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    My Book Premium ES Edition Transfer speeds?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Frogurt, Jul 2, 2007.

  1. Frogurt

    Frogurt Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, im about 5 mins away from ordering the My Book Premium ES Edition. One problem. What cables do I need, I imagine it comes with the power cable but for Esata it says transfer rates of 3GB/s a second yet the cable says max rate of 300 mb/s am I missing something here?
     
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    3Gbps = 3000Mbps ~ 375MB/s = SATA-II interface speeds.

    The drive itself would never reach those speeds, however. It's more likely you'll be getting ~10-50MB/s. A Raptor (10krpm) can approach about 100MB/s.

    Unless it says it comes with the eSATA cable, I wouldn't count on it.
     
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    What is a Raptor? a HDD type?
     
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    The raptor is a 10,000 rpm drive. Do a search if your want to know how fast your transfer rates will range. I tested my Seagate eSATA hd with HD Tune and posted here months ago. It was getting just under 70MB/sec through a pcmcia card (1.5Gb) IIRC. Mine came with an eSATA cable, but your's might not.
     
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