You don't need a jumper pin on your SATA drive for desktops or servers manufactured after 2002. For older equipment, you can use a jumper on the pins to limit its data transfer rate so it can work ...

This hard drive enclosure offers the capability to both transfer data and clone drives at an attractive price. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Seagate have announced the world's first SATA 6Gbps hard-drive, the Barracuda XT, a huge chunk of 2TB capacity aimed at high-performance workstations. The Barracuda XT 2TB spins at 7,200rpm and is the ...

Brainout asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum to explain some of the words used to describe hard drives and storage. Technical terms can get overwhelming, especially when they include too ...

To start using the Orico docking station you have to connect it via USB 3.0 to your computer and power it up. To be honest, this is a very old (made in 2009) HDD disk that I used in this review. It ...

If you've ever used a USB hub, you understand the concept of a SATA port multiplexer. These would take one SATA port and ...

There are many ways to make a slow laptop faster, but few are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Making the swap will, in most cases, ...

There is one upgrade that will universally improve a laptop’s performance: adding an SSD. This is a particularly attractive upgrade for budget laptops, which typically come with a hard drive. That’s ...

After checking the Intel Product Compatibility Tool, I populated the system with two 16-GB SO-DIMMs for a total of 32GB of RAM (Corsair 32GB Kit 16GBx2 DDR4 2400 MT/S), and installed a 1.8 TB SATA SSD ...

The very first Apple silicon Mac Pro is finally here and you can buy one right now starting from $6,999. But if you do, you might want to think twice about installing your SATA hard drives. That's ...