3tb Internal Hard Drive Mac Pro

The GoFlex Desk desktop adapter - USB 3.0 enables you to upgrade the interface on your GoFlex Desk external drive to USB 3.0 connectivity. The GoFlex USB 3.0 adapter features an easy-to-read LED gauge, allowing you to view available storage capacity at a glance, LED lights to show drive activity and offers 10x faster performance compared to USB 2.0. With both vertical and horizontal drive orientation options, the GoFlex USB 3.0 adapter can complement any desktop environment. The GoFlex USB 3.0 adapter is backwards compatible with USB 2.0.

Brand: Seagate Model: STAE106 Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.18" h x 4.88" w x 6.22" l, .54 pounds Compatible with GoFlex Desk external drives USB 3.0 offers a 10x performance increase Easy-to-view LED capacity gauge Offers both vertical and horizontal drive orientation

Most helpful customer reviews 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Seagate GoFlex Drive & USB 3.0 Desktop Adapter By Bruce Macdougall I bought a 2TB GoFlex drive from Costco, and the USB 3.0 adapter (base) from Amazon. Everything works fine and performance with the USB 3.0 adapter is noticeably better than USB 2.0. I have only two minor issues: 1. The drive + base is not very stable. It is tall and narrow which means it will topple over with the slightest bump. 2. The USB 3.0 base comes with a brand new "international" power supply. While this might be fine for some, it made me wonder why the new base even came with a power supply when the original unit already had one? That said, the snap in plug adapters worked well. I just threw out all the non-US adapters. Amazon's price for the USB 3.0 adapter was better than the stores but I wish Seagate would just use the 3.0 base as their only option. A USB 3.0 device will work fine plugged into a USB 2.0 port, so there is no reason for Seagate to offer a separate adapter other than as an excuse to sell you something else. 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Upgraded from USB 2 By Plankwing I find Arthur's review to be interesting ... this base is for the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex (SFG, my abreviation) product so it wasn't designed to be used with a bare hard drive as it appears he has done. I bought the SFG 2tb with USB2 base before the USB3 base became available. It is literally plug and play. The only evidence that it is present is (a) the tray icon and (b) intense periodic backups bring the computer to a standstill for a few seconds. When this USB3 adapter became available, I bought it. Upgrade requires installation of the PCI board, exchanging the bases, and using the power supply and USB3 cable included in the kit. Note that the kit includes power plugs for the variety of plugs found world-wide; India? Australia? Europe? where ever you are, just use the appropriate power plug on the universal adapter. Cool! Installation routine, once the base is changed, etc., is: The USB3 cable is FIRST plugged into an existing USB2 port, the software/drivers are installed, THEN the USB3 cable is moved from the USB2 port to the USB3 port and it is up and running. In my experience, the upgrade speeds up the periodic backup process by approx 2.5x. What did take about 10 seconds per episode is now about four seconds; the "standstill" during the process is still obvious, just not as long. No problems whatsoever, only the "standstill" being a bit of a frustration; thus four stars. (I notice the "verified purchase" does not show up, but this was bought via Amazon.) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Still slow USB connections speeds via 3.0USB By Nick I have several computers, one PC that has a built in USB 3.0 direct on the board and the other uses a PCI express card. Transfer speeds start off very quick around 80 Mb/s but within 15 seconds drop to 16 MB/s. Both my computers are new, both have Intel i7 processors and over 8 gigs of RAM. In my opinion, split open the case, take the hard drive out and either use as an internal drive or buy a SATA enclosure. When I placed it into an enclosure I maintain 60 MB/s connections via eSATA. See all 8 customer reviews...