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The Buffalo Technology DriveStation HD-HXU3 (1.5TB) offers big storage and fast speeds at a reasonable price, but its appeal is limited by compatibility. If you don't have or need USB 3.0, there are cheaper drives to be found. Buy it...
Buffalo's USB 3.0-based DriveStation HD-HXU3 is perfect for users who want a 1TB external hard drive on which to store large media files. It's approximately three times faster than a USB 2.0 drive when reading and writing large files and this is...
An insanely fast external hard drive We looked at our first USB 3.0 hard drive in the form of a portable 2.5? Buffalo MiniStation Lite. Thanks again to Buffalo, today we’re looking at a 3.5? hard drive based dekstop version of their...
Our first test of a USB 3.0 drive shows the wait was worth it. These are terrific transfer speeds, challenging the inherent maximum speed of the hard disk as much as an internal SATA bus. Based on these figures, you needn’t wait a whole day to...
There’s something a little special about the Buffalo DriveStation HD-HXU3 external hard drive we’re looking at today. It’s not the casing, which is a glossy plastic variant of what every other manufacturer offers; it’s not the...
Software Suite Like most external hard drive manufacturers, Buffalo includes a series of software tools to sync your data, format the disk and activate the Turbo USB acceleration.Unfortunately, the software isn't on a separate partition, which means...
It may well be that there are further optimisations that can be achieved with the drivers, and we'd hesitate to say that this would be the performance of the final Australian retail version, but it's a good guideline as to...
The Buffalo DriveStation External USB 3.0 Hard Drive HD-UX3 achieved terrific transfer speeds, challenging the inherent maximum speed of the hard disk as much as an internal SATA bus. Based on these figures, you needn’t wait a whole day to fill...
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