Re: External SATA ports instead of US(less)B?

"David W. Hodgins" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.hardware
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:45:01 -0500, bad sector <forgetski@postit_invalid_.gov> wrote:
> Just wondering, I can carry a SATA ssd in my pocket
> just as easily as a US(eless)B dongle and could get
> more capacity plus gigamultiples of speed (not to
> mention reliability issues). Do any MoBo makers do
> this yet?

You're looking for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#eSATA
My ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX MB purchased in 2012 has one eSATA external connection.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
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