Wait for USB 3.0?

[computernewbie]

well i was about to totally build a new computer for myself, but then i heard usb 3.0 is coming out, so im wondering if i should wait or just build one now

Benefits with 3.0 (i guess)
the only thing i can think of is new utilities, mouse, thats all

 

[cjl]

Mice and similar things will never use the additional bandwidth. Unless you want to run a ton of external hard drives and for some reason you don't like esata, there's no real reason to wait.

 

[505090]

it not going to to implemented everywhere when it comes out. Like usb 2 it'll take 2 years or so before it becomes mainstream.

 

[photonboy]

1) all USB2 will be backwards compatible with the slot

2) Current USB hard drives get 32MB/sec at best because that's how slow the chips are that convert SATA to USB. It's hard to find something that maxes out the USB2 60MB/second.

3) You can always drop in an expansion card for USB3 though there are other connection types such as eSATA depending on what you need it for

*What you really need to ask is if you want to wait for SATA "3" (SATA600). With a top end SSD almost maxing out the SATA2 bandwidth of 300MB/sec we'll soon "need" the 600MB/sec. Wouldn't Windows run awesome then?