Review Of Usb 3 0 2 5 Sata Hdd Enclosure

Aug 4, 2012 by Perozg93

An extension cable especially for use with your USB 3.0 devices. USB 3.0 delivers a leap forward in transfer speeds and capability, but also maintains a backward compatibility with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices.

Simultaneously, the USB 3.0 standard itself is much more energy efficient than previous versions. For example, it provides rest and wait modes and the new energy manager and job functions to devices for lower power consumption. It drops the device supply voltage from 4.4 V to 4 V.

The spec that Intel released mid-last week is only 90% complete. Ravencraft says that they expect the spec to be finalized by Q4 of this year. Hardware partners are expected to have USB 3.0 controllers designed by mid 2009, and consumers won’t see the first end products utilizing the spec until early 2010 (though a late Holiday 2009 push for new products isn’t out of the question).

Inside the retail box you’ll find the portable hard drive, usb 3.0 cable and the Quick Install Guide. WD lists the WD SmartWare software is included in the box, but don’t freak out when you can’t find the software disk as the software is already on the portable hard drive. The USB cable included by Western Digital was found to be 18-inches in length, which is fine for a small portable drive like this.

Keep in mind that the cable is not as easily replaceable as a 2.0 version.  The drive uses a new USB 3.0-compatible cable and is not able to take your old USB 2.0 cable if the one included in the package gets lost or stolen.

“By combining two best of breed technologies, Intersil’s Q:Active technology and Icron’s ExtremeUSB® technology, we were able to jointly develop an extended reach USB cable that not only is the industry’s first and supports new and legacy USB devices, but also serves the different markets and applications in the home and office.” said Robert Haefling, CEO at Icron Technologies.

Since the WD My Passport uses a standard notebook hard drive it gets it power from the USB port, so no power adapter needs to be plugged into the wall. This means the only cable that you need to bring with you if you travel a bunch is just the USB cable.

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