RPI 3 Usb for OSMC speed?

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hello all,

i have the RPI3 and use a 8GB class 10 SDCard for OSMC

the RPI is limited to 20Mb/s, but USB 2.0 can run with 480 Mbit/s
So would the RPI boot and act faster if i install OSMC on say a good Kingston USB 3.0 ( usb 3.0 to eliminate bottleneck) i know that i have to use the SDCard to load some files for the Boot Sequence for the RPI3

but would that work as intended?

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You will get much faster speeds than that with a good card and SDHost.

USB is theoretically faster, but if you are planning on using network aggressively, you have two things fighting on that bus.

I would say it’s more than achievable to get good performance with OSMC on an SD card on Pi 3. A USB stick is not needed.