Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I finally got a new laptop with a lone USB 3.0 port. I'm now looking at getting a USB 3.0 hub with a power adapter so I can use both of my USB 3.0 hard drives at faster speeds. I've read lots of horror stories where some hubs either don't come with power adapters -- and as a consequence the portable drives don't work with them properly -- or they are designed poorly which results in USB 2.0 speeds. Or, the hard drives keep getting disconnected. Do your readers have any suggestions or experience using USB 3.0 hubs? Thanks!"
thanks monkey, appreciate that. yes matt, almost none of the rendering programs, 3ds max, maya, etc use gpu's to render. it is just not how they work at the moment. gpu's are simply to display and use during working, but when it comes to render, it is all cpu and a good amount of ram. and yes, luckily gelato is trying to get more mainstream, and inteligently use the gpu during rendering in combination with the nvidia quadro cards. take a look.