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Laviathan
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2018/05/05 14:47:24 (permalink)
Hi all
 
I'm currently looking into upgrading my current mainboard+cpu+memory setup to the Coffee Lake generation and I have a question about the USB3.0/3.1 compatibility.
Currently I have a X79 FTW board with an i7 3820 on it, but the X79 boards were, sadly notorious for having a crap USB3 controller plus ditto drivers what makes me currently using only USB2 ports for all the peripherals attached. The X79 Dark solved most issues, but the board came too late for me to swap to (the ASUS ROG Rampage X79 board was the better choice here...).
 
So therefor the question regarding the new generation of mainboards; 
How's the USB functionality combined with Windows 10 Pro? Can I expect the same issues as before, or are the problems non existent/known?
 
Thanks!

Rig:
Mainboard: EVGA X79 FTW
CPU: Intel Core i7 3820
Memory: 16GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866C9
Graphics: EVGA GXT1080 FTW2 Gaming iCX
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750G2
Case: Silverstone Raven USB3
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    Re: Z370's series USB3 question 2018/05/08 15:55:12 (permalink)
    USB 3.0 is integrated into the chip set on Z370 and no reports of issues.
     
    USB 3.1 is via discrete third party controller chip on system board. Mine is a ASMedia 3.1 controller on my Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7 board and is solid.

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