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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 6 Feb 2018 20:40:15 -0800 > Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> 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 it is safely forgotten, having been replaced by USB 2.0 (480Mbps).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 superseded by USB 3.1 (10Gbps).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 > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
