Features
- Best build quality available
- Best chipset - Oxford 944SE
- Firewire 800 & USB 3.0 & eSATA
- Fast Barracuda 7200.12 disk drive
- Advanced silent cooling
- PC & Mac compatible
- Can be used as Mac boot disk
- Full 2 Year Warranty
Description
This TOP QUALITY ALUMINIUM external hard disk drive is aimed at professional audio / video editors, or those serious about performance and reliability of their data.
If you are using serious applications like Pro Tools, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, then look no further! The Oxford 944SE firewire chipset is the latest in the family of Oxford chips considered essential by serious editors, due to its performance and stability. For example, see how Pro Tools maker DigiDesign specify using Oxford chipset firewire disks.
Has 60MB/s-84MB/s typical Firewire 800 performance
Has 160MB/s-200MB/s typical eSATA performance
Has 120MB/s-150MB/s typical USB 3.0 performance
See performance charts below.
This is a very high quality product. All aspects of the product are the best quality on the market.
Contents
- SK-3500 USB 3.0 + eSATA + Firewire 800 Disk Enclosure with
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB Disk with 32MB Cache
- Solid Aluminium, with integrated heatsink
- Oxford 944SE chipset
- USB 3.0 Data Cable
- eSATA to eSATA Cable
- Firewire 800 Data Cable 9-pin to 9-pin
- External Power Adaptor (100-240V)
- Power lead with UK plug {Euro plug for EU Orders}
Performance
Windows 7 eSATA Performance
QuickBench v4.0 (click to enlarge)...

Test Windows PC: Windows 7, P4 3GHz, 2GB RAM
Apple Mac Firewire 800 Performance
QuickBench v4.0 (click to enlarge)...

Test Apple PC: Apple Mac Mini 2009 Edition, 2GHz.
Windows 7 USB 3.0 Performance
Quickbench v4.0 (click to enlarge)...
Test Windows PC: Windows 7, MiniITX AMD 250, 2GB RAM
Specifications
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Disk Drive Specifications
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 Series, 1TB 7200rpm with 32MB Cache.
- Perpendicular Recording - increases data density while decreasing moving parts for a more dependable drive.
- Adaptive Fly Height - offers consistent read/write performance from the beginning to end of your computing workloads.
- Seagate SoftSonic - SoftSonic motor enables whisper-quiet operation.
- Enhanced G-Force - Protection defends against handling damage.
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Enclosure Specifications
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SK3-SBU3OS |
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| Case material |
- High quality aluminum for optimized heat dissipation
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| Application |
- 3.5" SATA-I or SATA-II hard drive (1.5Gb/s or 3.0Gb/s)
- Capacity 80GB - 3TB
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| Interface/Ports |
- 1x eSATA port
- 2x 9-pin FireWire 800 ports
- 1x USB 3.0 SuperSpeed port
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| Data transfer |
- eSATA up to 3Gbps (300MB/s)
- FireWire 800 (1394b) up to 800Mbps (100MB/s)
- FireWire 400 (1394a) up to 400Mbps (50MB/s)
- USB 3.0 up to 5Gbps (625MB/s)
- USB 2.0 up to 480Mbps (60MB/s)
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| System requirements (PC) |
- eSATA: Windows XP/Vista/7
- FireWire: Windows XP/Vista/7
- USB: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (e.g. USB 3.0, FireWire 800 or PCI card)
- eSATA Plug and Play support required for eSATA host controller
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| System requirements (Mac) |
- eSATA: Mac OS 10.2 or above
- FireWire: Mac OS 10.2 or above
- USB 2.0: Mac OS 10.2 or above
- Your hardware device must have the correct corresponding port (e.g. USB 2.0, FireWire 800 or PCI card)
- eSATA Plug and Play support required for eSATA host controller
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| System environment |
- Operating Temperature: 5°C ~ 40°C
- Operating Humidity: 20%RH ~ 80%RH
- Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 70°C
- Storage Humidity: 10%RH ~ 90%RH
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| Power supply |
- External power supply (UL, cUL, CE, TUV, PSE, BSMI, C-Tick)
- Input: AC 100-240V, 1.2A, 50-60Hz
- Output: DC +12V/1.5A
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| Dimensions (LxWxH) |
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| Packing accessories |
- SK-3500 enclosure (HDD not included)
- eSATA cable
- USB 3.0 cable
- FireWire 800 cable
- Power adapter
- User manual
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