USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, Motherboards, And Overcoming Bottlenecks

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Soon, 4.8 Gb/s USB 3.0 and 6 Gb/s SATA will be hitting the mainstream. But be careful when you buy your next mainstream motherboard; some don't handle these technologies very well. We compare three implementations and recommend best practice solutions.

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We're using Crucial’s RealSSD-C300 as a high-bandwidth device and a Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB drive, both of which are equipped with a SATA 6Gb/s interface.