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USB 3.0 card in a PCI slot worth it?
I'm considering putting a USB 3.0 card in my
Dell Optiplex 360 (XP, LINUX, win10 and win7 test system) to upgrade the attached backup hard drive. All the PCI-e slots are occupied. All the cheap cards are PCI-e. If the PCI slot is going to throttle the USB 3.0 performance, I should abort. I've considered eSATA, but all the SATA ports are otherwise occupied...my plugin eSATA cards are all PCI-e. Experiences? Recommendations? |
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USB 3.0 card in a PCI slot worth it?
On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 16:44:39 -0800, mike wrote:
I'm considering putting a USB 3.0 card in my Dell Optiplex 360 (XP, LINUX, win10 and win7 test system) to upgrade the attached backup hard drive. All the PCI-e slots are occupied. All the cheap cards are PCI-e. If the PCI slot is going to throttle the USB 3.0 performance, I should abort. I've considered eSATA, but all the SATA ports are otherwise occupied...my plugin eSATA cards are all PCI-e. Experiences? Recommendations? Depends on how much data and how often you are going to transfer. Mine's a USB 2.0, and perfectly adequate for my weekly backups. (backup HDs are USB 3.0, but irrelevant). []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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USB 3.0 card in a PCI slot worth it?
A shop told me that PCI is too slow for USB 3.0.
I had the same idea. I got a pcie card with internal connections and 2 ports on the back, and I got a floppy slot 2-port insert with wires to the internal connections. Finally I've snagged a USB 3.0 powerd hub on sale for $7. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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