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Exclusive: First USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 Expansion Card, Will Sell For $30
Exclusive: First USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 Expansion Card, Will Sell For $30
If you were bummed like most of us that Intel’s shiny new P55 chipset didn’t include USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 support, Asus's new U3S6 should make you happy. For a mere 30 smackers, the U3S6 card gives you two USB 3.0 ports and two SATA 6.0 ports in a PCI-E card. The card has three primary ...
FIRST LOOK - USB 3.0 in the PCSTATS Labs (ASUS U3S6)  @ PCSTATS
FIRST LOOK - USB 3.0 in the PCSTATS Labs (ASUS U3S6) @ PCSTATS
pcstats.com — USB 3.0 addresses the needs of large inexpensive storage by adding an even higher transfer rate to match these new devices. The new name for the USB 3.0 standard is " SuperSpeed USB " and it is backwards compatible with [PCSTATS] (more) FIRST LOOK - USB 3.0 in the PCSTATS Labs (ASUS U3S6) @ ...
USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview - ASUS brings the goods
pcper.com — 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 ... (more) USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview - ASUS brings ...
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Asus Continues USB 3.0 Onslaught With a Cheap PCI-E Card [USB]
Gizmodo — ... . As long as the card performs anywhere near as fast as we expect from USB 3.0, the fact that it'll be out "soon" and won't cost much is good enough for me. [Maximum PC via ...

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