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USB 3 card for Mac Pro.

DELTAsnake

DELTAsnake

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Jul 18, 2008
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I'm looking for a USB 3.0 card for my new Mac Pro so I can use a WD USB 3 hard drive. From forum feedback it looks like the Lacie and Caldigit are designed for use with there own drives only. Are there any USB 3.0 cards for a Mac Pro that will work with any hard drive I plug in?
 
DELTAsnake said:
I'm looking for a USB 3.0 card for my new Mac Pro so I can use a WD USB 3 hard drive. From forum feedback it looks like the Lacie and Caldigit are designed for use with there own drives only. Are there any USB 3.0 cards for a Mac Pro that will work with any hard drive I plug in?
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Caldigit can be used with any USB 3.0 manufactured drive. The pci card is slower than a windows box with on board usb 3.0 though although still noticeably faster than usb 2.0.
 
I don't see how that could be true - there's no such thing as "onboard" USB 3.0 on any Intel motherboard. Manufacturers are using the PCIe bus to provide a port, so logically that wouldn't be faster than using a card here would be.

And that's the primary reason why it hasn't been included in Mac Pros yet - Intel doesn't include it on their motherboards, and  hates that kind of workaround solution.
 
USB3? Ugh, why bother? Firewire 800 and eSata are both much better solutions for external hard drives.
 
My original point still stands, then. It's not inherently faster. If it's drivers, then that's a driver issue. And  has not written drivers, so you're standing on the drivers done by a third party...which can be iffy.
 
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