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Old 3rd March 2020, 20:13   #7
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Originally Posted by mbonwick View Post
Honestly that PC is of an age where I'd recommend doing a CPU/motherboard upgrade rather than trying to use PCI/USB3 adapters.
You are very likely to run into bottlenecking from the PCIe interface so will not see the full performance potential of USB 3.
Agree
Also, when you decide on your upgrade, make sure you have a flash drive at least for the operating system. The price has really come down and they're transformational when you've been used to an old tired standard hard drive.
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