I love your suggestion Dennis, priceless!
On Feb 6, 2018 9:26 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> wrote: > My previous desktop did not have front USB, so I had a short extension > cable bringing USB to the front. Now that was 2.0, so I do not know if > something running at 10Gbps could tolerate such a solution, but I bet not. > I believe the reason for SATA Express is that it can accommodate higher > bandwidth. And that bandwidth may be the reason Gen 2 it is relegated to > the back. > > Just turn your machine around. No need for those lights and buttons and > drives. > > -Denis > > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 9:17 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 20:40:15 -0800 > > Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> dijo: > > > > >I did a brief search and found a prediction that the SATA Express "may > > >never catch on." > > > > That may be a true prediction, but at the moment a SATA Express port > > plus the device to mount in the front panel is the only way I can find > > to get USB 3.1 Gen. 2 in the front of a desktop computer. I can find > > plenty of motherboards that offer ports accessible in the back of the > > computer, but I don't want to have to crawl around on the floor behind > > the computer to plug in a portable drive. > > > > For the benefit of those who may be wondering what I'm yammering about, > > let me clarify the current situation re USB. USB 1.1 is now so old that > > it is safely forgotten, having been replaced by USB 2.0 (480Mbps). USB > > 2.0 was then replaced by USB 3.0 (5Gbps). USB 3.0 was recently > > superseded by USB 3.1 (10Gbps). However, for reasons I cannot grasp, it > > has been decided to rename USB 3.0 as 'USB 3.1 Generation 1' and the > > new 10Gbps version as USB 3.1 Generation 2.' The result is a mass of > > confusion on vendors' web sites as most older copy has not been > > updated. > > > > My computing makes moderately heavy use of disc I/O. At this time I > > have no portable devices with USB 3.1 Gen 2, but the computer I'm > > replacing is 7-8 years old, so I am building a new one that I hope will > > serve my needs for just as long. It won't be very long before Gen 2 > > becomes the norm, so it makes sense to be ready for it. > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug