New piece of hardware for PC

[Bearcat]

Well guys, I bought a Thermaltake BlacX 5G ST0019U ABS Plastic 2.5" & 3.5" Black USB 3.0 Docking Station for the PC today and I plan to use it with my WD 1Tb SATA III HDD.

I was wondering if anyone else had tried something like this and what read/write speeds I can expect with it. So far, I haven't had any hardware that utilizes USB 3.0 so it is uncharted territory for me.

Hopefully it will work as advertised.

[hal9000]

The good news is, speeds seem to be around the same as if you plug into a sata port (110-120MB/s).

The not so good news is, the user reviews at newegg are less than glowing about the dock and speeds seem to differ quite a bit depending which USB 3 chipset you have.

[hellnoire]

I kinda want to get a docking station, though I've got a SATA one on top of my case.

Also, resized your text so I could actually read it. Font 1 at 8 in the morning isn't nice...

[BigGuy]

Hey Uncle Bear, I hope it works well, because I would like to buy one myself if it does.

[Bearcat]

@ hal Yes, I read those reviews myself. But since the dock was only $41 and free shipping, I figured I would try it out for myself. I have had a Thermaltake SATA dock for about 5 years now and it has been very dependable.

@ hellnoire Ah, I'll bet when I copied the description of the dock from my confirmation E-mail, the body of my post used that same font. Sorry about that. It was late last night, at least for me , and I didn't even notice. I will let you know how it works, in case you are interested.

@ BigBuy Yeah, its the same dock I was telling you about on the lake the other day. If it works well, I will let you know.

[hellnoire]

I am indeed, though I am interested in finding something to work with Linux... motherboard and CPU would be nice...

[Bearcat]

I knew about the motherboard issue, but I thought your i5 cpu was sufficient to run Linux? Mine most certainly does a great job. Or are you are just ready for something more powerful?

[hellnoire]

Motherboard and/or CPU is blocking the install of Linux, since the RAM is fine apparently.

[Bearcat]

Motherboard and/or CPU is blocking the install of Linux, since the RAM is fine apparently.

Interesting. I was able to install Arch with no problem on my new PC running an i5 and an Asus MB. Good luck figuring out the problem.

[hellnoire]

OEM motherboard here... I might need to invest in an ASUS one.