Cavalry CAXB Series USB 2.0 / eSATA 2 TB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive CAXB3702T0
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| Cavalry CAXB Series USB 2.0 / eSATA 2 TB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive CAXB3702T0 |
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| Manufacturer: Bason Computer, Inc. |
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| List Price: $186.99 |
| Sale Price: $186.99 |
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Product Description |
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The CAXB Series external hard drive delivers reliable storage expansion and the incredible 3.0Gbps transfer speed of eSATA, all in one sleek aluminum package. The transfer speed, at six times faster than USB 2.0, will blow you away. The external hard drive's solid aluminum enclosure boasts exceptional heat dissipation for near-silent, fan-less operation. The CAXB is remarkably durable, offering state-of-the art shock absorption and superior all-around performance, and its stackable design gives you a streamlined, uncluttered workplace.
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Product Details |
- USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface
- Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS)
- Unit Includes - 2 TB 3.5-inch 16 MB cache hard drive in a single bay aluminum enclosure, USB cable
- System Requirements - Available USB or SATA port, Mac OS 9.x or newer, Windows 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista
- 1 year manufacturers warranty
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| Review Date: December 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Luis Rene De Rosa, Quisqueya, Caribbean |
I does what it suppose to do:
You plug it, and a new hard disk unit appears. Sounds simple, but certain hard disk comes with backup software and stuff that makes things more difficult. Simple things are the best.
Aluminium box: This help to disipate heat from the hard disk, and that is good, because is equal to long life. People just get afraid by this, because you can feel the heat, but unless is a low power hard disk like the 'green' versions of Western Digital, all the Hard Disk get hotter (or solid state hard disks, which die even faster than a normal one, I'm waiting new technologies). Unfortunately, my pocket can't hold that expensives WD usb green hard disks. This price is good... hell yeah.
Faster data transfer: faster like a rocket, and even faster if you use the eSATA connection. They don't include the eSATA cable, as.h.les !, but USB cable.
Power adapter: I don't like it, the power pins are attached, and you can't hide in the case, like many power adapters, and that means, that they will scratch anything that they can when you put all together in a backpack or something, I hate that.
Anyway, nothing better for the price until now. 4.5 S.T.A.R.S.
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worked excellent for my DVR
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| Review Date: July 13, 2010 |
| Reviewer: vect0rx, |
I used this to expand my DirecTV DVR capacity. The first attempt it was not recognized. Upon fastening the cable everything worked fantastic and I've been enjoying the extra space for recordings for the last couple weeks.
The thing makes no noise, and I have it situated such that the light is barely visible. |
Faster than a speeding bullet.
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| Review Date: November 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Ira Solomon, Lowell, MA USA |
This device is about the fastest you can get for a PC. Please note that if you do not have ESata connections external to your computer you will need to get the bracket that is shown above. In any case you will need to get an ESata cable. The pictures above show those 2 items but they don't come with this unit. They do come with the 1 TB item.
The device can run on USB, but don't bother. USB runs at 480, ESata runs at 3000, just as fast as the drive in your computer runs.
Setup is just connecting the wires and turning it on. If you deal with with large files you will be in heaven. My nightly backups to Firewire 800 drives were somewhat over 2 hours. It is just under an hour with this drive.
These devices are totally quiet. No fan. The case is the heat sink. The 1 TB drive barely warms the case, with this drive the case gets quite warm, but that is the design.
The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is the lack of the 2 items mentioned above. I don't need the bracket and I did need a wire. I would give the 1 TB 5 stars (I have that one also).
I had occasion to write to the company about placement, etc. He mentioned that leaving the drives on is better for the longevity of the drive than turning them on and off.
If you have Win 7 you may have some trouble with this or any other external drive. If the drive disappears after a while this is the answer. I found it on a forum and it works (but I hope you don't need it):
Open Power Options in Control Panel.
For the currently selected plan, select "Change plan settings", then "Change advanced power settings".
Under Hard disk, change the setting to "Never".
Reboot (shouldn't be needed, but do it just in case :)
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You may want an "eSATA kit" f you buy this
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| Review Date: December 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Todd Finnerty, Columbus, OH |
| I'll echo the previous reviewer's indication- I just received this and there is no "ESATA kit"as was in the decription, the box doesn't even suggest that there was one in the box. You may want to not gamble on one being in there is you're looking for eSATA. |
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