USB 3.0 tech

[Matt²]

Anyone have a USB 3.0 port yet? External 3.0 hard drive to transfer data to? I'm eager to try this out, but I don't yet want to shell out about a hundred bucks to update my equipment. ($35 for a usb 3.0 pci-e 1x card, another $55 or so for the external case for the hard drive that is USB 3.0 also, plus about $7-15 for a cable)

I'm curious how different devices will fare on the 3.0 spectrum.. scanners, printers, video cameras, etc etc. Please post your info!

 

[sixpackshaker]

No info, but wait a year or two.

 

[PatrThom]

They will be noticeably cheaper and probably a little bit faster than FW3200 devices, but CPU usage will go through the roof (unless USB implements something like Ethernet did with jumbo frames).

--Patrick