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10 Times Faster Than USB 3.0

Posted by on Jan 16, 2009 | 8 Comments

To be totally honest, the idea of having an external hard drive screaming along at USB 3.0 speeds sounds rather appealing considering the frequency I am using an external hard drive these days. Even pondering the promise of ten times the speed of USB 2.0 is enough to get me drooling in a hurry.

Is it worth upgrading my entire PC for just to make sure I am up to par to enjoy the entire 3.0 experience? I doubt it would be needed, but if it was, I might go so far as to say I would be willing to do it. More than likely, a user will be able to add in any extra goodies needed to utilize USB 3.0 as it comes rolling along.

But still, how far would you go? Is it worth a PC upgrade just for the speed of USB 3.0? I find myself torn, but perhaps others already know where  they stand on this?

Hit the comments, share your thoughts.

  • sam horne

    is it backwards compatible?

  • oliver scollon

    personaly if i had the money i would it is worth it because i am like you i wanting my computer to be the best and the fastest that it posibly can be. the only thing that i do not understan is that when usb 2.0 came out half the world switched to it in about a week but usb 3.0 has been out now for quit a bit but not that many people seem to be switching to it nore is there that many devices being made for it.

  • Aaron Anderson

    The title of the post is incorrect. It should say USB 2.0. I thought someone had already bested the yet to be release USB 3.0 :-)

  • Michael S.

    Eh, I’ll take whatever my computer is capable of. A few extra mb/s isn’t enough to make me want it. It’ll have to run at speeds of say SATA II. If I get that capability on my new machine, I still won’t be able to utilize it without spending $20 extra for that speed on a usb external hard drive. My two disks are usb 2.0 and they work fine at just 20mb/s.

  • http://www.expandgaming.com/iamaninja Chris

    Well…………..Yes,it’d be worth it,but no at the same time.

    The cost of a computer these days IS around 400-500 dollars on just basics,but I don’t think I would pay that JUST to get USB 3.0

    quick question though: my onboard graphics card went out and s I put a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 cad and it workd just fine…….but when I unplugged it after shutting it off,I plugged everything back in and I can clearly see the computer is running, but for some odd reason, th monitor isn’t displaying anything(P.S. I have reset my BIOS by unplugging my CMOS)

  • Douglas Hornick

    Would there not be a PCI card made available that you could install into your current PC to give you USB 3.0 capability? If not, I wouldn’t bother upgrading a whole motherboard until something else demanded it.

  • ash

    Is this a joke posting?

  • coolbird457

    can anyone tell me plz, that when they didnt achieved 5Gbps speed yet then why all of them are claiming exactly 5Gbps(10times faster) I mean why not 3Gbps or 4Gbps.