OWC Mercury Helios 3S Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Expansion Chassis (Open Box)

About: OWC Mercury Helios 3S Thunderbolt 3 PCIe Expansion Chassis (Open Box)

The easy to use yet powerful expansion solution that adds an external PCIe slot to your Thunderbolt 3 equipped laptop or space-constrained Mac or Windows PC desktop computer.

A New World of Expansion Flexibility

• Lightning-fast 40Gb/s transfer speeds: (2) Thunderbolt 3 ports 
• See more: dedicated DisplayPort 1.4 connection for adding up to an 8K display
• Charge while working: 85W notebook charging 
• Play your card: PCIe (x16) slot for half-length, full-height, single or double-width cards 
• Maximum potential: daisy-chain up to 5 additional Thunderbolt devices 
• Built to last: durable and rugged aluminum
• Whisper quiet operation: 28.5dB fan for distraction-free use
• Easy card installs: no tools required
• Secure workflow: locking 12V power connector
• Plug and play: no drivers needed and includes Thunderbolt 3 cable
• Thunderbolt certified for Mac and Windows
• Cooperative: use with Thunderbolt 2/Thunderbolt-equipped Mac1 and Windows PC computers

Maximize Your PCIe Card Investment

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 space-confined desktop like an iMac or Mac mini that doesn’t contain a PCIe slot? 

The 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 professional-class video production, transcoding, audio processing, data storage, and high-speed network connectivity to your machine.

Pro-Level Performance Cards for Every Need

Mercury Helios 3S supports a wide variety of half-length, full-height, single or double-width, pro-level 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 (SSD)
• 40GbE/10GbE network adapters
• SAS controllers
• Firewire, USB, or eSATA host adapters