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| Created: | Saturday, February 6, 2010 |
| Members: | Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 03:00 eastern (287 days ago) |
| Public: | Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 03:00 eastern |
| Expiration: | unknown |
| Location: | Newegg.com (click this link) |
| Heat level: | this is a good deal |
| Countries: | available in USA |
| Details: | BlacX Hard Drive Docking Station $23 Thermaltake BlacX USB Docking Station for Serial-ATA Hard Drives for $23 today only. USB cable included. Allows you to plug in (and out) any Serial-ATA hard drive (2.5" or 3.5"), for storing, backing up, and archiving files. This is really useful for people who need to transfer large amounts of data between locations and don't want to pay a premium for a portable drive, or for archiving old music, videos, and personal files onto hard drives. Many large capacity Serial-ATA drives cost around $0.07 to $0.15 per GB (around $90 for a 1000 GB drive). Laptop drives cost about double per GB. Gone are the days of storing large amounts of cassette tapes of music, DVDs of movies & music files, and videotapes of home videos of the kids. Since everything is digital these days, you can simply store (or backup) all your home movies, digital photos, and music files onto a Serial-ATA hard drive. Eject the drive, place it into an anti-static bag, and keep it on the top shelf of your closet, a locked drawer, or in a safe for safe-keeping. Re-insert the drive whenever you need those files again. This BlacX (like most USB devices) will copy files at about 22 MBytes/sec, about 1.2GB per minute, or about 70GB per hour. If you plan to fill a 1TB (1000GB) hard drive, expect it to take around 13 hours. If that is too slow and you do have a desktop PC, we strongly recommend looking into a BlacX eSATA hard drive docking station for $33 with free shipping from Chiefvalue. eSATA cable included. Optionally available is Western Digital Black 1TB drive as a bundle on that page for $90 more, a pretty good deal since that drive usually costs $100. This BlacX has both USB and eSATA, and most stores usually sell this BlacX for at least $45. Most desktop PC's have no eSATA port, but a Serial-ATA to eSATA bracket can be purchased for $7 after shipping fee, or this eSATA bracket (longer internal cables) from Newegg for $11 after shipping fee. Depending on the drive, eSATA transfers at about 40 to 85 MBytes/sec, about 4GB per minute, or about 250GB per hour. An entire 1TB drive can be transferred in about 4 hours. Hot-pluggable eSATA/Serial-ATA is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs. Those speeds are based on regular 3.5" drives manufactured within the last 4 years. Tiny laptop 2.5" drives perform about half to one-third these speeds. |
| Companies: | NewEgg.com, Thermaltake |