World’s First USB 3.0 External HDD

By | November 30th, 2009



USB 3.0 can provide a data rate of up to 5 Gb/s or 625 MB/s and that’s awesome. Buffalo beats everyone to release an external storage beast, that can work on USB 3.0 and give a high transfer rate. The device is well suited for professionals and geeks. We don’t expect any of you to have a USB 3.0 on your motherboard that’s why the hard drive comes with a PCI Express Interface Card that goes into your motherboard and provides a high speed connectivity through USB port.

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However, many of us will not be able to get the 650 MB/s transfer without USB 3.0 support in our motherboard. The PCI interface card that comes with the Hard disk can provide a transfer rate of up to 130 MB/s which is 3 times the transfer rate of USB 2.0. The device is available in sizes of 1, 1.5 and 2 Tera Bytes. Note that the Interface card is worth $60 charged separately.

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Features and Specs:

  • World’s fastest external hard disk storage
  • HDD interface: SATA
  • Transfer rate: 650 MB per second (USB 3.0 Mode)
  • Transfer rate: 130 MB /s (With interface card)
  • Capacity: 1 TB ($200), 1.5 TB ($250), 2 TB ($400)
  • Compatible with PC and Mac
  • Backwards compatible with any USB 2.0 hence all computers and notebooks
  • Hardware Encryption Supported
  • Windows 7 Supported
  • Power consumption 12 W
  • Dimensions (WxDxH): 45 x 156 x 175 mm
  • Weight: 1.1 Kg
  • Power supply: External AC100-240V 50/60Hz
  • 2 Years Warranty
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