i really believe that usb 3.0 is a much bigger player than sata 6, but msi is pretty much in charge of the board market, and the real money is made in the sub $150 sector, which does not have enough money for the upcomming sata 6 ssds, or a flash key with internal raid that can run 320mb/s, usb 3.0 tho, i think is the bigger loss tho, because my external drives are bottlenecked big time