which means there will be performance loss on pretty much any top end ~ throw in the fact firewire 2.0 is also slower then an onboard pcie slot, and you'll get performance loss no matter what express card reader to pcie adaptor ($85-$100)Īnd i've seen zero express card to pcie adapters out there that are better then pcie 1.0x16. thunderbolt to express card reader ($150-$170) I suppose you could make your own enclosure. At that point you might as well just make yourself a desktop pc.

i was pretty sure it was all much more expensive then that, like $1000 type of expensive.

I wasn't aware they made enclosures for 200.