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Reviews: External Hard Drives

Apricorn EZ Bus Desktop SATA

Drive size (GB): 500 • Supported Interface(s): External SATA-300, USB 2.0 • Speed (RPM): 7200 • Buffer Size (MB): 8 • Cost per Gigabyte: $0.35 • Price When Reviewed: $175

Last updated
November 07, 2007

Pros

Fast
Cheap

Cons

Basic design
Ample but basic software

Pricing:

Newegg.com	$156.99
PC Connection	$164.67
Super Warehouse...	$162.99
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Pricing: Very Inexpensive: $175 (11/7/2007)

Performance: Very Good: 89

Features: Good: 71

Design: Very Good: 82

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Inexpensive: $175

Cost per Gigabyte - $0.35

Performance

Very Good: 89

PC World Tests (seconds)
Interface Tested	External SATA-300
Primary Volume - Virus Scan	150.06
Primary Volume - Windows File Search	105.37
External Read - Files and Folders	68.28
External Read - Large File	45.52
External Write - Files and Folders	75.88
External Write - Large File	46.27

Features

Good: 71

Basics
Drive size (GB)	500
Supported Interface(s)	External SATA-300, USB 2.0
Speed (RPM)	7200
Buffer Size (MB)	8

Other
Installation Kit Hardware	SATA cable, USB cable, power adapter, single-port eSATA PCI bracket, vertical stand
Bundled Software	EZ GIG II Backup & Disaster recovery software, Second Copy 2000 syncing software, Cryptainer SE encryption software