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So if I plug in a USB 3.0 Hub, it will support like 5 drives at full USB 3.0 speed?

 

Technically all devices can use the full speed, but not all at once. Your hub has to be 3.1 compatible to be able to take advantage of it. Otherwise, it will just run at 3.0 speeds.

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I was looking at motherboards and I found one that I like, however, it only has 3 USB ports. I noticed a teal colored one. I want to know if that one is faster and if I could get a 10 port USB 3.0 Hub and each port on the hub would have normal USB 3.0 speed. Thanks. I do a lot of work on external drives so I need many fast USB ports.

 

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I was looking at motherboards and I found one that I like, however, it only has 3 USB ports. I noticed a teal colored one. I want to know if that one is faster and if I could get a 10 port USB 3.0 Hub and each port on the hub would have normal USB 3.0 speed. Thanks. I do a lot of work on external drives so I need many fast USB ports.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z170a

I believe teal is USB 3.1.

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I believe it's the usb 3.1 Type A connector. The one below is the type C connector.

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I was looking at motherboards and I found one that I like, however, it only has 3 USB ports. I noticed a teal colored one. I want to know if that one is faster and if I could get a 10 port USB 3.0 Hub and each port on the hub would have normal USB 3.0 speed. Thanks. I do a lot of work on external drives so I need many fast USB ports.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z170a

I think teal means USB 3.1.

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DAMNIT! CAN I EVERY BE FIRST ON THIS DAMN SITE X'O

 

Yes its 3.1 Type A....but I guess you know that now. curse my crappy work internet speeds

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DAMNIT! CAN I EVERY BE FIRST ON THIS DAMN SITE X'O

 

Yes its 3.1 Type A....but I guess you know that now. curse my crappy work internet speeds

 

 

That's a USB 3.1 Type A port on the ASMedia controller. The one below it is a USB 3.1 Type C port. 

 

 

According to the specs.

 

 

 1 x USB 3.1/3.0/2.0 ports @back panel (teal blue, Type A)

 

 

I think teal means USB 3.1.

 

 

I believe it's the usb 3.1 Type A connector. The one below is the type C connector.

 

 

I believe teal is USB 3.1.

So if I plug in a USB 3.0 Hub, it will support like 5 drives at full USB 3.0 speed?

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It's USB 3.1 Gen 2.

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Teal would be 3.1 (10 Gb/s), and regular blue would be USB 3.0 (5Gb/s), so the teal one is faster. I'm not sure if the 3.0 hub would maintain its 5Gb/s speed if everything was plugged in - my guess would be no (especially since the throughput of 3.0 is often slower than 5Gb/s anyway), but don't quote me on that.

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So if I plug in a USB 3.0 Hub, it will support like 5 drives at full USB 3.0 speed?

 

Technically all devices can use the full speed, but not all at once. Your hub has to be 3.1 compatible to be able to take advantage of it. Otherwise, it will just run at 3.0 speeds.

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DAMNIT! CAN I EVERY BE FIRST ON THIS DAMN SITE X'O

 

This isn't YouTube... <.<

 

 

 

 

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So if I plug in a USB 3.0 Hub, it will support like 5 drives at full USB 3.0 speed?

Not all at the same time, as you're still going to be limited by the single interface. Technically, you could have two drives running at the full 5Gb/s with a 3.1 hub before you are limited by the bandwidth of USB 3.1. 

 

Each of the ports would run at 5Gb/s with a 3.0 hub, just not always at the same time. 

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There are 2 versions of USB 3.1, gen 1 and gen 2.

Gen 1 operates at the same speed as USB 3.0 at 5Gb/s

Gen 2 operates at 10Gb/s. Some boards will say USB 3.1 but they run at gen 1 so check the specs before buying.

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This isn't YouTube... <.<

 

Anything can be youtube if you try hard enough.....wait wah?!?

 

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