Who needs U.2 Cables and Micro SATA to USB 3.0 Adapter?

Using the internet to do everyday things has become part of our lives. We shop, search and even use the internet to find the attractions that we are interested in seeing. Over the years, we have adapted to using the internet and have actually come to rely on the information that is given to us. Most of us would be lost without being able to use the internet. Sure, we could run to the local electronics store to find what we need. But many of us find comfort in shopping while sitting leisurely and for some having time to go out and look for things seems impossible in our daily lives.

There is nothing worse than getting almost all the way through ordering something, getting on the payment gateway and then your WiFi disconnects on you. Or worse, you move the location of your computer or phone and realize you are about to lose everything you have done or cannot get enough of a signal to finish what you started.

The solution? Micro SATA to USB 3.0 adapter.

What does a USB 3.0 adapter do?

Unless your computer has built-in wireless connectivity, the chances are that you are using a wired ethernet cable to connect to the internet. If this is the case you will be missing out on many of the advantages of having a WiFi network.

One way to take advantage of your wifi network with a non connected computer is to use a USB adapter. These adapters come in two forms. The older form, USB 2.0 and the newer form, which is USB 3.0.

This, in turn, allows you to connect your computer to all features of the network, which could include the internet, printers, scanners and more. The fact that these adapters connect via the USB port on your computer means that they are incredibly easy to set up, cheap to buy and can be used on pretty much any computer out there.

Let’s move on to our next situation.

So you bought a new motherboard and you are getting ready to build your new system when you realize that there is the U.2 connection right by the SATA inputs. Now, if you are reading this, you likely don’t know what that is and are wondering what on earth you can do with it.

U.2 is an alternative interface standard for storage devices (drives), like SATA, M.2 (PCIe NVMe) and so forth. U.2 cable takes that up a notch by offering a faster pipeline and makes use of up to four PCI Express (PCIe) lanes and two SATA lanes. It allows for more power as it can use the 3.3 V that M.2 is capable of, as well as 12V for when 3.3V just isn’t enough. In addition to all of this, it makes use of a cable, like SATA drives, allowing it to ride separately from the board (so that the extra heat source isn’t laying directly on the board). Unlike SATA, the U.2 cable carries both power and data in one (as long as it is going to a proper U.2 drive or drive adapter).

So, it is a fast and powerful solution for data storage. The catch is that the U.2 interface was developed for enterprise use in places like data centers. That being said, anything with speed and power can eventually find its way into consumer models as well, and U.2 connection has done just that. Motherboards designed around gamers and other power users have been including the interface so that consumers can tap into this speed as well.