Buffalo Announces a Trio of External SSDs

Cristian_25H · Apr 11, 2012, 04:17 PM

Buffalo Inc. has today unveiled the SSD-PEU3 family of external solid state drives. Coming in two color versions - red and black, these SSDs measure 98 x 57 x 13 mm, they weight 70 grams, and feature a glossy finish, and a USB 3.0 interface enabling transfer speed of up to 266.7 MB/s.

The SSD-PEU3 drives are backed by a one-year warranty and are set to become available at the end of this month priced at $105 (64 GB model), $168 (128 GB) and $392 (256 GB).

jsfitz54 · Apr 12, 2012, 10:28 AM

Why is the speed so slow?

vanyots · Apr 12, 2012, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jsfitz54

Why is the speed so slow?

Probably the internal drive is SATA2.

Frick · Apr 12, 2012, 11:26 AM

I still think it's a decent deal for an external drive with those speeds. 260MB/s isn't exactly slow.

Apr 11, 2012, 04:17 PM	#1
Cristian_25H Staff Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Still on the East Side Posts: 41 (0.08/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 963 Times in 487 Posts	Buffalo Announces a Trio of External SSDs Buffalo Inc. has today unveiled the SSD-PEU3 family of external solid state drives. Coming in two color versions - red and black, these SSDs measure 98 x 57 x 13 mm, they weight 70 grams, and feature a glossy finish, and a USB 3.0 interface enabling transfer speed of up to 266.7 MB/s. The SSD-PEU3 drives are backed by a one-year warranty and are set to become available at the end of this month priced at $105 (64 GB model), $168 (128 GB) and $392 (256 GB).

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Apr 12, 2012, 11:26 AM	#4
Frick Fishfaced Nincompoop Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 7,893 (2.99/day) Thanks: 1,076 Thanked 1,448 Times in 1,154 Posts System Specs	I still think it's a decent deal for an external drive with those speeds. 260MB/s isn't exactly slow. __________________ Typemachine: Acer Aspire One D250 \| Atom N280 1.6 Ghz \| 1GB DDR2 \| 160GB SATA \| 10.1' 1024 x 600 \| Lubuntu 12.10 Oldbox: HP D530 \| Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz \| 1GB DDR \| 40GB \| Windows XP "The 'gentle biker' look is overdone. I'm going for 'psycho hillbilly.' "

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