Is the power cable required? Or will the USB power be enough? Does it matter how big the drive is? I'm working with 64-250gb drives.
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I did not need the power cable with my Samsung SSD (250GB), but SSDs take less power than spinning drives.
48010
Yes, the SATA converter comes with a power supply so it won't work on just the USB interface.
1091307
No external power required. Only needs a USB port with enough power. Most standard USB 3 ports should be adequate.
1137667
I don't know where to get the power cord, but I can say I have never found a need to use it. Every time I have tried the drive it has worked fine with just the regular USB cord and no power cord.
2158456
I need to correct my last post about the "Power" portion of this item. It actually DOES NOT provide power to the drives, but rather, the fan on this rack. However, sinc you will need the power supply anyway...it is THAT that you will get your power source from for the drives.
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It depends on the enclosure. Some enclosures are capable of powering the drive with just the USB.
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I believe it requires the power adapter for it to attain the USB 3.0 speeds, and it would be required for things like external drives which are not self powered.
1819759
It didn't work for me with a single USB 3.0 port. I also had to connect the additional cable to the USB 2.0 port I have to power the drive.
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To my knowledge, the larger ones (1TB +) seem to have external power. The smaller ones (less than 1TB) are just powered by USB. Those are the ones I have anyway.
2186467
Yes. Powering the harddrive may be an issue if the harddrive requires power from a separate power plug (ie. other than the data connector plug).
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No, you don't need power for this great enclosure. This enclosure is very good can take my thick HDD too while many others cannot.I just connected only 1 USB 2.0 to my laptop without external power. I have to use 2 USB on my other enclosures. But if your computer cannot give enough power you can use 2 USB cable or connect external power.
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Yes Usb 3.0 needs to have the power pin connected to take full advantage of USB 3.0 speeds.
860451
There is a AC Adapter included, and since this is built for a 3.5 drive, will require a power adapter, though the nice thing is that it's included.
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Identical devices should give the same performance whether they are USB powered or AC adapter powered. I think that if you have multiple storage devices attached to the PC and the performance seems slow, it would have to do with your mobo and not because of the USB attached storage device. This drive does not have an option for AC adapter power. USB is the only way to go.
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It would depend on how large of a USB drive you get. My unit is broke. Just got a replacement and the replacement is DOA.
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It should. The most I copied about 100GB at one time to my 1TB. I have connected it to a USB 3 - 10 port hub and directly to the PC . I have never needed to use the 5v power port. Hope this helps. Kenn
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good news, no you do not need the third usb power wire. the USB standard actually puts out more power for USB 3 devices than the old USB 2 standard. There is plenty of power to run any of the USB 3 accessories including this drive.
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hmmm good question...mine just keeps pluggin along. Since I got this used from some one who clearly could not get it going with the cryptic instructions...I got it for steal (price of the drives).