PeterStoba
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Gigabyte are preparing to launch their first motherboard with USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gbps support, based on the GA-P55-UD4.
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Gigabyte Readying GA-P55A-UD4 Motherboard
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PeterStoba
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Just a bit of an update on this.
Gigabyte 333 Promo
A full range has now been announced, also added 3x the usual USB power meaning you can run USB hard drives from a single USB header rather than two
Full range to be expected soon, including the GA-P55A-UD6, GA-P55A-UD5, GA-P55A-UD4P, GA-P55A-UD4, GA-P55A-UD3P, GA-P55A-UD3R, GA-P55A-UD3 and GA-P55MA-UD4, just like the existing P55 range.
Still the first manufacturer to offer this too afaik
Gigabyte 333 Promo
A full range has now been announced, also added 3x the usual USB power meaning you can run USB hard drives from a single USB header rather than two
Full range to be expected soon, including the GA-P55A-UD6, GA-P55A-UD5, GA-P55A-UD4P, GA-P55A-UD4, GA-P55A-UD3P, GA-P55A-UD3R, GA-P55A-UD3 and GA-P55MA-UD4, just like the existing P55 range.
Still the first manufacturer to offer this too afaik
MeltedDuron
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name='PeterStoba' said:Just a bit of an update on this.
Gigabyte 333 Promo
A full range has now been announced, also added 3x the usual USB power meaning you can run USB hard drives from a single USB header rather than two
Full range to be expected soon, including the GA-P55A-UD6, GA-P55A-UD5, GA-P55A-UD4P, GA-P55A-UD4, GA-P55A-UD3P, GA-P55A-UD3R, GA-P55A-UD3 and GA-P55MA-UD4, just like the existing P55 range.
Still the first manufacturer to offer this too afaik
just finishing up a news post on the new EX-58 Extreme2
will link to it here when it's uploaded
MeltedDuron
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Got the EX-58 Extreme2 article uploaded here...
Mr. Smith I think it'll be quite a while till 6Gbit SATA goes mainstream, at the moment it's only on very high end hardware and there are only a few drives, The same goes for USB3 really to be honest. I don't think that there are many ways to take advantage of this really for the time being, short of some very pricey SSD's.
If your really need matx/usb3 you might have to go the PCIe expansion card route, but even the fastest mechanical HDD's will see litle to no benifit in using a 6Gbit interface, unless they have huge ammounts of cache.
Mr. Smith I think it'll be quite a while till 6Gbit SATA goes mainstream, at the moment it's only on very high end hardware and there are only a few drives, The same goes for USB3 really to be honest. I don't think that there are many ways to take advantage of this really for the time being, short of some very pricey SSD's.
If your really need matx/usb3 you might have to go the PCIe expansion card route, but even the fastest mechanical HDD's will see litle to no benifit in using a 6Gbit interface, unless they have huge ammounts of cache.
PeterStoba
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There is a Gigabyte P55 micro ATX solution that supports the 3's, and no doubt there will be AM3 offerings too. ASUS have announced P55 motherboard too that support them and a card that's compatable with it's P7P55D range, although I'm not sure about the matx ones.
As for USB 3.0 and Sata 6Gbps not becoming mainstream for along time, maybe, but they will certainly become alot more wide-spread now that the boards are coming along, a few manufacturers are already producing the drives and speed boosts by using SATA 3Gbps HDD/SSDs on the 6Gbps interface are certainly worth while.
As for USB 3.0 and Sata 6Gbps not becoming mainstream for along time, maybe, but they will certainly become alot more wide-spread now that the boards are coming along, a few manufacturers are already producing the drives and speed boosts by using SATA 3Gbps HDD/SSDs on the 6Gbps interface are certainly worth while.
