Adaptec Power cable 15 pin Serial ATA power

Advantages: Sturdy. Good Quality.
Disadvantages: Compatible with SecureConnect hard drives only.

...install procedures, connecting this lead was very simple. With the popular IDE cables you could easily forget which way round it should be plugged in and have problems booting up, but I just connected this between the HD and the Serial ATA plug on my motherboard and my computer recognised the device with no problems. The lead has a 7 pin Serial ATA connector coupled to a 15 pin Serial ATA power plug/slot on one end – this plugs into the HD, and the other end is a 7 pin Serial ATA to plug into your motherboard or backplane. Apparently the cable provides a 500% stronger, safer connection. Now I don’t know about you, but the cables in my computer never really get pulled or tugged around that much, in any circumstances. I bought this cable not for the secure connection feature, but just because it was WD and would be good quality as well as fast... Read review

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Advantages: Very quick data transfer
Disadvantages: Produces quite alot of heat

...A moderate to advanced user. First off the good things, its easy to install, with 4 screws and the wright cables connected your sorted!! The drive comes with two different power connectors fitted to the driver as standard ie. It has a standard power port that you can use straight from your power supply or as i got was a normal to serial-ata power adapter with my motherdoard. So far i have had my drive for 4 months. I've had no problems what so ever either!! I am about to get another 2 same drives but with a greater capacity!! With a 1.5 MB broadband line and only 120GB to save to it soon fills up! I also have a home network with another computer, the speed of data transfer is amazing. At first i was taken back by it, now its just normal tho, anything else is sub-normal!! Deffinetly reccomend this drive!... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Larrge Capacity, Price
Disadvantages: Compatibility

...Features Out of the box it looks pretty much like any other Serial ATA drives, although you can tell it is a Maxtor drive (and not just because of the huge label with Maxtor written on it either). Here are the drives full specifications from Maxtor: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 Hard disk drive Capacity: 200GB Form factor: 3.5” Interface: Serial ATA 150 Rotational speed: 7200Rpm Buffer size: 8MB cache DPS (Data Protection System) SPS system to resist shock Operating mechanical shock 2ms (G): 60 Non-operating: 300 Quoted average seek time: <= 9.3 ms Quoted average latency: 4.2 ms B per sector/block: 512 Logical CHS: 16,383/16/63 Hot plug capable Weight: 0.63 kg The drive comes with a legacy power connector to cater for most of us who don’t have serial-ATA compliant PSUs yet. Serial ATA is also hot-pluggable, so if you... Read review

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