Seagate unveils USB 3.0 BlackArmor PS110 hard drive

You knew it wouldn't be long before Seagate hopped on the USB 3.0 bandwagon, right? Right. Here in Vegas, the company just announced its BlackArmor PS110, which is its first USB 3.0 portable HDD. What makes this one a touch different than the rest is the "performance kit" that it ships in, which is comprised of a 500GB USB 3.0 HDD (a 2.5-incher with a 7200RPM spindle speed), a power cable and an ExpressCard USB 3.0 adapter. 'Course, your shiny new MacBook won't take too kindly to this type of gesture -- but hey, at least you can read SD cards without breaking a sweat! The kit is up for purchase right now for $179.99, and if you're looking to take a closer look before pulling the trigger, you'll find our hands-on below along with a glance at a for-demonstration-only 7mm 2.5-inch drive that was first announced last month.

Seagate unveils USB 3.0 BlackArmor PS110 hard drive

[unknown714 Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:51PM]

Wow...... usb 3.0 FTW

[GoogleCEO Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:21AM]

@unknown714
In pretty much all laptops thanks to the included Express Card UB3 :)

[madmax123 Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:53PM]

awsome ! data transfer will now be superfast i suppose

[axendo79 Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:00AM]

Hmm, I need this along with an ExpressCard USB 3.0 covnverter, and I am set.

[Solidstate89 Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:03AM]

"Seagate..."
Stopped reading right there. CLICK CLICK CLICK.

[Dante of the Inferno Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:14AM]

The source article and Seagate site state that testing confirms 100 MB/sec speeds, which is about 3 times as fast as USB 2.0. This obviously means that it uses ExpressCard 1.0, which limits the bandwidth to 2 Gbps.


Don't even bother wasting our time with these god-awful ExpressCards. Get us 2.0!

[GoogleCEO Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:24AM]

@Dante of the Inferno
100MB/S is the limit of the harddrive not the express card
and it's more like 5 times faster than USB2 not 3
Most of the time your read speed is 18-22MB via USB2

[dani3l Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:27AM]

@GoogleCEO well actually my external HD read speed is about 30MB/s

[dani3l Posted Jan 6th 2010 12:25AM]

Seagate? damn!
I'll never buy Seagate again after they fucked me with the Barracuda series.

[KevinQ Posted Jan 6th 2010 2:34AM]

That extra power cable seems unwieldy. The expresscard port can't supply enough power for an external HDD?

[dkking Posted Jan 6th 2010 2:46AM]

this is a 2.5", i have one that i use with my mac (usb 2.0 version) and its speed is awful, is there a laptop/desktop performance difference? because i plugged it into my friend's desktop and it as as quick as a powered external hdd (30MBps)

Will a similar problem arise with these drives? I want to know before i buy.

[Dusty Posted Jan 6th 2010 9:32AM]

Awesome!

[simbr Posted Jan 6th 2010 1:15PM]

Does this have hardware encryption or have I missed the point of the BlackArmour range?

[delphinus87 Posted Jan 6th 2010 4:59PM]

What? a jab at Apple and PC fanboys aren't taking advantage of it? Are we finally at peace?

wait... ... ...

nope, continue as usual.