Deal: Add Four Extra USB 2.0 Ports to Your Computer, Make $2.09
Nov 21, 2006 
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Got lot of USB devices but short of USB ports on your computer?
Well, you don't have to buy a hub to solve your problem. A simple solution can be a USB PCI card. Today Buy.com has a good deal on Adaptec 4-Port USB 2.0 PCI Card [Buy.com affiliate link]. Listed price is $31.91. Price after mail-in-rebate is $7.91. Use Google Checkout to get another $10 discount. That will the final cost of 4 extra USB ports of your computer at -$2.09. Yes, you can make two bucks from this deal.
I bought one last month in my buy-and-sell spree and sold it later on Amazon.com. The Adaptec rebates are very reliable as I never had any problem with them.
These PCI USB ports were godsent for the Dell desktop I got last year. Dell has this proprietary crap on an internal USB pin connector…so PCI was the only option (for that too I had to remove the pci modem). The sad part is that I spent about $42 at the time !!