Microchip maker Asus earlier this week revealed that it will begin selling a motherboard with built-in support for the new USB 3.0 data transmission framework next month. USB 3.0 is said to be able to transfer data up to 10 times faster than the current USB 2.0 standard.
The Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Premium also has a pair of SATA 6 GB per second ports, and will support the use of Intel's latest line of processors, the Core i7, i5, and i3. The new motherboard could be an improvement for all manner of performance benchmarks, from data transfer to internet speed. Information Week says that a 20 GB high-def movie could be transferred between devices in about 70 seconds with USB 3.0 technology.
The P7P55D-E Premium will also support the latest DDR3 class of system memory, further boosting performance in Windows. In addition to the new super-fast USB ports, the motherboard will sport a total of 10 of the older USB 2.0 ports.
PC users looking for a speed boost should also perform a computer check to make sure that their PC is running at its best possible speed.
