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Today we are checking out a new product made by Silicon Power called the Stream S10 which is a portable 2.5” hard drive. However what makes the Stream S10 a little special is its USB 3.0 support coupled with the massive 750GB storage capacity...
While commonly overlooked, regular backups is one of the most sensible tasks one should perform when it comes to personal computing. Without the help of a secondary storage device or some sort of remote backup strategy, chances of recovering data should your computer's hard drive completely die overnight would be bleak at best.
But users don't just have to worry about hardware failures. There are a range of other unforeseeable problems that could arise when least expected, such as theft or even fire. Depending on what your profession or hobby is, you may only need to backup a small amount of data, or quite the opposite, and have huge storage requirements. The first group can easily get away with using flash memory drives these days. However, if you are looking at storing hundreds of gigabytes of data then an alternate solution will be required. One of the most typical and convenient options is having an external hard drive. Not only are these affordable and easy to use, but once data has been backed up, you can take it with you or store it at a safe location. You could go with a 3.5" form factor drive for the lowest possible price, though when portability is preferred, 2.5" drives are the way to go. These are considerably smaller, lighter and do not require an external power source -- making them more practical. They are also no longer more expensive than 3.5" drives, either. For instance, you can buy a 2.5" portable hard drive with 500GB of storage capacity for as little as $60, which is the same amount you can expect to pay for a 3.5" model. Those seeking more than half a terabyte are clearly looking to move around quite a large amount of data. The problem being most portable 2.5” drives still utilize the USB 2.0 bus, and with an average transfer speed of just 20MB/s moving 500GB of data alone will take over 40 minutes. In the past to solve this issue eSATA has been utilized by some drives, though its lack of popularity doesn’t always make this interface available, causing users to fall back on the slower USB 2.0 interface. However USB 3.0 is now upon us and drives supporting this new interface are becoming increasingly common. One such drive is the Stream S10 which is made by Silicon Power and supports capacities of 320GB, 500GB, 640GB and 750GB. The Stream S10 was announced early this year and initially became available in a lime green color. A few months later Silicon Power pushed out an orange model and today we have the 750GB version for review... |
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Rizza |
Posted on: 07/21/2011 08:31 AM
For some reason it reminds me of a Lamborghini, pretty sure its the color LOL I cannot find this online, they are not at Newegg  |
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ProX |
Posted on: 07/28/2011 01:01 PM
Cool looking product. I have to get one of these so I can use those new USB 3.0 ports on my motherboard  |
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Puttzy |
Posted on: 07/29/2011 10:13 AM
Seriously how long until we will see portable drives that can max out the USB 3.0 bus? That's when I will invest in a 1TB or bigger model. |