Built-in, variable speed 80mm cooling fan keeps the hard drive running cool in almost any condition
The docking station offers both eSATA and USB 3.0 host connections, with support for data transfer rates up to 3 Gbps and 5 Gbps respectively and is backward compatible with USB 2.0 host connections (480Mbps)
Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support
80mm cooling fan with variable speed control (including Off)
Top slot-loading design with bay door
High speed eSATA host interface with supported transfer rates up to 3 Gbps
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 compliant host interface with support for transfer rates up to 5 Gbps
Supports both 2.5" and 3.5" form factor hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD)
This review is from: StarTech SuperSpeed USB 3.0 eSATA Hard Drive Docking Station with Cooling Fan (SATDOCKU3SEF)I've used this with a couple Win7 64-bit machines. I got this dock after my latest NewerTech dock died within 15 minutes, I was slightly hesitant due to the lack of reviews but I wanted eSATA+USB3, and how much worse could I do? So far I'm quite pleased with it, using USB 3 and spinning drives I'm getting transfer speeds on par with internal SATA indicating the drives are the limiting factor. The fan is a nice feature, I usually use a separate USB fan with my other docks, this is nicely incorporated into the dock. It feels solid -- from the images I was afraid it might be a somewhat flaky add-on, but no. The placement means that in addition to cooling the drive it acts to shield the drive's circuit board. On mine it's quiet even on the max setting (I can't hear it over the drive at least) and at that setting keeps the drive fairly cool (just barely warm to the touch after copying 1TB onto a 2TB WD Caviar Black drive). The dock shuts off when you "eject" it in Windows which is a nice feature -- some other docks I have when I eject the drive in the dock I find the drive suddenly spinning up again. So far I'm pleased, if I have any problems in the future I'll update this....
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