ADATA offers ultra slim drive under its DashDrive Elite product line. The hard drive features just 8.9mm width. This makes it the world's thinnest hard drive. Along with a slim design, DashDrive Elite HE720 is packed with scratch resistance stainless steel cover. The enclosure is very impressive. The design and features are very attractive. Loaded with SuperSpeed features, HE720 is one of the finest portable drive. With USB 3.0 and a composite 2.0 interface, it offers maximum data transfer speed on old interface also. ADATA offers better external storage devices under USB 3.0 series. We have already reviewed HV610 1TB External Drive, which is a better product. The important things that matters in this kind of devices, is first enough storage space, second a good data transfer ratio and third a durable design. ADATA has designed the drive with performance point of view. Adata has successfully able to squeeze a 500GB platter in such a thin place. This really put great impact on the design and makes it very attractive.
If we check all the features of HE720 in detail, you can figure out that this hard drive has all in the checklist. There are many ultra-slim models in the market. Compared to them,looks like ADATA had designed HE720 with more care. You can easily get confuse with this with a SSD drive. The thin pattern is one of the prime factors that makes this drive more attractive compared to any other drive. The enclosure holds the internal platters very strongly giving it a shockproof ability also. The drive weights just 164g. And the first image below will tell you how the drive looks. The thickness is yet impressive.
The exact dimension of HE720 is 117 x 79 x 8.9mm. Size is much smaller than Note 2 and a bit bigger than your regular phone. This gives a handy look. USB 3.0 interface is getting more common today. Data transfer rate in GB's this interface soon takes the place of regular 2.0. HE720 is built on 2.5" SATA II interface. This interface features a thin 2.5 hard drive with regular SATA II. This is common found interface on external storage. The enclosure has a built in USB 3.0 controllers makes a high data transfer platform. As this is not a SSD drive, the Sata II interface offers it double the data transfer read and write speed compared to Sata I. DashDrive Elite HE720 has a composite connection for USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 interface. So there is nothing to worry if there is no USB 3.0 port available on your computer. You can still expect a standard data transfer speed.
Unboxing Video of ADATA HE720
Specification :
- Capacity : 500GB
- Color : Titanium
- Dimensions (L x W x H) : 117 x 79 x 8.9mm (4.6 x 3.1 x 0.4in)
- Weight : 164g (0.4 lb)
- Interface (USB) : SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (backward compatible with USB 2.0)
- Interface (HDD) : 2.5" SATA II
- Speed : 5GB/s USB 3.0 / 480MB/s USB 2.0
- System requirements : Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 / Mac OS X 10.6 or later / Linux Kernel 2.6 or later
- Temperature : Operating 5ºC~50ºC; Storage -40ºC~60ºC
- Accessories : USB 3.0 cable; Quick Start Guide
- Texture : Stainless steel metal brushed surface, plus mirror-like polish
- Warranty : 3 years
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