[WTB] Asus U3S6 card, found, mods pls delete

[NyteOwl]

UK vendor shows 126 in stock :) Asus U3S6

[MARSTG]

Doesn't say anything about shipping to North America. U3S6 review here Asus U3S6 SATA 6 & USB 3.0 Card Review - Everything USB

[sswilson]

ASUS U3S6 TRUE USB 3.0 & TRUE SATA 6GB SUPPORT CONTROLLER - Moncton Computer Parts For Sale - Kijiji Moncton Canada.

If somebody wants me to pick it up and they pay shipping, I'd be willing.

[105]

Because I can't find on the market this asusU3S3, does somebody know trouble-free PCIe 2.0 x4/x8 sata6g/usb3 card in stock on the market(newegg, tigerdirect,...) at the same price range?

[MARSTG]

I think MSI has something similar, if no go you would have to talk to sswilson I think

[sswilson]

I wouldn't call not being able to boot with any of the motherboard sata ports used as being "trouble free".... quite frankly, I'm curious as to why this is in demand.

[MARSTG]

answer is simple sswilson : upgrade. nForce 4 is not the friendliest of chipsets for working with a SSD, doesn't even have AHCI mode, only raid, and the raid mode doesn't allow you to hook a single device like other , more modern nvidia chipsets will allow. In plus, old pcie 1.0/1.1 interface has only 250MB/s on a single lane which is inadequate for a SATA III SSD. My SSD attached now on a Silicon Image 3132 card is only doing 120MB/s read. Adding one of the sata III add in card would boost to around 200MB/s, while the Asus U3S6, assuming that it splits the 4 lanes equally between the NEC USB chip and the Marvell sata controllers, would give 500MB/s bandwith for the SSD. That is the only reason i Need it. People with SATA 3 on the mobos or with modern mobos having pcie 2.0 should not need this card, is just for upgrading old platforms.