Sonnet's xMac mini Server and xMac Pro Server

Hardware

Form Factor
Full-height, full-length PCIe card
Internal Connectors Two SATA for 2.5" SSD or HD
Drives Supported SATA 6 Gb/s, SATA 3 Gb/s, and SATA 1.5 Gb/s  
Data Transfer Rate Up to 660 MB/s
Firmware Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest firmware version
Boot Support

Single SSD only:
- Mac Pro [early 2008 (3,1) through mid 2012 (5,1)]
- Any Thunderbolt 3 Mac
- Windows 10, 8, 7, or Server 2019, 2016, 2012 PCs

Advanced Features Supports S.M.A.R.T. status data reporting
RoHS Compliant Yes
  • Tempo SSD 6Gb/s SATA PCIe 2.0 Drive Card for SSDs
  • Extension plate (for mounting second SSD)
  • Plate and drive mounting screws
  • 2-years Limited Manufacturer's Warranty

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Tempo SSD PCIe Card Quick Start Guide

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Tempo SSD Pro/Tempo SSD/Tempo SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port Firmware Updater 1.0 (Mac OS X 10.6+)

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Tempo SSD/SSD Pro/SSD Pro Plus/SATA Pro 6Gb 4-Port Firmware Updater (Windows)

【Sonnet Technologies】Tempo 2.5-inch SATA SSD PCIe Card

Special Price HK$550.00 Regular Price HK$900.00