Pros: Light weight case cooling fan eSata option has all the hardware/cables you need Fast data transfer under eSata, 'normal' speed under usb2.0

Cons: shuts the disk off after awhile from no activity

Overall Review: This is the second unit of this model I've bought, first one being the silver one. They both perform the same and I'm quite happy with them with the exception of shutting off the disk after awhile. It's not that big a deal since both of these drives each hold a new (as of 7/20/03) WD Black 2tb as data back ups only. I only use these drives to hold copies/back ups of my files, but when the copy/paste process of backing up is done, these units will LOCK UP Win7 64bit when they try to "wake up" the drive. I dual boot WinXP 32bit(on a seperate hdd) and they do NOT lock up XP when "waking up" after being shut off by the enclosure. Not a big deal to me since my usage of these external enclosures is for copy/paste of music/photos/comics/movies/etc. But if you use them for constant access, once they go "idle" they will go to sleep, and for me, waking them up under Win7 64bit(fully updated as of 8/4/03) locks up my computer and I have to do a hard reset of the PC. Powering ON/OFF the enclosure does not help.

Pros: No data corruption even with heavy use and various file sizes Good price for 64gb

Cons: SLOW write speeds

Overall Review: SLOW write speeds......like a frozen snail trying to cross the street. Win7 64bit says I get between 1.3-3mb write speeds on any size file from comic book CBR's to mpeg4 movie files. 1 file at a time or 20, slow write speeds.

Pros: Speed, capacity

Cons: Cables are iffy

Overall Review: I only give this 4 stars because of the cable issues I’ve encountered. The included cable is the only one that works well. I have some 3ft and 6ft cables. Used on a powered usb 3.0 hub, and tested with numerous brands of cables at 3 and 6ft lengths, connection problems pop up every time I use a cable that is NOT the factory cable. I have MANY 2.5” externals of various sizes and brands and none of them give me the connection problems like this one does. It performs great, just only with the included cable.

Pros: Simple and clean looking enclosure Rubber pads/feet on bottom USB cable fits nice and snug

Cons: Cooling is not the best for long periods of activity

Overall Review: I am currently transferring a 898gb folder of digital comics that contain individual .cbr/.cbz files, zip files, RAR files and labeled folders containing cbr/cbz files. I am getting a steady 58mb a sec transfer speed but this is due to the USB 3.0 add in card I have. All my USB 3.0 devices have slower then normal 3.0 speeds since it's a cheaper add in card. I'm 'ok' with this speed, despite knowing it could be better, so dont let my speeds sway you from buying this external hdd. The only real problem I can see with it is the case itself. I bought this with the intention of only using this to add more files/folders for backup/storage. When I'm not "copy/pasting" to it, it's going to be unplugged and put away. There are holes drilled all over the bottom and across the back so the enclosure does have passive cooling, but as we all know, heat kills hdd's so keep this in mind. For the occasional data backup drive, this is a perfect choice. For regular/constant use, I would not buy this unless you plan on using some external cooling like a fan to blow air across it.

Pros: Very small Light weight No anoying LED Nice, short cable Quiet !!!!

Cons: Seems a little slow for USB 3.0

Overall Review: Using Win7 64bit, with the same 3.0 cable plugged into the same ETRON 3.0 controller add-in card I got here at nu-egg, this Seagate expansion drive is giving me slower speeds then my 1tb WD my passport 3.0 drive. I'm copying a 668gb folder with digital comic files, music files, movie files, and some pictures all catagorised in seperate folders within one main folder. This drive was bought as my 3rd physical back-up for these precious digital files I wish to save. I'm getting a sustained 25mb a second transfer speed with this Seagate but I'll get a sustained 39mb a second with my WD copying the exact same file. While this is not a big deal to me since I'm just copying/pasting a folder and walking away to do other things, its only noticeable since I've come back hours later to see it's still copying when the WD was done much faster the day before. Files contained within specified folders are from 3-6mb music, 11-20mb comics, and movies from 1.5-3.9gb in size(idk about pics but they are from an 11mp camera) I cant comment on if it gets hot since it's sitting on top of the 240mm case fan that's on top of my Antec 1200 case. For the price to size ratio it's a great deal for the $59 I paid for it, and its doing its job of sitting in my drawer until I need to add more files to it. Hopefully it lasts a long time since it's not being used much at all.

Pros: Was bundled free with external enclosure Fits perfect in Antec 1200 case Drivers worked off CD

Cons: So far I have none.

Overall Review: My XFX 680i mobo has no USB3.0 since it didn't exsist years ago! So now I have two 3.0 ports to use with my various 2.0 and 3.0 flashdrives and external hdd's. I dont use nor do I care about benchmarking software for data read/write speeds. If it's faster then the 2.0 speeds I've been used to since 2.0 came out then SO WHAT!!! My 1tb WD "my passport" works just fine with this add-in card. So does a kingston 120gb ssd that's inside the external case this card came bundled with. The PCI-e port powers whatever I've plugged into this thing. My 2tb 3.5" externals work just fine too, albiet they have their own power source. Only issue I has was that Win7(64bit) actually took around 2 minutes to read the mini disc the drivers are on, and then another 2 minutes to install the drivers. XP loaded them up in seconds and I was testing this out on XP a minute later. I dual boot XP and Win7 off of two seperate hdd's, Win7 being on an SSD......odd that Win7 took so long to install the drivers. Hey, it works at usb 3.0 speeds, it's beyond faster then 2.0, how can you seriously complain about this card at it's price point?