USB 3.0 Card Readers are HERE

[Rson]

A little slow on the coming


Newegg.com - Koutech IO-FPM530 Multi-in-1 USB 3.0 Multifunction SuperSpeed Front Panel Card Reader with eSATA / HD Audio Ports (5.

or external:

Newegg.com - Koutech IO-RC530 Multi-in-1 USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Card Reader/Writer

[Sonny]

http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...rd-reader.html

[jeffkohn]

Wonder what the actual transfer speed for CF cards is, though. USB-3 interface does not guarantee anything if the CF chipset they use is the bottleneck. I've yet to find a card-reader for my desktop that's as fast as the Expresscard reader I have for my laptop. Personally I think for an internal reader it would make more sense to use SATA for the CF card.

[venchka]

Don't know what all of this means, but I found this earlier at the Nikon Cafe.

Originally Posted by Romeo

Well I finally got my USB 3.0 card reader from B&H after waiting through their passover holiday. I must say USB 3.0 is fast.

Here is my real world non-scientific transfer test using 32G Sandisk Extreme CF 60mb/s card.

Avg transfer from PC to Card = 57 mb/s. Very close to advertise of 60mb/s.

Avg transfer from Card to PC = 315 mb/s with short burst at ~400 mb/s. WOW! Gone are the days of having a drink or go to wash room while transferring an 8GB files.

Thunderbolt isn't far off either.

[boomerd35]

Originally Posted by Sonny

http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum...rd-reader.html

How do you like it Sonny?

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by boomerd35

How do you like it Sonny?

Dunno, I haven't used it. I was suppose to build a new rig with a USB 3.0 mobo but my project got squish when other 'stuff' came along.

[JohnT]

Nice! Eight months too late for the internal, but the external will work.

[MT Stringer]

I put this in my PC.
Amazon.com: ADD CARD ROSEWILL RC-505 USB 3.0 RETAIL: Electronics

Then I bought this card reader.
Delkin USB 3.0 Memory Card Reader is Darn Near Perfect

Starts off above 233mb/sec but maintains speeds of about 44-54mb/sec downloading images from the 400X Transcend cards.

Certainly saves time and works well so far.

[Rson]

Originally Posted by JohnT

Nice! Eight months too late for the internal, but the external will work.

Get the internal....meet me for a beer and I'll install it

[JohnT]

Originally Posted by Rson

Get the internal....meet me for a beer and I'll install it

Sounds like a plan.

[jeffkohn]

So I got the Delkin USB 3 reader. It's a cheap piece of plastic, and came with a ridiculously short cable (with micro-B connector on the device end, not something I have spares of laying around). But it's fast; I got a sustained 68MB/s download from my PhotoFast GMonster CF card. That's more than twice as fast as the Sandisk FW-800 reader I was previously using (it died), and even a bit faster than the ExpressCard reader I use with my laptop.

I still question why somebody doesn't make a fast eSata card reader, since right now there are probably a lot more people with eSata ports than USB3 ports.

[mmuhlenkamp]

Ooh, my new laptop has a USB 3.0 ports. I think I need to get that external card reader.

[MT Stringer]

The Delkin mentioned above works great. We used it at a softball tournament this past weekend. Thousands of pics went through it.