StarTech 2-Port SATA to eSATA Slot Plate Bracket (ESATAPLATE2)

Only logical way to make a connection to eSata drives. Addon cards don't work well and fail miserably. You can extend the cables just enough to get into the motherboard ports, although it may not fit some boards that are spaced farther away from PCIE slots. You can do diagnostics, file transfer, and determine disk health easier with this card. USB seems inherently unreliable for HD for some reason. USB generally works for solid state better. However, the closer you get to the CPU, the faster your storage will be so m.2 is the future or even integrated drives that come permanently attached.

I'm using this with an ASUS TUF GAMING Z590 PLUS Wi-Fi motherboard, and so far, it has worked exactly as expected. Having two eSATA ports is nice, especially if you need to use a SATA based optical drive on a PC which does not have any 5.25 inch bays. There are several other reasons one may want to use eSATA. USB to SATA adapters do NOT support S.M.A.R.T or TRIM, both of which will work via eSATA. Another instance where using eSATA might be useful, is if your PC only has a single USB controller (which is common for most Intel motherboards). USB power can be a bit finicky, and the more USB devices you attach to a single controller, the higher the likelyhood of running in to some random USB power issue that can take your entire controller offline. TL;DR If you find yourself needing to connect multiple SATA devices to your PC externally, this is an excellent approach if you are looking to have options that don't involve USB to SATA adapters.

I had an old external drive dock that I wanted to use. The cable works fine but I took one star off because the cables should be at leased 2 inches longer.

This is a Great Computer Accessory Product PCI Card for the Sata Extension or Replacement. It came very quickly and it fit my Computer PCI Slot, but haven't kept Installed. Because just Purchase it for My IT Consultant Services Business. As Spare Part for Servcing Client Desktop Computer. Yes I Would Recommend This Product For A Spare Desktop Computer Part/Replacement!!!

This definitely was a useful product to convert an existing SATA connector to an ESATA connector in one easy step. Definitely very durable and very compatible with SATA. The design is very simple as well. That's great value product allows you to make it so you can use eSATA a connection capabilities.

Shoutouts to Startech for always making incredibly specific and niche products that you always wind up needing. I had an old PC case with an eSATA port I used regularly, and I needed to upgrade the case without sacrificing the port. This simple bracket with a port on it was all I needed and lets me connect harddrives plug and play eSATA with no issue. I have no idea how many people need something like this but I'm glad it exists for my use case!

the problem is that the eSATA end that's on the bracket isn't actually shaped properly so when you try to put an eSATA cable in it doesn't really fit right, it's very loose. I've been using a saddle for years so I know exactly what in east side of Port of supposed to look like and this just isn't it. It's a shame. I really wanted to like these but they barely function oh, actually I can't say I would even trust them because the slightest movement of the cable and you're probably going to lose connection and I'm not even willing to short out my drive testing it. Just take my word for it and avoid these and look for something else. I tried to find some tech support for this but there's nobody to talk to that I can find.

Easy way to make one of your unused sata ports available for esata. Choose the one with the 18" cable for simple installation.

Simple to set up, and it gives me two eSATA ports. What I wanted and what I got! SATA ports are more useful in accessing image backup & files than USB (as I found out!). Some programs just can't see USB flash drives, nor a USB connected HDD.

Good product which performs as described. What would make it a 5-star product? *Rounded black cables which are sleeved together for the middle 2/3rds of cable length (so only separating at each other) *Longer cable length, another 25-50mm would have given me better cabling routing options

Gute Qualität, funktioniert wie erwartet. Kabel sind nicht lang, das ist bei meinem PC aber kein Problem und hält den Signalweg kurz.

livraison rapide, c'est bien une prise eSATA. connexion SATA sur la carte mère. penser à activer le montage SATA à chaud dans le bios de la carte mère. fonctionne bien.

C'est adaptateur nous a permis de faire fonctionner une solution de backup serveur externe eSata, qui ne fonctionnait pas via une carte SAS d'origine avec un câble SAS-4 eSata. Nous avons plugé c'est adpatateur directement sur un port SATA disponible sur la carte mère et le tour était joué. Donnant de fait une solution backup externe à bas prix (puisque plus de carte PCI-e) et performante, vu le temps de lecture et d'écriture que nous donne l'interface eSata.