OWC - Mercury Helios 3S Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Expansion Solution.

Using a video, audio, storage, network, or even gaming PCIe card with a Mac Pro or PC desktop is a simple matter of inserting your card into an open slot. But what do you do if you have a laptop or even a spaceconfined desktop like an iMac or Mac mini that doesnt contain a PCIe slot, The OWC Mercury Helios 3S is an easy to use yet powerful expansion solution that adds an external PCIe slot to your Thunderbolt 3 equipped computer. Now you can maximize your existing PCIe card investment or expand it while enjoying the flexibility of adding professionalclass video production, transcoding, audio processing, data storage, and highspeed network connectivity to your machine. Instead of buying one or more functiondedicated Thunderbolt interface devices, you can use Mercury Helios 3S like a dock for multiple PCIe cards. Capture incredibly highquality audio with a PCIe audio card and then retask Helios 3S with a PCIe SSD card to edit and archive tracks. You can swap cards in minutes, adding a new level of flexibility to your workflow. Mercury Helios 3S supports a wide variety of halflength, fullheight, single or doublewidth prolevel PCIe cards from leading brands like AJA, Apogee, ATTO, Avid Pro Tools, Blackmagic Design, CalDigit, HighPoint, Intel, Solid State Logic, Universal Audio, and OWC: Video capture Digital audio Solid State Drive (SSD40GbE/10GbE network adapters SAS controllers Firewire, USB, or eSATA host adapters.