Vantec SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI-e Host Card Review @ circuitREMIX

news · November 1, 2011

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The USB, or Universal Serial Bus, standard is currently the most popularly

used external interface for computer systems. It is used as an interface

for devices ranging from input devices like mice and keyboards, to storage

devices. It's only natural and inevitable that an integral technology like

USB would advance with a new version. Being an industry standard for

external connectivity, its new version should be backwards compatible with

old versions, but it still should be a progression forward. That's what

USB 3.0 is today. While the connectors used and the data signal are

backwards compatible, USB 3.0 is a huge step forward in terms of

performance. While this means little for low bandwidth hardware like input

devices, it's important for storage devices like external hard drives and

flash drives Realistically, USB 2.0 storage devices topped out in the

30MB/s range, while eSATA and Firewire 800 left those devices in the dust.

Now with USB 3.0, the USB standard is competitive again. Today we'll be

looking at an add-in card that allows you to easily add USB 3.0

compabilities to a computer system. The add-in card is Vantec's SuperSpeed

USB 3.0 PCI-e host card (UGT PC312). It's a PCI-e 2.0 1x card that adds

two USB 3.0 ports.

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