SATA-EC300 dual-eSATA ExpressCard for uh, Boot Camp

In a gesture of goodwill we appreciate at the end of a long week, System Talks Japan is here to value you up! with their Sugoi SATA card. Otherwise known as the SATA-EC300, this eSATA ExpressCard allows you to connect not just one, but two external SATA drives to your laptop computer and supports drive hot swap, 3Gbps transfer speeds, and NCQ for improved SATA performance. Better yet for MacBook Pro owners, the SATA-EC300 is said to work equally well under native OSX or when juicin' Mircosoft's OS under Boot Camp -- Made for Boot Camp Apple? So go ahead, slap a couple of 2TB DriveStations on your new MBP, you've earned it buddy. Expected early November in Japan for the up-valued price of just ¥9,800 (about $83).

[Via Impress]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 9:14AM]

For those not in the know, "sugoi" means "AMAZING!!" in Japanese. So, this thing better shoot fireworks or dispense naked ladies or something, or it's blatant false advertising.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 9:31AM]

Do you WANT fireworks in your laptop? Surely you don't want another "exploding (computer component)" incident again (first caps, then batteries, now what?)?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 10:01AM]

Uh... I think having 2TB of Hard Disk space on my Macbook Laptop... well that IS amazing! even if its only a desktop "Plug-in" station... that would make my computer both Desktop AND laptop (Of course not everything would be portable... but eh, it's all backed up and available!
Yeah I will be making the purchase!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 26th 2006 6:18PM]

Did anyone notice it says "Value you up!!" on it? With two exclamation marks..this thing is obviously badass, I haven't had a peripheral value me up in years.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 11:02AM]

Will the external drives be bootable?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 1:09PM]

didn't FirmTek come out with a card like this first?

[agreenbhm Posted Oct 27th 2006 1:51PM]

Excuse my simple and possibly foolish question, but how are these drives going to be powered? I've never worked with eSATA before but on regular SATA you need a molex power connector to give the device some electricity. How is this accomplished with eSATA?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 1:59PM]

I can wait for this thing to Value me up!!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 2:05PM]

There are several similar cards on the market already, here are two from newegg.com:

PPA 1165 SATA II ExpressCard 54 2 x SATA II - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16839228001

SIIG SC-SAE612-S1 SATA II ExpressCard 54 two eSATA (external Serial ATA) ports - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16839150002

The SIIG card above have RAID support as well. I'm using this one in my ThinkPad T43 to connect it to an external eSATA (and USB2) enclosure with up to 4 disks. I currently have two 500 GB disks, and the speed is veeeeery nice....

[Eytan Posted Oct 27th 2006 4:18PM]

Geir, the two you linked are xpress card 54. This is a 34 variety.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 4:56PM]

Yay, more stuff to snap off of my laptop :)

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 6:04PM]

Value you up!
lmao

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 9:02PM]

But is it bootable? The FirmTek card isn't, and if this one's the same, then you can forget about Boot Camp. Is it bootable? This is important!

[os1019 Posted Oct 30th 2006 8:53PM]

Not doubting you sladuuch, how do you know that the firmtek card is not bootable and does anyone have any information on this and if so what pci/express cards are bootable

[Mindflayer Posted Oct 30th 2006 2:18AM]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16839123003

Expresscard/34 eSATA.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 30th 2006 5:08PM]

bootable is key