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Old November 15th 16, 01:44 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
mike
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Default 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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Old November 15th 16, 01:13 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Default 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).
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Old November 15th 16, 01:22 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Ed Light
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Default 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.

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