The 3.5" 500GB/7200rpm Ultra III Pro SATA - Professional Hard Drive Subsystem offers a maximum interface transfer rate of 1.5Gbits/s, Serial ATA (SATA) is the high-speed way of connecting peripheral devices directly to your computer, allowing for increased superior performance. As fast or faster than most internal Parallel ATA (PATA) drives and many SCSI drives, this portable cross-platform hard drive stores 500GB. As a single hard drive, it can act as a powerful storage, backup or boot disk.

The Ultra III PRO SATA does not restrict you to using a proprietary PCI interface card like other suppliers but is compatible with all SATA/eSATA storage ports - internally or externally. A true native SATA/eSATA solution, which can utilize a wide variety cards available on the market.

The Ultra III PRO SATA provides blazing speeds and is well suited for a variety of applications, including large-scale backups, digital video, digital audio and intense graphic demands. The slick, durable, and compact design provides safety and security of your data even on the go.

*** (SATA HBA Bundles): PCI slot mounting bracket designed to convert internal motherboard SerialATA connectors to external SerialATA Ports. (12" cable length)

Rear panel w/standard power connector

Screenshot from PCIe based G5 PowerMac with NitroAV PCIe 2-Port
External Host Adapter in a RAID 0 configuration w/2x 250GB Ultra III PRO SATA

Capacity :  500GB Interface :  Serial ATA Rotational Speed (rpm) :  7200 Interface Transfer Rate :  SATA : 150MB/s (1.5 Gbits/s) Max Sustained Transfer Rate :  up-to 75MB/s Average Seek Time (Write) :  8ms Buffer :  8MB Cooling Fan :  Yes Size :  8.25" x 5.2" x 1.37" Weight :  1500 g / 3.31 lbs. System Requirements :  Mac OS 10.x; Windows 2000, XP, XP Pro, 2003 Server and XP Server Apple G3 processor or greater; minimum 64MB RAM or Intel Pentium III 500MHz-compatible Comments :  * These figures describe maximum range specifications, which vary from one model to another. ** A gigabyte means 1 billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment. SATA functionality requires a SATA PCI card with external connector. *** To take advantage of the bootable feature, the Ultra III PRO SATA Hard Drive must be formatted as a bootable drive in accordance with the operating system being used. The computer must also include a BIOS or a SATA PCI card that supports bootable functionality with an external hard drive. Warranty :  1 Year Limited Warranty Specifications and appearance are given as guidelines and may change without notice.

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