Very confusing: says 2.5&Prime; SATA I,II but then says 3.5" SATA I,II,III supported.Also says eSATA, but only USB3.0 shown. What are the real specs?
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Its only a 3.5 SATA hard drive connected to a USB 3.0 Its also backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Plug and play. But the manual does say either 2.5 or 3.5? I only used it for my desktop hard drive. I'm not sure how 2.5 would work.
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This is backward compatible to sata 2 (3gbs). It's not listed as sata 1 (1.5gbs) compatible and even if it was your performance benefit would be drastically limited by sata 1. Your probably better off with a traditional hard drive.
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I assume you meant Sata 1,2, or 3. There are differences, primarily the speed they are capable of supporting. You would want to use Sata 3 cables in any modern PC just to be safe and ensure you get the most out of your hard drives.
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Thanks - trying to find out before purchasing, but I found some posts on Newegg that indicate they are SATA (maybe they changed from IDE to SATA and this is why it isn't in the specs).
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I used WD Black 4TB HDD, it works great for both USB 3.0 and eSATA, but need update Intel Rapid Storage Technology to using eSATA, I did not tried 6TB.
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Sorry, I don't remember. It was a bad experience across the board. Save yourself some aggravation, buy the Vantec NexStar HX 3.5-Inch SATA to USB 3.0/eSATA HDD Enclosure with Fan NST-330SU3-BK (copy & paste in Amazon's search). Handles Sata II with throughput via USB 3.0 and eSata. Sure it's an extra $13-14, but shipping is free, not with the Sabrent (assuming a single purchase).
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the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming... » Read More the SATA port is required to plug into a empty mother board SATA plug for this card to work and come's with a burned disk with just a random 3.0 controller's this card is vary cheap ive been building custom PC's for about 12-14 years and i coundent even get it to work with esata or USB 3.0 i recommend this kind of setup with your rig but not this Generic Combo spend the money to buy a better one that runs out of the PCI express 1X its plenty fast so there's no reason to loss a mother board sata when your trying to expand your PC i Have 8 sata's and Esata im using all of them for my gaming rig & media server so i wasn't able to use this card « Show Less
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It all depends on your motherboard and there are many flavors of 2.0. I get SATA 1 speeds using this board in an old dell dimension 8400 (from 2003). I'm pretty sure it is MB limited.
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As far as I can determine, SATA I, II, and III are all physically the same - and you can plug a SATA III drive into a SATA II plug and it will work - albeit at only SATA II speeds. The documentation for this drive receptacle indicates it can handle SATA III drives... it can also do USB 2.0 and 3.0, for that matter - I am using it on an older iMac which only has USB 2.0 interface ports.Follow this link for more details on SATA compatibility:http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii
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This is a USB3 HUB (it only "extends" USB3, NOT provide it) AND it has nothing to do with SATA so you will never need an SATA cable. It will plug into an existing USB3 socket OR comes with a 19 pin cable to connect to a Mother Board socket or add-in card. PS: The product description leaves a lot to be desired. More pictures would be a big plus.
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I added one of these to expand my internal storage space pool with simple mirror (6, 3TB SATA III drives). I added 4 more 3TB drives to the ProBox and added them to the pool. I first tried using eSATA, but could not get it to work reliably. I'm not sure if the eSATA issue is with ProBox or my eSATA card, but I switched over to USB3 and it's been working fine ever since. In fact, I'm going to buy a second ProBox to backup the storage pool. I've been using an 8-bay SansDigital for backup, but the drives frequently disconnect from the USB3 bus, so I can't rely on it as a backup device, whereas the ProBox has never disconnected the drives. I added one of these to expand my internal storage space pool with simple mirror (6, 3TB SATA III drives). I added 4 more 3TB drives to the ProBox and added them to the pool. I first tried using eSATA, but could not get it to work reliably. I'm not sure if the eSATA issue is with ProBox or my eSATA card, but I switched over to USB3 and it's been working fine ever since. In fact, I'm going to buy a second ProBox to backup the storage pool. I've been using an 8-bay SansDigital for backup, but the drives frequently disconnect from the USB3 bus, so I can't rely on it as a backup device, whereas... » Read More I added one of these to expand my internal storage space pool with simple mirror (6, 3TB SATA III drives). I added 4 more 3TB drives to the ProBox and added them to the pool. I first tried using eSATA, but could not get it to work reliably. I'm not sure if the eSATA issue is with ProBox or my eSATA card, but I switched over to USB3 and it's been working fine ever since. In fact, I'm going to buy a second ProBox to backup the storage pool. I've been using an 8-bay SansDigital for backup, but the drives frequently disconnect from the USB3 bus, so I can't rely on it as a backup device, whereas the ProBox has never disconnected the drives. « Show Less
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards. Hope this helps
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I don't know. All I can find is this: Max. 5Gbps (USB 3.0), Max. 480Mbps (USB 2.0) & SATA 3Gbps
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Download the motherboard manual (E7758v3.0.zip), look at page 1-2 "Package Contents". It shows 1 SATA Cable, 1 eSATA Power Cable, 1 SATA Power Cable, 1 USB 2.0 Bracket w/cable, eSATA Bracket w/cable
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It's the same connection as a 2tb, it's SATA3, any windows 7 or 8 will compatible, the major spec you have to look is your motherboard, it has to be a uefi compatible board to go beyond the 2tb limit, if it's a recent motherboard it probably is, just check your manufacturer and model to be 100%. Search for: 3tb and uefi motherboards.Hope this helps
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SATA 3.0 and 3.1 support up to 6Gbit/s. The older SATA 2.0 only supports up to 3Gbit/s. SATA 3 is backwards compatible to SATA 2 but you will be limited to the SATA 2 speed.
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The product description says "Designed for all 3.5? SATA I, SATA II and SATA III hard disk drives" which I read as any capacity SATA drive should be supported, aside from a newer version of SATA interface that may not be backward compatible. However it would have been useful if the manufacturer provided that detail without guesswork.