OWC Mercury Helios 2 PCIe Thunderbolt 2 Expansion Chassis

Other World Computing Inc. debuted the addition of the OWC Mercury Helios 2 PCIe Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis to its Helios line at CES 2014.

The Helios 2 is a solution for using two single-width, or one single-width and one double-width, PCIe 2.0 adapter cards with Mac Pro, Mac mini, iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and other Thunderbolt-equipped computers that do not have PCIe slots due to size and/or design limitations.

More Users Can Now Tap Into Power of PCIe and Thunderbolt
Desktop workstations used to be the only way computer users could access high-performance PCIe cards made for video capture/editing, media transcoding, audio processing, and data storage. With the Helios or Helios 2, users of portable, all-in-one computers, and the Thunderbolt 2 equipped Mac Pro 2013 can enjoy the productivity gains of these PCIe cards wherever their work takes them.

The original Helios is flexible with throughput up to 10Gb/s, while the Helios 2 handles throughputs of up to 20Gb/s, and is a solution to boost workflow productivity. Both are bootable with AHCI compliant cards and can daisy-chain up to six devices.

Key Features:

• Two Thunderbolt ports

• Expansions slots: (2) PCIe 2.0 x 8 (x4) mode

• Up to 20Gb/s data transfer

• Daisy-chain up to six devices

• One-year warranty

The Mercury Helios 2 will be available soon for $479.99.