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pcper.com - 10/31/2009
USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview - ASUS brings the goods
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Everyone is talking about USB 3.0, but we are actually testing it. Read this article if you want to see how ASUS' first motherboard with integrated SATA 6G and USB 3.0 controllers performs against SATA-II and USB 2.0 devices. Is the hype surrounding USB 3.0 worth the hassle and how much is it ...

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USB 3.0 and SATA 6G put to good use: benchmarks
Engadget — ... burst speeds due to the fancy cache on the 6G -- the bottleneck here is the drive, not the controller. Meanwhile, USB 3.0 has speeds that are roughly 5 to 6 times faster than USB 2.0 with the same drive, a huge win for fans of external storage the world over. Perhaps even better news is that an ASUS US36 controller card with USB 3.0 and SATA 6G support is a mere $30, so this stuff is already basically within reach to the average desktop user. Read - HotHardware Read - PC Perspective Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals, Storage ...

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HotHardware.com News Rss Feed — ... USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview - ASUS brings the goods @ PC Perspective Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive Desktop Upgrade Bundle @ ...

ASUS Launches World’s First USB 3.0 Motherboard [ASUS P7P55D-E Premium]
Hardware Sphere — ... won’t support USB 3.0 on-the-fly), third-party controller to incorporate two SuperSpeed USB ports along with an amazing ten USB 2.0 ports, two PCIe x16 graphic card slots, six 3Gb/s, two 6Gb/s SATA ports and two Gigabit Ethernet ports. ASUS P7P55D-E Premium Motherboard will be ready to ship in a few weeks (probably late November) with the retail price of $299 + Addons card (ASUS U3S6) for USB 3.0 support at $29 only. [Source: PC Perspective via Gizmag] ASUS Launches World’s First USB 3.0 ...

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