02-08-2016, 03:56 PM
(02-08-2016, 01:41 PM)joe Wrote: I known you mean, but some USb hub quality is very bad not fully to use bandwidth or External usb sata case they pcb board sata chip maybe use bad chip , this may not to use max 35MTrue, you can always do worse. My point was even if you buy the best performing gear, 35 Mbytes/second is about the best you can hope for.
Presumably the pine64 creators made this decision due to cost, size, or availability of the USB3, and sata parts. Remember at $19, compromises have to be made.