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i just got an ad for usb 3.1 pcie expansion cards, what is the difference between usb 3 and 3.1? snakeoil?

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i just got an ad for usb 3.1 pcie expansion cards, what is the difference between usb 3 and 3.1? snakeoil?

Doesn't seem like it:

image003_w_600.png

 

What hardware (other than these expansion cards) support USB 3.1?

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Doesn't seem like it:

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What hardware (other than these expansion cards) support USB 3.1?

asus are rolling out mobos with 2 or 4 usb 3.1 ports (dunno what they are used for though)

My pc:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dvcw23 

(Black Glacier)

 

My server:

Dual xeon x5679 processors, 24gb of ECC memory, Nvidia quadro 295 NVS and 48tb of storage.  (z600) 

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asus are rolling out mobos with 2 or 4 usb 3.1 ports (dunno what they are used for though)

Yeah, I have seen the USB 3.1 expansion card ad from Asus at the side of this page, but other than that have not heard about it

(Just saw some benchmark which showed USB 3.1 being as fast as thunderbolt.)

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mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Doesn't seem like it:

image003_w_600.png

 

What hardware (other than these expansion cards) support USB 3.1?

HOLY SHIT. that's almost a GB a second. double speed from 3 to 3.1 wow. are we swapping to type-C connectors too?

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