eSATA combo powered external enclosure

I recently read a thread detailing some eSATA combo powered external 2,5" enclosures and adapters but for the life of me cant find it anymore.
Does anyone have a link to it or just suggestions for a such an external 2,5" solution?

Also on a related note are USB 3.0 solutions superior in any way to these eSATA combo solutions?
Any difference in reliability or speed? For one thing the eSATA is recognised in BIOS and can be booted from while USB 3.0 isnt as i read.

 

USB 3.0 can be faster than eSATA. It also provides power to a device/enclosure, while eSATA needs an external source (either an AC adapter or another USB port).

 

So what are the advantages of eSata vs USB 3.0?

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I like esata over usb 3.0 because the speed transfer is somewhat "consistent" (around 70 most of the time) while USB 3.0 write speed can be from 40 - 100

If your laptop has a esata/usb port combo, the external hard drive (2.5) can be powered from one port.

Also for the OP, this is the link

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/349325-esata-external-hard-drive-enclosure-supports-power-combo-usb-port-3.html

 

Saturnotaku im specifically looking for eSATA combo enclosures which means that through one cable - from one port (eSATA/USB combo port) it gets its data transfer AND power.

There was another thread with a list of a lot of eSATA combo enclosures and adapters...
Guess it got lost in time. Shame as it was a really good list.

 

2.5" USB 2.0/eSATA Aluminum External SATA HDD Enclosure (Black) - Supports up to 500GB & Power over eSATA! HE-2521B

this is what i purchased a while back and it does 70-80 Mb/s it utilizes the power over esata as well

both my laptops have esata ports which make this a very convenient enclosure to use with them

 

eSATA is a waste of time for mobile computing.

The primary advantage of eSATA is that it was superior to USB 2.0 in maximum sequential transfer speeds. A USB 2.0 connection would bottleneck at the USB controller at ~30MBps, and prevent you from using the full hard drive's sequential transfer speed of ~70MBps - 80MBps. An eSATA connection bottlenecks at the hard drive's sequential transfer speed of ~70MBps - 80MBps, since the eSATA controller is capable of up to 200MBps - 250MBps.

But USB has the advantage of being universally compatible (every computer has USB 2.0, whereas eSATA is rate), can be universally powered off of any USB port (eSATA requires a special port that supports eSATAp spec), can support longer cable runs, and has a cable that is much more flexible.

The people that try to use eSATA are usually stuck in the "desktop" mindset, where they assume that higher performance automatically means better. Other characteristics like portability, power, and convenience are irrelevant in the desktop world, but have high value in the mobile laptop world.

eSATA is irrelevant because the advantage of speed is irrelevant in the laptop world. USB 2.0 has speed that is "good enough", and tremendous advantages in portability, power, and convenience. That makes USB the superior interface in the mobile world.