Jockstar Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 I just bought a new Samsung Story 2TB USB3 external hardrive. But to get the speeds that they are saying, I will then have to get an USB 3 card. Anyone any experience with these? On ebay i can get one for around $25 with 2 ports. Opinions and views please and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 In addition to the USB 3 card you will need a USB 3 cable to get the USB 3 speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockstar Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 In addition to the USB 3 card you will need a USB 3 cable to get the USB 3 speeds. I got that already as the external came with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 My estimate is that you can probably triple your speed. Normal USB tops out at around 33MB/s - I just happen to copy some large files right now to my USB2 external disk, and that's what I am getting. USB 3 goes way higher but the hard disks will probably top out around 100 MB/s - realistically. And _much_ less than that for copying large numbers of small files. Laptop hard drives will do close to 100MB/s for big files (max transfer rate) but drop all the way down to below 1 MB/s when you copy many small files (small random read/write). To really take advantage of the USB3 speeds you'd need a RAID or SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digitalbanana Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I got a couple of USB 3 hard drives connected to USB3 ports on a laptop. Get about 3 times to speed gain or less. Certainly backing up data is easier. Looking for a USB3 hub next, cannot find any in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Have been using USB 3 for a couple of months between computer and external USB 3 HDD . Stickers on the computers say 10X speed - absolute rubbish - 2 or (max) 3 times is all I have got. However, even at those speeds it does make things easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 My estimate is that you can probably triple your speed. Normal USB tops out at around 33MB/s - I just happen to copy some large files right now to my USB2 external disk, and that's what I am getting. USB 3 goes way higher but the hard disks will probably top out around 100 MB/s - realistically. And _much_ less than that for copying large numbers of small files. Laptop hard drives will do close to 100MB/s for big files (max transfer rate) but drop all the way down to below 1 MB/s when you copy many small files (small random read/write). To really take advantage of the USB3 speeds you'd need a RAID or SSD. Well instead of waiting 15 min, you wait 5 min: That sounds good.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockstar Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 This is what i have. USB3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 My estimate is that you can probably triple your speed. Normal USB tops out at around 33MB/s - I just happen to copy some large files right now to my USB2 external disk, and that's what I am getting. USB 3 goes way higher but the hard disks will probably top out around 100 MB/s - realistically. And _much_ less than that for copying large numbers of small files. Laptop hard drives will do close to 100MB/s for big files (max transfer rate) but drop all the way down to below 1 MB/s when you copy many small files (small random read/write). To really take advantage of the USB3 speeds you'd need a RAID or SSD. Well instead of waiting 15 min, you wait 5 min: That sounds good.... For me it would be 15 hours down to 5 hours. But I can't afford to swap out my 7 USB2 drives (10 TB) for USB3 just yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 My estimate is that you can probably triple your speed. Normal USB tops out at around 33MB/s - I just happen to copy some large files right now to my USB2 external disk, and that's what I am getting. USB 3 goes way higher but the hard disks will probably top out around 100 MB/s - realistically. And _much_ less than that for copying large numbers of small files. Laptop hard drives will do close to 100MB/s for big files (max transfer rate) but drop all the way down to below 1 MB/s when you copy many small files (small random read/write). To really take advantage of the USB3 speeds you'd need a RAID or SSD. Well instead of waiting 15 min, you wait 5 min: That sounds good.... For me it would be 15 hours down to 5 hours. But I can't afford to swap out my 7 USB2 drives (10 TB) for USB3 just yet... Step by step.....I have already changed half the office to 1000 Mbit (from 100). Just the server is still 100 Mbit :lol: New backup drive is USB3. Once the old server dies. Most will run on 1000 Mbit and backups USB3. Just it is already so old that I think it will never die..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pampal Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My ASUS motherboard has USB3 ports but not of my peripherals are USB3. So waiting for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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