The new dock can power 2.5” HDDs using only the USB connection cable

Aug 29, 2012 12:54 GMT  ·  By

Icy Dock has just announced a new external HDD dock that features connectors for 3.5” hard drives and 2.5” HDDs. The new device can provide enough power to use any 2.5” HDD with only the USB cable connected to it, but it also comes with a small external power adapter.

The power adapter is certainly needed when normal 3.5” desktop HDDs are used or when powerful 2.5” units like Western Digital’s Raptors are connected.

Officially designated as MB981U3S-1S, the new dock also has an eSATA connector for fast transfer with a mainboard SATA port for easy OS installation or utilization directly from an external drive.

The USB connection is of 3rd generation and, therefore, transfer rates up to 5 Gb/s can be expected while also being perfectly compatible with any USB 2.0 controller.

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