I hope we see USB 3 audio interfaces soon too.

 
FWIW, It's only been recently that we have quality USB 2.0 audio interfaces that offer performance on par with the best PCI/e units.
(Only a couple units deliver that level of performance.)
I hope it doesn't take several years to achieve the same with USB 3...  
At the very least, I think you're looking at months (not weeks) before USB3 audio interfaces are released and proven rock-solid performers.

USB 3 is obsolete (already).

Intel's Lightpeak will probably be the new standard. It's only in it's infancy. first generation - 10 Gb/s bandwidth.

By the time it reaches maturity, it will have speeds of up to 100 Gb/s (YEAH YOU HEARD ME! 100 GIGAbytes per SECOND).

Cheers!

LightPeak def rawks.

USB 3 is obsolete (already).

 
This is why I'd not make any decisions based on vapor-ware...  

All of this talk of USB 3... bah... I'm still day dreaming about the RME Fireface UC. Its a little spendier but I'm worth it ;)  Now to save up the dough.

I did post a while back-I have USB 3.0 PCI-e cad and a USB 3.0 HD docking station-it is very fast-But I also havean eSata ext drive and it's faster still then the USB 3.0-
But....backups with the USB docking station are great-very fast-no errors.

I actually got the first USB2 audio interface that came to market(pretty sure it was)....the BCA2000! Any others remember that unit? Well that didn't end up going so well for me. Could never get it working properly. Lost a lot of hair etc....
The BCR2000 and BCF2000 midi controllers went pretty well for a lot of people though, but not the BCA2000...
I went firewire after that with a MOTU Ultralite, but have seen plenty of good USB2 units come out since then that actually do work well. I was amazed to see that MOTU even went hybrid with the next version of the Ultralite when it was released. Seems all the major players have got really comfortable with the hardware/software for USB2 interfaces now.
Be happy to go with a USB3 interface down the track though(if/when my MOTU retires itself). I'll just wait until the implementation of USB3 in audio interfaces has matured a little more before jumping in next time lol.

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I have SATA3/6gb and USB3 on my motherboard.
SATA3 flies with a SATA3 hard drive.

Still wondering what to do with my USB3 connectors though.
I am still using a pci rme 9652 for audio and haven`t bothered to move my pci-e UAD-1 over from my old 2 core box.
Sometimes I think we tend to want to buy presents for our computers just so all their little slots are nicely filled.
Sort of IT comfort food....

I just found a LaCie USB 3 drive...

LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0
http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10036

Keni


I just found a LaCie USB 3 drive...

LaCie Rikiki USB 3.0
http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10036

You would do better to buy an enclsure and any SATA HD to put in it or a USB 3.0 HD dock like I have. I never liked the ones you couldn't easily swap out the drive. YMMV of course