5 SATA to USB 3.0 Adapters for Your Hard Drives

Connecting a new hard drive to your computer using SATA interface is not that hard. But some of us don’t want to have to open and close our computer case all the time to add new hard drives. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could connect your SATA devices to your computer using a USB connection? These SATA to USB 3.0 adapters allow you to do just that:

Anker Uspeed USB 3.0 to SATA: a plug & play adapter that lets you add SATA hard drives, Blu-ray devices, DVD burners to your computer using USB 3.0.

Syba USB 3.0 to SATA Device Adapter Cable: this is compatible with SATA I, II, and III hard discs and optical drives. It is backward compatible with USB 2.0.

Vantec NexStar SATA 6Gbps to USB 3.0 Adapter: it is compatible with 2.5/3.5/5.25-Inch SSDs. This is hot swappable.

SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to eSATA Cable Adapter: a 3 feet cable adapter for your SATA devices. It does not require a driver. It offers data transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps.

SABRENT USB 3.0 TO SATA/IDE Cable: this adapter ships with a power supply and has LED activity lights. It is hot swappable with USB 2.0 and 1.1. It supports desktop and laptop hard drives.

These cables are not always perfect. Your current setup and the computer you would like to connect these to matter also. But in most cases, these should be able to handle SATA to USB connections well.