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A Late Adopter's Guide To USB 3.0

Posted by timothy on from the will-wait-for-the-really-late-adopter's-guide dept.

crookedvulture writes "Even with cheap external hard drives, USB 3.0 offers roughly double the real-world transfer rates of old-school USB 2.0. It's no wonder, then, that USB 3.0 ports are available on most new systems. But what if you want to add USB 3.0 to an existing one? This article goes over what's required and explores the sort of performance improvements you can expect to see. Looks like a no-brainer for anyone who does a lot of transfers to external hard drives."

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  1. Very helpful for Linux by Spazmania · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Most of the USB 2.0 PCI cards don't work under Linux. The kernel driver crashes under even small data loads. And I've tried a number. But, the USB 3.0 card I got works just fine. Hooray!

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