http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/ Engadget Comments for Buffalo now shipping SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard drive http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 8:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
good job!!]]>Nov 23rd 2009 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Your mouse and keyboard have no need for USB 3.0. There's plenty of bandwidth in USB 2.0 for those.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/accessories/0,39101000,49304133,00.htm

They don't say how the drive was configured, given the dimensions quoted, roughly 6 x 6 x 2", there's likely room inside there for two 3.5" drives, so they may well be configured with RAID 0 in order to double the potential performance off the drives for sequential access. Or if they haven't done that certainly others might.

This was using Buffalo's PCIe/USB 3.0 card. Don't know what this one is selling for but ASUS has one for under $30 so you can definitely afford this upgrade.]]>Nov 23rd 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
PATA wasn't fast enough to keep up with mechnical hard drives max potential transfer speed. And it maxed out at 1.33Gbps...or roughly 3x the speed of USB 2.0. That's one of the reasons we moved to SATA and eventually SATA II (that and everyone hated the ribbon cables) which transfers data at up to 3.0Gbps. Better than 6x as fast as USB 2.0.

There may be some validity to the claims that SATA III is unwarranted and that it's not necessary for non-raid mechanical drives, but SATA III maxes out at 6.0Gbps...considerably more than USB 2.0's 0.48Gbps... ]]>Nov 24th 2009 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
You gotta give credit to freecom for pioneering this technology.

http://bit.ly/the-first-usb-3-0-ever-created

"and suddenly all became so fast now"]]>Nov 23rd 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
Quick Unverified, REEL 'ER IN]]>Nov 24th 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
*sigh*]]>Nov 24th 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 23rd 2009 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 24th 2009 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
Looks like you hit that one right over their heads.


I laughed]]>Nov 24th 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 24th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/Nov 24th 2009 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/buffalo-now-shipping-superspeed-usb-3-0-external-hard-drive/
Errrrr, i wasent supposed to reply to this post....]]>Nov 24th 2009 11:19AM