You have got an eSATA port but would love to use USB 3.0? Well now you can with the NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adaptor.
Here is how NewerTech describe it:
Already have an external drive with an eSATA port? Take advantage of high-bandwidth USB 3.0 performance and experience data rates up to 5Gb/s from your external drive with the NewerTech eSATA to USB 3.0 Adapter. It’s Plug and Play easy to add…simply connect your eSATA drive enclosure to the adapter and then plug the adapter into your computer’s USB 3.0 port. No drivers, no hassle, just maximum performance and ultimate use of your existing eSATA equipped external storage units.
Easy as 1-2-3
- Power on your eSATA equipped external drive.
- Connect the NewerTech Adapter to the external drive via a standard eSATA cable.
- Connect the NewerTech Adapter to the USB 3.0 port on your computer via included USB 3.0 cable. USB 2.0 also supported.
You can learn more about it from the NewerTech website.
I want one!
via Engadget
Can you get one to test ? It would be interesting to see if this works with Tim's EX485 that supports only 1 esata drive. Also Tim has a 3TB USB drive.
I'm working on it 🙂