Asus Unveils First USB 3.0 Motherboard

[ajcroteau]

I'm confused... why not make all the USB ports 3.0...

 

[Guest]

all the ports arent usb3 as the usb3 controller chip costs $15 and supports only 2 ports, for them to make all 12 ports usb3 would cost alot of $$$. usb3 is indeed the same size and shape connector, it can also supply alot more power so external harddrives wont need a power supply too.

there is a sata3 hdd out: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=369&Itemid=46

 

[descendency]

[citation][nom]ajcroteau[/nom]I'm confused... why not make all the USB ports 3.0...[/citation]

I think it has something to do with how the USB3 ports are added in the first place. I think they are added on through a chip outside of where the USB is usually found. So they would need a larger chip to support more USB3 ports, which isn't feasible at this time.

 

[christop]

kinda cool would like to demo this board for a few months..

 

[liquidsnake718]

Ok so now where is the X58? This should be standard in X58 mb's 2.0.......

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Well lets's see.... a total of 12 USB ports on one motherboard. How much is enough?

 

[r0x0r]

Hmm... Since there's so much bandwidth on USB3, I wonder if I can get a hub and connect my keyboard, mouse, modem, MP3 player, thumb drive, bluetooth dongle, etc into one port...

 

[cookoy]

it's been a long wait for usb 3. only thing i remember is it's much faster than usb 2. time to search tom's hw review again.

didn't see any mention of price of the mb in the news. is it right $299?

 

[buwish]

I'm going to wait until more USB 3.0 devices and such come out before investing in a MOBO or decent controller.

 

[theubersmurf]

[citation][nom]descendency[/nom]Why isn't this X58?[/citation]asus and gigabyte have announced x58 boards with sata and usb 3.0. I'm waiting for a version with both of those, pcie 3.0 and lucid logix chips...Then I may replace my motherboard.

 

[zak_mckraken]

ooooh!

 

[kurtd]

I'm waiting for an AMD board with sata 3 and usb 3.

 

[Guest]

DOES THIS MOBO HAVE EIDE AND FLOPPY DISC CONNECTIONS?