Vantec CB-ST00U3 NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter, Black

This review is for the Vantec CB-ST00U3 NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter After my music hard drive failed, and I lost all my FLAC CD rips, I needed something to hook up an old DVD optical drive so I could start ripping CDs again. I don't have an optical drive in my main PC (NZXT H440), and I wanted an external option I could use across multiple computers. This fits the bill nicely. Small and portable so I can throw it in a bag, and cheap enough to be soft on my wallet (external 5.25 enclosures are $50? What?). As a plus, I could use it with any hard drive or SSD as well. Also, USB 3.0 speeds rock. Plus, plus plus. Not all is perfect, though: The adapter block is small, but it has no support of its own. It's not heavy by any means, but the entire weight of it is supported by my DVD drive's SATA and SATA power ports. This may or may not be an issue if you plan to leave it plugged into a 5.25: drive for an extended period. This probably isn't an issue with a 3.5" hard drive, due to drive thickness. The cords are short, especially the USB cord. This seems to be an industry standard for USB 3.0 peripherals - super short USB cord. Overall, though this is a net positive. Windows 10 recognized my DVD drive right away, and I'm ripping CDs all day long with AcurateRip.

Works great with my LG BlueRay Burner. Simple and easy Worth every penny😁

Had to retire my over 10 year old PC but wanted to keep the CD/DVD Read/Write drives. My solution was the Vantec SATA storage adapter with USB 3.0. I removed the CD/DVD drives from my PC and connected one of them to the SATA port on the Vantec adapter. Plugged the USB 3.0 cable into my Laptop (also connect to a Laptop docking station when using another Laptop). It just started working with no drivers, etc. Couldn't have been easier and now I am able to run applications, play music and create picture DVD's using any application that can see a CD or DVD in Windows 10 or 11. The performance appears to be better than it was in my old PC, which is probably due to the USB 3.0 connectivity. The adapter also supports SATA hard drives, but I have not utilized it for that purpose. However if I need it in the future, the specs says that Vantec SATA adapter supports any SATA drive. So for the $20 this is the best solution that I've found and highly recommend it to anyone.

I bought this because I upgraded my 15 year old PC case (and internals) and the new cases pretty much don't come with a place for an optical drive. I have a Blu Ray burner I still use though. If you want a 5.25" drive enclosure it's about $60-70 which is outrageous; this was $20. I would prefer my burner in an enclosure but this works perfectly well; just looks kind of sloppy. The connector doesn't connect to my burner as secure as I'd like. It works perfectly fine, but given how much smaller the connector is to the drive it's just a bit wonky. Probably would match better with a 3.5" drive. That and the short USB cable it comes with knocks off a star; gonna have to buy a longer USB cable as the one it comes with is only 2-3ft long.

I was very pleased with the performance of the adapter. Solved a problem I was having.

I bought this because I upgraded my PC and case (which didn't have a 5 1/4 bay) and needed to continue to utilize a 4k internal drive I have. I 3d printed my own enclosure for this and it works like a charm. I haven't clocked the transfer speed for backups, but it's not really a concern for me. There is no issue with connectivity as it worked out of the box no issued with Windows 11. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to keep their internal drive.

Worked welll for me. No issues

The gizmo was easy to set up and allows quick switching of devices. The LED flows solid red when on and blinks when the device attached to it is in use. Lack of full chassis means that the connector brick may easily be disconnected from the optical drives SATA connectors and is likely more prone to jostles or jolts. But that's a small thing and for something quick and easy between multiple devices, even disk drives, this is slick.

Não funciona com Bluray, dinheiro jogado fora ,não recomendo, propaganda enganosa !!!

It does exactly what it says and managed to see my old 5 1/4 inch Blueray drive as a DVD and Blueray drive. As a bonus it also managed to access a 3 1/2 inch SATA 3 hard disk as a hard disk. It also runs both at full USB 3 speed (if your PC has a USB3 port) Is just a dongle so no enclosure but much cheaper because of that I did ask US technical suport about the enclosed power supply and they responded fast with an answer to my questions on plug dimensions for an alternate UK power supply I was lucky that I already had a mains adapter plug to go from the enclosed US 2 pin power supply to a UK plug. They only sell the US version of the product and it comes from amazon US. Delivery was reasonable timewise.

This USB/SATA adapter uses the excellent JMicron JMS578 chip, and not one of the underwhelming ASMedia chips that some of the competing adapters use. This means that this adapter gives you proper UASP speed/functionality on the Linux mainline kernel, currently at 5.18. Something you're unlikely to get from an adapter using an ASMedia storage chip when using Linux. I can confirm this works on a 12TB 3.5 HD. Other things that stand out about this adapter is that the USB cable is removable, it has a built in on/off toggle switch, and they didn't cheap out on the 12V adapter power cable length, like the last competing adapter like this I bought. This USB to SATA adapter checks all the boxes: - Uses the JMicron JMS578 USB storage controller, so it is UAS compatible on Linux for the fastest transfer speeds. - Removable USB cable. - Decent length of cable on the 12V power adapter. - Power switch on the device. - Works with a 12TB hard drive.

Muy buen adaptador, pude conectar sin ningún problema una unidad BluRay interna, y funcionó correctamente, como si fuera externa. Lo volvería a comprar sin duda!

Funciona perfectamente. La conexión física es suave y sin forcejeo. Trae un tapete para poner el drive. Muy buena compra.