Buffalo SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard drive reviewed, fast
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted November 30th 2009 10:04AM
posted November 30th 2009 10:04AM
Was anybody else surprised to see that Buffalo (fine purveyors of USB hardware, including kitschy dice speakers, and teeny, tiny thumb drives) was able to start pushing USB 3.0 hardware out the door so quickly? The fine citizens of TweakTown definitely were -- and now they've gone and given HD-HXU3 external hard drive a thorough going over. The verdict? They've likened performance to that of an internal drive -- not disappointing in the least. Physically, this guy is constructed "very well, much better than any of the enclosures that are sold without a drive" that the reviewer has tested. The only sticking point? The price seems a little steep -- and since USB 3.0 will soon be ubiquitous anyways, perhaps you want to hold out a minute before investing. But if the latest and greatest is your bag, this ain't a bad place to start. Hit the source link for the full story.
Can't wait to see that thing get the RRoD!
Very true. Right now, even eSata is much more common than USB3.0. USB3.0 has been released with what, the latest P55 and X58 boards and as an adapter by Buffalo? Buffalo's just making news on being amongst the earliest here.
@YpoCaramel
Agreed. What's the point pf having your external driver be faster then your internal drive ? You'll still only be able to transfer files at 3.0gbps max...
Stick with eSata until both the bus and the drives are on SATA 3.0 (unless of course you're using a RAID array)...
@YpoCaramel
Someday, we will have USB 3.0 powered 2.5" drives, ie WD Passports. The portability you need... the speed you crave.
And I wouldn't mind having faster USB Flash drives.
Bottom line... we went from USB 1.0/1.1, 2.0... and now 3.0. Why not?
@Michael Scrip Of course. Nothing against the technology in my original post, just saying it isn't useful at this point in time. As OddManOut said, it'll be useful for example, when we have portable hard drives fast enough to make use of the technology (for example, a really fast large capacity SSD... that will come in the future).
Haha, how language languishes, the guy says :
"all had in common is that they were slow as malaises"
Which should be 'molasses', since that's the stuff that drains so slow and what the saying is based on.
That's what you get from using audiobooks.
Sickeningly full of ads too that site, can tell even with adblock.
@Wwhat I'd love to comment on your inability to spell too, but I'll just stop myself. I'm not playing a game of limbo with you to go that low.
I didn't claim there was a spelling mistake (still trouble reading?) I said the wrong word was used for a saying.
And yeah nice cop-out there.
And normally I'd calmly inform the author but seeing that site and the strain my adblocker was under, and noscript using all my cores too I sort of lost the will to be nice, but I certainly did not go 'low' simply by laughing at a silly mistake.
Now go beat up some kids or something and sell the video to an advertiser. (See, that was me being nasty.)
Buffalo was one of the first to put out wireless hardware with Draft N technology.
What a stupid name - SS USB. Probably won't be much appreciated by the Germans I suppose. Because of World War II they don't even use "ss" in common words, they use ß instead.. ß USB.. Yeah.
@Nick Meijer
What????
The Eszett has been around for CENTURIES & has no links whatsoever to any sensitivities over the war. What an insane idea!
@(Unverified)
Hmm, yeah you're right. I remember my German teacher saying stuff like that so that's why I posted without checking. He was probably joking.. Now that I'm looking it up it turns out that it has been used much longer indeed. Sorry.
Superspeed USB good
Walwart bad
If I had to plug an external drive in to get high speed I would just use eSata. Enclosures are cheaper and readily available. Also, all I have to add to my desktops is a boilerplate SATA to eSATA plug, no new mobo or controller card.
@KAL326
The problem with eSATA is that it isn't USB- meaning that it isn't ubiquitous. You can't stick it in your PS3 or Xbox360, you can't connect it to any computer or laptop or netbook.
With USB3.0 the necessity of eSATA becomes fewer. As a standard it superior, but its less useful merely because its less ubiquitous. Every device has a USB port these days.
@Temple
True, but most enclosures that support eSata also support USB as a fall back. Also you are not going to get any benefit of USB 3.0 on a PS3 or 360 as those devices lack the 3.0 controller.