Oct 28 2009
ASUS unveils ‘first’ USB 3.0 / SATA 6Gbps motherboards
Can it be? Has the same company that dashed dreams by axing its USB 3.0-laden P6X58 motherboard back in July really just revived our hope in humanity? Out of nowhere, ASUS has just unveiled the first range of motherboards to support USB 3.0 and the newest SATA specifications, the latter of which brings along 6Gbps data throughput.
The one-two punch belongs to the Xtreme Design P7P55D-E series of mainboards, which support the latest Core i5 and Core i7 processors. Sadly, just two USB 3.0 ports are onboard, while a total of ten dedicated USB 2.0 sockets are scattered about. Feel free to pore over the detailed specs in the release past the break, and get ready to find the P7P55D-E Premium mobo ($299) and U3S6 expansion card ($29) at retailers next month.
Well, right now chipsets don’t do USB 3, so you’re left with dedicated USB 3 chips, which are bandwidth limited. I think it makes sense to do only one or two USB 3 ports because right now there aren’t a lot of devices that actually need the bandwidth. External hard drives are the only devices that really need the bandwidth right now (especially with SSDs, though they are pretty expensive). An enthusiast would probably only need 2 USB 3 ports until more devices came out.
Bluetooth dongles and printers are a PERFECT example of why it still makes sense to build a board with “legacy” 2.0 ports. The 3.0 chipsets are still relatively expensive and almost all devices you use with them (bluetooth, printers, most USB drives, phones cameras) either don’t need 3.0 speeds, or don’t yet support 3.0 speeds.
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