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    SATA III/USB 3.0 (superspeed) and Thunderbolt

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Krane, Sep 30, 2011.

  1. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Well I've already made a determination: I'm not going to buy anymore products that have not yet adapted to at least one of the new systems. All my new enclosures will be USB 3.0.

    And not that I'm a fan of Mac or SATA, but I wonder when the market will begin to see and adapt to products that can connect to those new ports as well? Have I abandoned the old/data transfer systems too soon?
     
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  2. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Tunderbolt while being awesome is very expensive atm and is limited to Apple products only.
    Will change with Ivy Bridge hopefully.

    But for external hdds USB 3.0 is fast enough, getting around 100mb/s in file transfer (Windows 7 told me, but idk if its actually true).
    USB 3.0 is also cheaper.

    eSata is still fast for hdd use, and USB 3.0 is backwards compatible.
     
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  3. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    And what about you? Any consideration to these when you want to buy a product? I should have done a poll but didn't think of it until I had already hit enter.
     
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  4. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    I'd say got with USB3.0, you'll already be close to the speed limit of your platter HDD so unless you get an external SSD, you won't need the extra bandwidth from thunderbolt/lightpeak. As DEagleson said, USB3.0 is backwards compatible so that is one interface you'll be able to use even on older computers.
     
    tijo, Sep 30, 2011
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