USB3 and Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 – Get Ready for Speed !
 

I had a chance to test out a Buffalo 1TB USB3 external HDD on a Gigabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 motherboard, its a very fast drive with USB3, so head over here and take a look.

http://www.techreaction.net/2010/02/...ady-for-speed/

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6671/usb35.jpg

nice. I picked up the 790FXA-UD4 but haven't tested the new tech yet.

Nice Bill

You should have popped that SSD i nthe external case and ran that on USB3 :)

Thanks

Its not USB3 tho saddly :(

The USB3 drive is just an external casing. Dollars to donuts its just a regular old sata 2 drive in there :)

Specially since they offer 1, 1.5 and 2 TB options. Trying to find out WHAT hdd is in there right now... guess a lot of reviewers are scared to crack it open and look :)

EDIT: yeah no one has opened it I did find a review saying it is a 3.5" drive inside though

Well I am not scared to crack it opem, but its not mine to tear apart. I did get a everest of the drive, interesting.

So I am guessing the reason it is faster is not hthe drive itself, but that the usb3 controller is just more efficient than SATA I/II