I'm not sure what you mean. If you look at the components in both the links I posted, they both use USB. The main challenge would be finding an mPCIe adapter that uses USB 3.0. Yes, if I'm going to end up buying it eventually anyway there's no reason to waste money on cheaper hardware that may fail. I'm just wondering if it would be a better idea to put the money toward buying a whole new computer instead of rigging a card to my laptop. I will have to see what my financial situation ends up being in a month or so.