1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:10,519 so today I'll be having a quick look at a product from ASUS this is the u3 S6 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:15,839 and u3 S6 stands for none other than 3 00:00:10,519 --> 00:00:18,359 usb3 SATA 6 so this is a PCI Express 4X 4 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:22,119 with bridge card and basically they're saying it is the only right choice now 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:27,679 ASUS has talked quite a bit about how their implementation of usb3.0 and SATA 6 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:32,439 6 gbit pers second is better than what anyone else on the market has so they've 7 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:34,120 worked the same technology into their 8 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:39,399 addin card as they have into their motherboards that feature those Fe well 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,680 feature have those features by default 10 00:00:39,399 --> 00:00:48,360 so first thing reason number one only with the plx bridge can they get full 11 00:00:45,079 --> 00:00:50,840 speed yeah for your your USB at 3.0 and 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:55,399 SATA 6 so you fully unleash the True Performance okay and reason number two 13 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:59,760 is only with PCI e4x will you have enough bandwidth okay so what they're 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:04,479 saying is that they're using a plx chip and and they're also using a PCIe forx 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:08,159 interface which is what they're saying no one else on the market is doing so 16 00:01:06,479 --> 00:01:13,479 here on the back they've got some graphs that have little Starbursts about 17 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:20,720 exclaiming stuff so USB 3.0 performance test they're saying it's 34% better than 18 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:22,520 a card using a 1x PCI Express slot and 19 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:29,680 then over here they're saying that for SATA 6 gbit per second it's actually 50% 20 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:31,759 faster than a card that uses a 1x slot 21 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:35,439 now over here we've got the general specs and so it's got okay you've got 22 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:39,799 two internal connectors and those are the SATA 6 gbit pers second ports then 23 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:43,920 you have two external connectors those are the usb3 ports now you should note 24 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:50,240 that both of these are backwards compatible with SATA 2 and SATA 1 and 25 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:52,880 with USB 2 and USB 1 respectively very 26 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:57,600 cool the interfac is PCI E4 as they've talked about quite a bit on the 27 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:02,320 packaging the configuration supported is ahci mode all right and then for 28 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:06,000 compatible models you've got a list here of compatible ASUS motherboard models so 29 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:10,239 you might want to check that out before you go and buy one of these and other 30 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:15,599 than that I guess there's not really too much to show on the box so why don't we 31 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,599 have a look at the card 32 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:22,280 itself okay there's not a whole lot includ oh okay there's more included 33 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:27,760 than I thought so the first thing we find is a couple of right angle SATA 34 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:31,319 connector or SATA cables so I'm going to go ahead and assume that those are SATA 35 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:35,840 6 gabit per second ready mind you there's no actual difference as far as I 36 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:40,599 know you'd have to have a pretty shoddy SATA cable for it to not work with the 37 00:02:37,519 --> 00:02:43,560 new standard uh next inside we find the 38 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:49,040 users's guide show that to the camera okay and also included inside you have a 39 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:54,040 driver CD so don't use that download the latest drivers off the ASUS website and 40 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:57,000 in here there's a couple couple different things they've got the same 41 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:01,840 summary that they had on the back of the box and thank you for buying and that's 42 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,799 pretty much it I mean I guess there's not a whole lot to it you install the 43 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:09,680 card you install the driver and then you plug stuff into it seems straightforward 44 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:15,159 enough well why don't we have a look at the card itself uses a black PCB which I always 45 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:19,440 like to see I mean the last thing you want to have is like a high performance 46 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:25,640 schmexy looking motherboard and then you have to throw like some ancient forest 47 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:29,239 green uh PCI card in it okay let me just make sure that my zoom is actually 48 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:32,959 working there okay so it's a pretty busy looking piece CB they've actually got a 49 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:36,159 lot of capacitors they've got their plx chip right here in the middle of it 50 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,080 that's probably a lot of the cost of this particular unit and as well as all 51 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:44,439 of the components that they're building on you know I can't actually figure out 52 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:48,599 why this is such a busy PCB you can see they're using the same NEC USB 3.0 53 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:54,120 chipset that almost everyone out there is using right now and then for the SATA 54 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:58,560 6 chipset they're using a Marvel chipset so here are your SATA 6 GB per second 55 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:02,959 connectors okay so one at the back one on the top and then on the back of the 56 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:07,239 card you've got your two USB 3.0 connectors and at the bottom you've got 57 00:04:04,879 --> 00:04:09,959 the PCI Express 4X connection I guess there's not really much more to say 58 00:04:08,599 --> 00:04:17,560 about it than that so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 59 00:04:12,439 --> 00:04:17,560 US u3 S6