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Black 22 pin SATA to USB 3.0 adapter cable with connector ends

YINGHUA

YINGHUA 22 Pin SATA III to USB 3.0 Hard Drive Adapter

SKU CH-K2KS-HXXZG

Connects 2.5 and 3.5 inch SATA drives to USB 3.0 at 5 Gbps with 150 MB/s read speed

  • Connect 2.5" drives directly via USB 3.0
  • Add 3.5" drives using 12 V power adapter
  • Transfer up to 150 MB/s over USB 3.0
  • Works with SATA III, II and I drives
  • Compatible with Windows, macOS and Linux

What this adapter does

The YINGHUA 22 Pin SATA III to USB 3.0 adapter connects a 2.5 inch or 3.5 inch SATA hard drive or SSD to a USB 3.0 port on a PC or Mac. It is built for users who need quick access to bare drives for data recovery, cloning or archiving without installing them inside a case. The cable draws power from the USB port for 2.5 inch drives.

Power requirements for larger drives

A 3.5 inch drive cannot run from the USB port alone; the adapter includes a DC jack that requires a separate 12 V power supply (not included). Without that external supply the larger drive will not spin up, so the adapter only works for 3.5 inch media when dedicated power is provided. The 2.5 inch drives operate directly from the USB connection.

USB 3.0 and SATA speed limits

The USB 3.0 interface tops out at 5 Gbps with a practical read ceiling around 150 MB/s, while the SATA III link also runs at 5 Gbps. Actual throughput will be lower on older USB 2.0 ports (480 Mbps) or on SATA I and II drives (1.5 Gbps and 3 Gbps). The cable is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and earlier SATA revisions, but speed scales to the slowest link in the chain.

Highlights

  • Connect 2.5" drives directly via USB 3.0
  • Add 3.5" drives using 12 V power adapter
  • Transfer up to 150 MB/s over USB 3.0
  • Works with SATA III, II and I drives
  • Compatible with Windows, macOS and Linux

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

Will the USB 3.0 connector or SATA plug wear out from repeated drive swaps?

The adapter uses a standard 22 pin SATA III connector and a USB 3.0 Type-A plug, both rated for thousands of insertion cycles under normal use.

What caps the transfer speed when copying large files continuously?

Sustained throughput is limited by the USB 3.0 5 Gbps interface, which delivers up to 150 MB/s read speed in practice.

Does the adapter get hot or draw extra power during all-day cloning jobs?

The 2.5 inch drive draws bus power from the USB port, while 3.5 inch drives require a separate 12V supply, keeping the adapter itself cool.

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