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

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 needed a way to connect an internal Blu-ray 5.25 inch drive from my previous tower PC. The Seagate external hard drive connectors I had did not support optical drives.This product let me use the optical drive easily, using the included USB 3.0 cable and 110/12V power supply. No new software drivers were needed.

Works as good as its supposed to

I bought one of these seven years ago but it crapped out on me last week; strangely, it was the power rocker switch. But it's a rare item that does exactly what I need: attach an Optiarc bare DVD drive to my MacBook. The Optiarc drive has features missing from $30 USB DVD drives and it can rip CDs much faster. 20 bucks for 7 years of service is pretty good these days.

Purchase two in order to use a Blu Ray Writer (yes I know it’s old tech but I still very much use physical media for various things) and a external Drive. Works absolutely flawlessly with both. Windows picked up both devices first time.Build quality is solid and over all I have to say the product is reliable and does exactly what it was designed to do. If you need an easy way to connect SATA optical drives or storage devices via USB, this is a great option.

Itworks pretty good just a bit tricky for me to get my pc to recognize the dvd via usb. Probably my set up

Nice interface to sata devices. The main piece has the sata and power connector in one small rectangular piece. The power and usb cable plugs into this so its easy to plug into any sata device with this one piece with both connectors on it. It has a on switch so its easy to test devices before it gets installed or to use your dvd burner or load hard disk before installing in a system. Overall 5 stars looks quality and was easy to use.

Dose it's job.