Product ReviewsRemovable Storage
The eSATA interface can be significantly faster than either USB or FireWire, but notebooks with eSATA ports have only just started to appear and are still uncommon. Sitecom's CB-040 eSATA Cardbus Card adds a pair of eSATA ports to any notebook with an empty CardBus slot. Although eSATA has a theoretical maximum speed of 300MB/s, the CB-040 has a maximum stated speed of only 150MB/s because of the limitations of the CardBus interface. Since most eSATA hard disks have a maximum speed of around 70MB/s, this isn't a problem. Unfortunately, as our results show, an eSATA hard disk connected to the CB-040 was not only slower than expected, it was even slower than a USB disk. Although the CB-040 is cheaper than other eSATA CardBus adaptors and has a generous 10-year warranty, we can't recommend it due to its poor performance. By Alan Lu SPECIFICATIONS:
Requires CardBus expansion card slot; two eSATA ports |
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