Monday, January 31, 2011

NewerTech adapter turns eSATA into USB 3.0, makes legacy external HDDs feel young again

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There's a powder-blue USB 3.0 port on the side of your shiny new
computer, whispering your name, but you simply can't afford to replace
your perfectly good eSATA external hard drive for the sake of
compatibility. You could simply resist the urge entirely, but if you
have the need for speed, there's a USB 3.0 to eSATA adapter with your
name on it, and it just might come in a NewerTech case. Sure,
Addonics, Siig and Bytecc sell similar, but as Everything USB points
out, NewerTech did the legwork here, benchmarking the cable to be sure
it could handle 206.4MB / sec writes and 247MB / sec reads. That's
enough to handle most solid state drives, and you should be completely
covered when it comes to anything with spinning magnetic plates.
You'll find it for $30 this week at the likes of OWC.

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