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LOL... People need to realize eSata is obsolete with USB3 becoming the new standard.
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the only problem i see with this is if you want to transfer to a ssd - most hard drives will be larger than the ssd your installing and if that is the case this won't work
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Yes, really. Notice I said "raw data rate" USB3 is 10x faster than USB2 or 4.8Gb/s vs 480Mb/s eSATA is 3Gb/s max.
However, YMMV is the rule. The NCIX test showed that USB3 is only 2X faster...
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yeah but if you dont have anything usb3 then :eek: sata is whats available =)
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it's not just no damn dock!!!!!! you left out the important details my man!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isSsWB2c5Rg&feature=player_embedded
Cavalry "Retriever" Series Dual Bay USB 3.0...
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WD velociraptor drives don't fit in these slide in docks
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With a USB enclosure (which this basically is) you're converting from SATA to USB and so the fastest you can transfer is the minimum of the two technologies. With eSATA there is no real conversion...
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Either way usb 3.0 is fairly new and many people do not have it. It is not something you can just add or add with a new cable, you need a new laptop in the case of portable computing. So yea even if...
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And it will only copy if the destination drive is larger # of sectors than the source drive.
If smaller then it only copies up to the sector count and then you can partition the remainder part of...
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USB3 raw bit-rate is 60% faster than eSATA
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N 4 1, thx & rep'd OP! .......:repped:
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Meritline has the Cavalry Hard Drive Duplicator / USB 3.0 Dual Dock for $75.99 - $16 coupon (MLC5G2D5ANL1) = $59.99 shipped
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not really http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqlqCoQMLsQ
not really either http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/esata_still_faster_usb_30