ExpressCard by Belkin SATA II

There is a number of laptop users who need to store more than average amounts of data and be able to access their files fast and easily. Thanks to the new SATA II standard and the growing capacity of hard drives, these days it is possible to save larger amounts of video or image content on external drives with speeds never seen before. But what can be done if your laptop does not have a SATA II port? The new Belkin SATA II ExpressCard is here to help.

You can install this adapter easily into a standard 54 mm ExpressCard slot of your laptop and connect any Serial ATA II hard drive to your computer. Contrary to external USB hard drivers, SATA II hard drives have a theoretical throughput limit of 3.0Gbs, that means you can copy large files to an from your external hard drive without every worrying that your laptop will slow down or freeze.

The Belkin SATA II ExpressCard can be bought for $89.99.

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