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I have plenty of Laptops and Thin-clients. Majority of the more powerful older systems (circa 2005-2012) have internal MPCI-E.

So, it seems I can buy MPCI-E (male) to 2x legacy PCI (female); but it has no case and is powered by sata power (meant to be use in a desktop).

Most external sata powers supplies are DC adapter/USB to Sata power cable. They typically provide 2A, which isn't enough (a fair PCI GPU will use 7A, for sure).

I have a MICRO PC case, and could run it (MPCI-E to PCI) off the power in there, potentially mounting the 2 PCI slots inside it.

Before playing with any of that, I thought I should ask if anyone has seen something that comes with it's own case/power?

The bare adapter runs about $40 US. I wouldn't want to pay a whole lot more, than that.

I've seen PCMCIA (male) to 2x and 4x PCI (female); but they are rare and costly. However, they came with nice cases and power supplies.

My MICRO PC case has a fanless PSU, so it may be the best choice for me (noise is important here). But, if there ever was a place to ask advice, this is the place.


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