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ASUS U3S6 PCIe SATA 6g Usb3 Expansion Card
This is an extremely minor issue, as the drivers are included on the accompanying CD. While less than perfect if you are a power user, or even just someone wanting to future proof their system, I can say the this card was a better solution — a product which is more future proof from its x4 interface.
In theory, there should be no single USB 3. On the positive side, the Asus U3S6 does carx require any external power sources. This is the chip which allows the onboard controller chips to take advantage of more than 1 PCI Express 2.
The upside to providing 4 lanes for data throughput is that in theory any of the USB 3. All review items are plugged into the secondary PCI-E gen 2 x16 slot running in x8 mode. One noteworthy feature, is while the card is long for a USB 3. While it is longer then most, it still is only a single slot solution as all the controller chips are considered low power, with no bulky heatsinks required to keep them cool.
You simply have to be able to source out a low profile bracket which is not included or do without a bracket all together to use it in a smaller footprint HTPC system for example. This trifecta of chips is literally the same setup Asus use on their latest motherboards to offer USB 3. There are only two caveats to the Asus U3S6, one minor and one asis.
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This versatility coupled with its all black PCB does make for one sexy upgrade. To us, the question becomes why spend the same amount of money on a PCI-E x1 card when an x4 will give you and your system more room to grow and maybe even more performance now? If you do have a motherboard on the Asus approved list, the Asus card is a quick easy upgrade path with no down side; for everyone else, I would look elsewhere.
For an expansion card, the U3S6 is certainly a beefy package measuring a good 4. With that being said, if you are also looking for SATA 6 capabilities, this card is not an optimal solution unless your existing motherboard is on the extremely short Asus approved motherboard list. If you remove sequential speed from the equation, as I have already looked in depth at that, what you see is a mild to moderate performance hit for the U3S6 and a moderate performance hit for the Gigabyte.
In reality, it is doubtful any single device will be able to do this in the near future, but the U3S6 is more future proof then its x1 brethren because of this forward thinking interface. Home Reviews USB 3. The PCI Express card is a potent upgrade for anyone not wanting to go through the hassle of upgrading a motherboard.
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The fact that the card comes with SATA ports is at this point just icing on the cake. The ease of installation and performance the Asus U3S6 combo card offers is going to be very tempting to many users with newer systems looking to get USB 3.
This does make this card extremely versatile as many consumers wanting to upgrade a system to USB 3. You literally have to either hot plug a drive on to it after the system has booted up, or only have drives attached to the card during POST.
ASUS U3S6 PCIe Card
All ports are of course backwards compatible with their y3s6 perspective standards. Both of these controller chips are rated for only two ports each and this is the most logical setup with such limited number of options available. You're awesome for doing it! It can draw all the required power from the PCI-E slot. No other combination would work.
As long as you treat this daughter card as a USB 3.
This really does seal the deal as both synthetic and real world tests have consistently shown the Asus U3S6 to be a faster interface card. Rounding out the features of this board and taking it from the merely ordinary to the extra-ordinary is the PLX bridge chip.
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