USB 3.0 Reviews

16GB Super Talent USB 3.0 Express Duo Flash Drive

admin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:17:35 +0000

If you have to travel and you lose your laptop or you need to carry some important work home, then how to do that? Earlier there were floppy drives and then there was CD. After a long development, USB flash drive came into picture.USB flash drives are popular not only because of their convenient size but also due to the huge amount of data it saves. Besides these features they are very easy to use, they don’t need any software to start operating, one just has to plug it in and the computer recognizes it automatically as you connect the drive. These USB flash drives just need a USB port and compatible software to function. Speed is another essential quality of a USB drive, because there are products available in the market with a large storage capacity but very slow transfer speed. USB flash drives are also called “USB keys” or “pen drives”. A USB flash drive is built around the memory chip which is static memory. This is the reason why it doesn’t need any battery and the data stored in it can last up to ten years.

Now, there are latest generation USB flash drives available and 16GB High-speed USB3.0 Flash Drive which is the Express Duo Series is one of them. It offers a read speed of 67MB/sec and write speed of 23MB/sec in the compatible USB3.0 computers, it is backward compatible along with USB 2.0 ports as well. It is available in blue color. The drive comes in a very slim and compact design ensuring that other USB port is not blocked. Many times we get USB which is too broad that blocks the other USB port. The loop at the end of the SuperTalent USB3.0 Express Duo Flash Drive has sufficient space to attach a key chain. The cap hugs it tightly and doesn’t slip out freely on its own.

Features:

High-Performance USB Flash Drive
Backward compatible with USB 2.0
Nonvolatile solid-state storage
Single Storage Partition
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 1.8 x 6.9 cm
Weight: 18 g
Compatible with: Windows 7, XP, Vista, and MAC
NAND Flash
Single Storage Partition

All these features make this product universally compatible. Other details that might interest you are the lights at the end of the USB drive which are bright blue in color. It lights whenever a data transfer is being done. The look of the device is well constructed and very light. This is one of the best products of super talent; they specialize in a whole range of memory modules and storage solutions based on flash. 16GB Super Talent USB3.0 Express Duo Flash Drive is affordable and fast. This is among the best small devices on which data can be easily written, or read from and it can be carried anywhere by the user. Interestingly these high tech devices are quite affordable and one can always buy them to carry and store their data anytime and anywhere.

Western Digital My Passport Essential 1TB HDD

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:14:49 +0000

While shopping for a portable USB 3.0 external hard drive, customers have lots of things to consider. It should be sleek, easy to use, light weight and should have an abundant storage capacity. Keeping all this thing in mind, Western Digital has come out with its latest addition. Western Digital My Passport Essential 1TB HDD is a small portable hard drive that can be easily identified because of the WD logo embossed on it. Moreover, it is the only hard drive with a massive 1TB space and doesn’t need any external AC adapter. The hard drive has an interface that allows it to be connected by USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. The drive helps you access and save files three times faster when connected to USB 3.0. As the name suggests, it has a storage capacity of 1TB which is definitely huge but it weighs only 7.2 ounces. Having 1 terabyte space means 75 Hours of digital video, more than 2 million songs and around 200 DVD movies. My Passport Essential comes with single platter drive with an average read speed of 74.7MB/S and writing speed of 56.6MB/s. They are available in four colors; black, blue, red and silver.

My Passport Essential 1TB HDD is bundled with Smartware software that works fine with windows and MAC. These drives come formatted for Windows NTFS format only and if you need to use it on Mac you have to reformat for HFS+ or FAT32. This software automatically launches on your system the first time it is connected. This offers an automatic backup with a visual interface that shows the backed up data. The software will keep you up to date on the backup progress by visualizing the data that has already been copied. Restoring files is also easy when using Western digital software. Versioning is another option that one needs to set manually by which you can back up numerous versions of data based on time stamps. This HDD also offers encryption of 256 bit that locks the drive with password protection and avoids unauthorized access and theft of data. The package from western digital comes with a portable hard drive, WD smartware software, USB cable and a quick installation guide.

It is an outstanding storage device for the users who need to carry a lot of data with them. It is too small to easily fit into a packet or a hand bag. Portable devices have always been popular and Western digital is a brand name for providing the best storage solutions. They are becoming extremely popular by making use of advanced technology and their expertise. Western Digital My Passport Essential 1TB HDD is a high capacity storage drive that gives you abundant space besides being compact and sleek. This is certainly one of the most liberally designed portable hard drives available in the market today that perform multiple backing, encryption and display function. My Passport essential delivers excellent performance at a lower cost but its performance might vary depending on the hardware and system configuration of the user. Overall, a 5 star rated device which can be really amazing to use.

2M USB 3.0 extension cable

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:50:56 +0000

Perhaps one of the most simplest and basic USB 3.0 products are the USB 3.0 extension cables. Unfortunately quite a lot of devices (not just USB devices) come with cables which are just too short to be practically positioned or used. To get around this problem you can use USB 3.0 extension cables such as this one which allow you to extend the distance between your computer and USB device. USB extension cables are available in a variety of sizes depending on how far you need to go. This particular USB 3.0 cable is blue in colour and supports speeds of up to 5Gps which means it’ll do wonders when connected to a media streaming or backup device such as a USB 3.0 external hard drive.

This USB 3.0 cable features gold plated contact along with nickel connectors for optimum performance and to ensure that data is sent and received as quickly as possible. The cable also fully supports USB 2.0 and 1.1 which means it’s backwards compatible and will work with older USB ports.

Corsair CMFVY3-16GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:00:04 +0000

The Corsair CMFVY3-16GB is a fantastic USB 3.0 flash drive with a decent 16GB storage capacity. The first thing that comes to our attention with the Corsair CMFVY3-16GB USB 3.0 flash drive is its striking design which features a very durable outer casing with the Flash Voyager text across its side. Putting the design aside this flash drive offers read speeds of up to 4x that of USB 2.0 making it a very fast device. One of the key features of this particular USB 3.0 flash drive is that it can withstand shocks of up to 40g which means you could practically throw this thing around knowing that when you’re done your data is still safe and sound.

With a 5 year manufacturer warranty the Corsair CMFVY3-16GB flash drive is a brilliant USB 3.0 device and really shows off what is capable for consumer USB 3.0 storage devices. You’ll be up and running in a matter of seconds by simply plugging the device into any USB 3.0 port for easy use. Not only that but this USB 3.0 flash drive is also completely backwards compatible with USB 3.0 which means if you’ve not got any of the newer USB ports you’ll still be able to use it.

As a whole the Corsair CMFVY3-16GB is a very durable, shock resistant flash drive suitable for everyday use. Whilst this particular USB drive has a capacity of 16GB other models are available ranging from 4GB right up to 128GB.

Transcend PCI Express USB 3.0 expansion card

admin — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:20:31 +0000

As USB 3.0 continues to reach into the consumer market more and more devices are starting to feature support for this much faster technology. If you’ve bought a desktop computer in the last few years it’s most likely not equipped with any USB 3.0 ports. Despite it not having any that definitely doesn’t mean that USB 3.0 is out of your reach.

The Transcend PCI Express USB 3.0 expansion card adds two fully usable USB 3.0 ports to your desktop computer by simply slotting it into your computers motherboard. All that you need to get this USB 3.0 expansion card up and running is an empty PCI express slot. Once installed you’ll be able to start using all of the new USB 3.0 devices currently available as well as every USB 3.0 yet to be released. This easy to install USB 3.0 expansion card by Transcend is very cheap yet allows you to instantly upgrade your computer in regards to what it can connect to.