It has 8 MiB of cache and spins at 5,200 rpm. Opening the WD My Passport Ultra 2 TB, we found a 2.5” hard disk drive, model WD20NMVW, with the USB 3.0 interface embedded on its printed circuit board. (233 g).įigure 10 shows the bottom of the device. The My Passport Ultra measures 4.3 x 3.2 x 0.8 inches (110 x 82 x 20 mm) and weighs 8.2 oz. The drive has a plastic case with the USB 3.0 and the activity LED on the same side. The Western Digital My Passport Ultra 2 TB also comes only with a manual and a USB 3.0 cable. The drive is connected to a removable USB 3.0 interface.įigure 6 shows the bottom of the hard disk drive.Īs seen in Figure 7, the interface that converts the SATA-600 drive to USB 3.0 is very small and can be removed from the drive. It features a SATA-600 interface, 32 MiB cache, and spins at 5,400 rpm. Removing the cover of the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2 TB, we found a 2.5” Seagate/Samsung hard disk drive, model ST2000LM003. The activity LED is on the top part of the device. The top cover is made of aluminum.įigure 2: the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2 TBĪt the rear of the unit is the USB 3.0 port, as shown in Figure 3. It is really slim, measuring 4.5 x 3.0 x 0.5 inches (114 x 76 x 13 mm) and weighing 5.7 oz. The Seagate Backup Plus Slim comes only with a manual and a USB 3.0 cable.įigure 2 shows the Backup Plus Slim 2 TB. Now let’s take a closer look at the tested drives.