- - HARD DRIVE DOCKING STATION: This single-bay hard drive docking station enables access to a 2.5/3.5" SATA drive for file backup, imaging, and data transfer over USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- - DRIVE COMPATIBILITY: Supports a 2.5/3.5" SATA HDD/SSD of any capacity; OS Independent; IDE (SAT2IDEADP), mSATA (SAT2MSAT25), & M.2 SATA (SAT32M225) adapters sold separately
- - PERFORMANCE: Toolless Top-loading design enables quick hot-swapping of idle drives; Backwards compatible with previous SATA & USB versions; No software / drivers required
- - SPECS: Single-Bay Hard Drive Dock; SATA I/II/III; USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Host Connection; Top-Loading Drive Bay with Eject Button; Power and Activity LED Indicators; Includes USB 3.2 (5 Gbps) Type-A Cable and Universal Power Adapter
- - THE IT PRO'S CHOICE: Designed and built for IT Professionals, this Single-Bay Hard Drive Dock is backed for 2 years, including free lifetime 24/5 multilingual technical assistance
StarTech.com Single Bay USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station, USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) Hard Drive Dock, External 2.5/3.5" SATA I/II/III HDD/SSD Docking Station, Top-Loading Hard Drive Bay (SATDOCKU3S)
SATA Hard Drive Docking Station, USB 3.0 (5 Gbps) Hard Drive DockThe SATDOCKU3S USB 3.0 Hard Drive Docking Station delivers full, instant access to any 2.5in or 3.5in SATA (SATA, SATA II, SATA III) hard drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD), without having to mount the drive in a computer or install it in an external enclosure. Large capacity drives (tested with up to 4TB 3.5" and 1TB 2.5" drives) can be used to greatly enhance your computer's storage/backup capabilities.Connected to the host computer through a single USB 3.0 SuperSpeed or USB 2.0 connection, the hard drive docking station provides a convenient, plug-and-play storage solution that delivers instant access to the hard drive without requiring a reboot.Relying on the outstanding data throughput support of USB 3.0, the HDD docking station is capable of transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps, making it the fastest way to access data from an external drive. Double the value of this hard drive docking station, using a SATA to IDE hard drive adapter (SAT2IDEADP), which enables you to use any 2.5 or 3.5in IDE hard drive in a SATA hard drive dock slot.To ensure compatibility with your computer system, the SATDOCKU3S supports all of the leading operating system platforms, including: Microsoft Windows®, Apple® OSX, Linux, and Google Chrome OS™.The StarTech.com Advantage
StarTech.com SATDOCKU3S, HDD, SSD, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III, 2.5,3.5", 4 TB, USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-B, 5 Gbit/s
StarTech.com SATDOCKU3S. Storage media type: HDD, SSD, Storage drive interface: Serial ATA, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III, Storage drive sizes supported: 2.5,3.5". Host interface: USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-B. Maximum data transfer rate: 5 Gbit/s, Product color: Black, Material: Plastic. AC input voltage: 110-240 V, Output voltage: 12 V, Output current: 2.5 A. Width: 5.71" (145 mm), Depth: 3.66" (93 mm), Height: 2.56" (65 mm)
We've already seen how much faster USB 3.0 is over USB 2.0 for data transfers, so along those lines the performance of StarTech's Serial ATA docking station using this latest iteration of the USB bus is exactly what we'd expect, proving to be blisteri... 
