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liquidsnake718   10-13-2009 at 10:17:19 AM

I read recently that a few motherboards with a USB3.0 output were in the works in Taiwan and were to be released in November 2009 but eventually was scrapped due to further research and development.

I guess they want to time the release with newer core i5, i7 and AMD motherboards and see how Windows7 fares? Perhaps increase the gps rate as well.

How many of you will wait to upgrade their MB for the release of USB3.0?? I think its worth the wait instead of wasting on USB2.0 stuff where manufactorers want us to upgrade bit by bit. In my opinion if you have a great or even good PC thats at least a c2d and north of 2.6ghz and a good GPU, just wait for USB3.0 mbs next year and do a FULL upgrade.

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leon2006   10-13-2009 at 07:59:14 PM
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USB3 is not worth to wait. If you really need it when it comes out you can purchase an ADD-ON CARD for USB3.

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Pointertovoid   10-13-2009 at 11:31:52 PM
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Usb3 is a huge marketing mistake because it uses connectors not compatible with Usb2.

 

Maybe this is what the "further research and development" tries to improve.

 

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Add-on cards, yes, but only if the expansion slot has enough bandwidth... A single-width PciE1 transports less than 250MB/s, to be understood as a computer industry figure, so maybe 150MB/s.

 

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So until Usb3 gets proper connectors and controllers, the answer will be eSata. It could well be that we get Sata600 before Usb3, as the standard is already written and agreed, and Ssd need the throughput.

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endorphines   10-13-2009 at 11:44:28 PM
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you'll be able to plug in usb 2 into a usb3 port, but not the other way around. so if you get a usb 3 machine your usb2 peripherals will still work fine.

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liquidsnake718   10-14-2009 at 04:46:32 AM
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endorphines wrote :

you'll be able to plug in usb 2 into a usb3 port, but not the other way around. so if you get a usb 3 machine your usb2 peripherals will still work fine.



Yes I would assume they would do this with backward compatibility.

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liquidsnake718   10-14-2009 at 04:49:14 AM
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Pointertovoid wrote :

Usb3 is a huge marketing mistake because it uses connectors not compatible with Usb2.


So until Usb3 gets proper connectors and controllers, the answer will be eSata. It could well be that we get Sata600 before Usb3, as the standard is already written and agreed, and Ssd need the throughput.



E-sata is an external option, we are talking about internal drives directly connected to the MB. Maybe the sata chord itself has to be changed into a fiberoptic chord that is faster as well....

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