My motherboard has built-in USB 2.0 ports. If I install this Anker 3.0, will I get 3.0 thru-put speed, or is max speed based on the motherboard?
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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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This card does not use any motherboard's USB resourses. So it will provide valid USB3 ports independently of motherboard's resourses, even in case m/b has no any build in USB at all.The only ultimate demand is PCI-x slot to plug the card in
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The built in ports on your motherboard will stay at USB 2.0, but the ports on the Anker PCIe card will give you full USB 3.0 throughput.
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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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Your USB speeds will only be as fast as the slowest component you plug into it. If you plug a USB 2.0 external harddrive into a USB 3.0 you'll get 2.0 speeds. If you plug this hub into a USB 2.0 port, you'll get USB 2.0 speeds. Depending on the age of your PC you can probably get an add-on PCI card with USB 3.0 ports if you do not want to upgrade.
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Hi Thomas, you can connect the USB 3.0 devices but they will run at the USB 2.0 speed.
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Yes! I have USB 3.0 and 2.0 I really can't tell the difference between the two in speeds...
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I'd bet just USB 2.0 because the memory card connectors attach to one USB 2.0 Motherboard header. Given that the theoretical maximum bandwith is 60 MB/s, you won't be able to surpass that. The USB 3.0 ports have their specific 19-pin connector.
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I am not sure that I understand the question fully. This is a USB hub, and not a networking hub. Two totally separate animals. The Anker is for creating more USB ports where there were not enough. It seems that you are looking for a networking hub. Same terminology, but totally different device. The Anker is simply to plug into an existing USB port to gain an additional 9 ports.
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That's pretty much a given. If ur using usb 2.0 to connect you can't have speeds higher than the usb 2 limit.
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Nope. It comes w/2 front-mounted USB 2.0 ports. If your motherboard supports 3.0, then of course you'd have 3.0 in the rear.
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USB and USB 2.0 devices will run when connected to this card at their normal speeds. There is not a speed boost with older generation devices.
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Thanks to you all for your response. I guess I will have to live with USB 2.0 speed
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There are 6 USB 2.0 and 2 USB 3.0 ports on the back of the motherboard. the rest of the listed USB ports both 2.0 and 3.0 are in headers for connectors (as in front panel connectors, or riser cards with the appropiate header cable). Hope this helps.
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USB 3.0 is backward compliant with the USB 2.0 spec. Therefore, if you connect the device to a usb 3.0 header you will get usb 3.0 speed, however, if connected to a usb 2.0 or 1.1 header, the device will operate at usb 2.0, 1.1 speeds. Simply put. Whatever header the device is connected to will be the highest speed data will transfer.
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No, is the short answer. The maximum speed of usb 2 is 480mbps and is insufficient for pcie. Also do not buy the pe4h for any new graphics card, it is unstable for newer cards and doesn't perform well. Get a pe4l v 2.1b if you can attach the card through a more powerful connection.
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Possibly, but I have no got this thing to do full USB 3.0 speeds. I'd just buy it and if it doesn't fit your needs, return it!
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You are not going to get true USB 3.0 speed. You can use device manager to verify your speed or there are apps out there you can google that will test the throughput of USB ports. Also, you can eliminate some bottleneck by disabling some of the start up apps that you don't need.
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yes. you can connect USB 3.0 devices to a USB 2.0 port... It will run at 2.0 speeds.
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It needs to be in a 3.0 environment to give out 3.0 speed. Meaning the port that it is connected to has to be 3.0 (blue piece of plastic if you want to check) and the device has to support 3.0 speed.