Whats the difference between this one and a regular PCIE that has External and Internal USB 3.0?
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I assume by "regular PCI-E", you mean PCI-E x1. This Highpoint card is PCI-E x4 and has two advantages over x1: 1. it has enough bandwidth to cover the full theoretical transfer speed limit of USB 3.0 and 2. it does not require additional power (in the form of a molex connector, for example).
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Previous posters pretty much nailed the differences. In addition to the interface differences, I will add that this card also features separate dedicated controllers for each port, as opposed to just one controller for all ports typically found on the PCI-E x1 cards. Net result is better throughput especially if you have multiple USB devices connected. Everything USB did a nice write-up for this card highlighting the differences much better than I can. Check it out.
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This is a pcie x4 card. Most similar but cheaper alternatives are only pcie x1 cards. That means it has enough bandwidth to support using all of its USB 3.0 ports at their full highest speed all at the same time. With an x1 card you could really only get the maximum speed out of one of its USB 3.0 ports at a time. Of course this card also requires an x4 (or x8 or x16) slot available on your motherboard. If all you have is an x1 slot to use, then that will limit what type of expansion card you can populate it with, so be sure and check first.
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This one has a wider PCI express interface bus which lets it have much faster communication than cards that use only a PCI express 1x or PCI interface.
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As far as I can tell they should be the same. PCIe bus or RAID configuration are probably the bigger factors (same). There maybe some difference in individual drives but probably not. The difference in price with capacity pretty much made the choice.
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming... » Read More the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card « Show Less
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I believe the difference are the fans. This card works well in my setup. I would recommend buying it.
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no external connectors ..... is plug and play in Windows 7 or 8, in pci express
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Yes this will work in a PCIe 2.0 slot, all 3.0 cards are backwards compatible.
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If you have a computer without USB 3.0 and you want to add USB 3.0, you get a USB 3.0 PCIe card , like the Syba or Uspeed . Then you would have USB 3 ports in the back of your computer....or you plug this box into the port on a USB 3.0 PCIe card inside the computer.
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Read my past comments. The usb 3.0 is not reliable and devices simply stop working at times. PCI-E cards are sometines not detected, so 7 comes up without my add-on usb card periodically. That's why I say, the board is ok, but run win8, not 7. What z77 did you show me? This thread is connected to a specific board the GA-Z77X-UD3H. Are we on the same page?
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Toms hardware web site explains the situation here http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1653731/whats-difference-pcie-x16-pci-express-x16.html#.
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The card reader does not use USB 3.0; card reader connects to the USB 2.0 on the motherboard. Only the USB 3.0 ports use USB 3.0.
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The USB3 connects to a PCIe slot. The card reader connects to the motherboard USB2 pins.
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I personally bought it specifically for usb 3.0 myself, though I really can't see much of a boost, even on hardcore downloads (GB in size). Then again, at some point it probably comes down to SATA write speed and buffer anyway. I did have some problems with powering it off the usb though, so make sure you have a solid motherboard(ports on back) and case (the ports on the front). If you start seeing it lose connection and have to replug it in, stop using that port immediately, because it ended up causing my device to fail. Which brings me to my next point, the warranty service was EXCELLENT. great customer support with amped. Enjoy your product :) I personally bought it specifically for usb 3.0 myself, though I really can't see much of a boost, even on hardcore downloads (GB in size). Then again, at some point it probably comes down to SATA write speed and buffer anyway. I did have some problems with powering it off the usb though, so make sure you have a solid motherboard(ports on back) and case (the ports on the front). If you start seeing it lose connection and have to replug it in, stop using that port immediately, because it ended up causing my device to fail. Which brings me to my next point, the warranty service was EXCELLENT.... » Read More I personally bought it specifically for usb 3.0 myself, though I really can't see much of a boost, even on hardcore downloads (GB in size). Then again, at some point it probably comes down to SATA write speed and buffer anyway. I did have some problems with powering it off the usb though, so make sure you have a solid motherboard(ports on back) and case (the ports on the front). If you start seeing it lose connection and have to replug it in, stop using that port immediately, because it ended up causing my device to fail. Which brings me to my next point, the warranty service was EXCELLENT. great customer support with amped. Enjoy your product :) « Show Less
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You will need to buy one seperatly. I bought a PCI one but you could use a USB one as well
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You will get USB 3.0 speed on this PCI-E card, as it speed is by the PCI-E slot and chipset not that of the motherboards.
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USB 3.0 to internal header but an adapter to usb 2.0 internal header is included so you can use that instead if your motherboard doesnt have usb 3
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You will have 3.0 speed from 3.0 ports, and 2.0 speed from 2.0 ports. 3.0 board does not use 2.0 USB portions of motherboard, it connects directly to communication bus of motherboard.
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The newer model is actually cheaper for some unknown reason. As far as I can tell that is the only difference since USB 3.0 is backwards compatable with USB 2.0 ports.