OWC Bundle:

2.0TB 3.5" Seagate Hybrid Drive,
NewerTech Voyager S3

Mac / PC / USB 3.0 & 2.0

Everything you need in one package,
immediately ready to:

Backup and store your data with confidence.
Consolidate your smaller drives.
Organize bodies of work on separate drives for long term storage.

Examples of how this Voyager S3 bundle can
be used in real world situations:

Photographers / Videographers: Keep your photos and video archived and organized by using a separate drive for each volume of your work.

Small Business Applications: Backup important files at end of day and keep the drive separate from your system, either off-site or in a fire-proof safe. Keep multiple drives to have backups from any specific date if your business demands archivability.

Computer Technicians: Easily backup client data to separate disks before working on the machine without the need to utilize an enclosure. It's as easy as using an open bridge board with the protection of a full enclosure.

Home Use: Keep your pictures, financial records, scanned legal documents such as birth certificates and other personal documents safe. Backup your data to a separate drive and keep the drive in a safe or safe deposit box.

For Everyone: Have the piece of mind of a complete backup plan. Create a bootable clone of your drive at regular intervals so if your computer goes down, your productivity doesn't go down with it. Boot to another computer and keep on working!

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Product Specifications:

Bridge Chipset

ASM1153E

Features

Supports all 2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s drives and SSD drives up to 6.0TB
USB 3.0 for maximum data transfer rates and fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 for system compatibility
Data transfer rates up to 500MB/sec
Push button drive eject for safe removal
Hot-Swap functionality for fast access of multiple SATA drives
Weighted base and non skid rubber feet for stable operation
2-Color Status LED:
Left side Blue = Power
Right side Flashing Red = Disk Activity
Compact design…measures 5.28″ x 3.70″ x 2.68″ inches
Whisper Quiet operation…no cooling fan needed
Plug and Play with Macs and PCs
High quality USB 3.0 (Standard-B to Standard-A) USB 2.0 backwards compatible cable included
RoHS Compliant
2 year NewerTech Enclosure Limited Warranty

Supports

Serial ATA 1.5G/3G/6G (SATA I/II/III) Drives of 2.5" and 3.5" types and up to 6.0TB.

Data Transfer

USB 3.0 SuperSpeed up to 500MB/sec

Port/Interface Bootability

Can I use this solution as an external startup drive?
USB 3.0: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info
USB 2.0: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. - Click for more info

UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) Compliant

Power Supply

UL Listed U.S./International Auto Switching 100 ~ 240v, 50/60Hz input, 12 Volt 3 Amp output Power Supply (adapter plugs for International use sold separately). For replacement power supply, click here.

Compatibility

Macintosh Requirements:
Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, OS X 10.2.x or later including 'Mavericks' 10.9.x, and an available USB 3.0 port. Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later. Support for drives over 2TB requires Mac OS X 10.2 and later.
Windows Requirements:
Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, NT, 98, and an available USB 3.0 port. Support for drives over 2TB requires Windows XP 64-bit and later.
Linux Requirements:
Linux compatible via supported the USB interface.

Material

ABS black plastic with non-skid rubber feet

Dimensions and Weight

5.28″ x 3.70″ x 2.68″ (W x D x H)
134.11mm x 93.98mm x 68.07mm
1.35 lbs. (.61kg) (without drive)

Interface/Ports

One USB 3.0 port, fully backward compatible with USB 2.0

Product Manual

Voyager S3 Manual (PDF)

Warranty

2 year NewerTech Enclosure Limited Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur - NewerTech is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. NewerTech's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. NewerTech solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

View more information about the 2 year NewerTech Enclosure Limited Warranty

Note: Do not disassemble or otherwise open your NewerTech solution prior to the conclusion of NewerTech's 2 year Limited Warranty period. Doing so will void the remainder of the NewerTech limited warranty.

Recommended USB 3.0 Cards

Cards that OWC has tested and qualified for the Voyager S3
PCIe (PCI Express) for Desktops

HighPoint RocketU USB 3.0 Host Adapter for Mac $127.99

CalDigit 2 Port USB 3.0 Host Adapter $94.99

Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 PCIe SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Host Adapter $67.99

2.0TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

3.5″ HDD

Interface

SATA 6Gb/s

Capacity¹

2.0TB

Formatted Capacity²

1860GiB

Rotational Speed

7,200 RPM

Cache / Data Buffer

64MB

NAND Flash Size

8GB

Manufacturer Model Number

ST2000DX002

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Physical

Height (max)

26.11mm (1.028")

Width (max)

101.6mm (4.00″)

Length (max)

146.99mm (5.787″)

Weight (typical)

400g (.88 lb)

Bytes per Sector

4096

Reliability³

Contact Start-Stops

300,000

Annual Failure Rate

1.0%

Nonrecoverable Read Errors

1 per 10¹⁴ bits read

Performance

Transfer Rate (Max)

6.0Gb/s

Track-to-track Seek

1.0ms

Average Seek Time

9.5ms

Power

Maximum Start Current, DC

2.0 Amp

Seek Power

6.7 Watts

Read Power

6.7 Watts

Write Power

6.7 Watts

Idle Mode

4.5 Watts

Idle Mode, Active

4.5 Watts

Standby Mode

0.75 Watts

Sleep Mode

0.75 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

350 Gs for 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

32°F to 140°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

0°C to 60°C

Altitude

-304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

1000 Gs for 1ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 158°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 70°C

Altitude

-304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

0.0 bels

Seek (Typical)

0.0 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Newer Technology p/n NWTU3SHDK2.0TBH UPC#: 811643015968

Reviews

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.8 / 5 59 out of 60 (98%) reviewers would recommend this product

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Reviewer: jcator Location: Texas Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Great Product November 8, 2018 This is a great product. Well worth the price. It help me recover two harddrives from my failed Mac Mini. Harddrives are now totally usable — no waste.

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Reviewer: RocketCitySteve Location: Huntsville, AL

Rating: 4/5 Does what it needs to do October 15, 2018 Needed a way to reformat/erase 3.5" drives that I've removed from enclosures; this does the trick nicely.

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Reviewer: BrianW16 Location: Massachusetts Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Works flawlessly October 8, 2018 I was in a bind with my original internal hard drive close to dead (suffering from "stiction" in all probability). I plugged this combo in to my USB port and restored from Time Machine on my external drive, and all is back to normal. After I do the work to install the drive internally, I'll have further backup options using this dock.

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Reviewer: michaelkg Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Age: 35-44 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 Simple to use and extremely reliable October 2, 2018 I bought this device to make usage of external HDDs and SSDs simple. It is reliable and connect HDD or SSD with easy. One day my internal SSD in iMac died. I had solution very fast, I just plugged in new SSD as external bootable and worked with it almost 2 months before I finally decided to fix my internal SSD. It was constantly turned on for 2 months as I am not shutting down computer, but using sleep option, and I am still using it for external backup HDDs. Very good product.

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Reviewer: Freddie

Rating: 5/5 Inexpensive back-up solution August 16, 2018 The Voyager S3 is a great and inexpensive backup solution for my home office NAS. I can just pop in a HDD and store it in a safe location. Would be nice if the device came with a little dust cover to protect it from the elements when not in use.

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Reviewer: brushworks Location: Indiana Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Reliable and Hard Working April 22, 2018 My Voyager dock gets heavy usage on a daily basis. So much so I should probably buy another one. And it's more affordable that the offerings from even discount electronics outlets.

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Reviewer: ArielZTD

Rating: 5/5 Ease of use April 18, 2018 I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from NewerTech Voyager S3 'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0 SATA 2.5" & 3.5" Drive Docking Solution. Customer Videos:

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Reviewer: Macanudo Location: El Paso, TX Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Quick to Arrive and Works Great December 28, 2017 This arrived sooner than I expected. It really was plug and play. I was able to use the new 2 TB Drive right away and created 5 partitions and cloned my main drive before I upgraded my system. Restarted using it to check everything out. Worked like a charm.

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Reviewer: KR3Bannon Location: Pahrump, NV Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 Keep using working HDs with this unit November 16, 2017 These Drive Docks work so simply that it is almost criminal. If you have old hard drives from a former machine---just take them out. Then connect the new Dock, and put them in it, about like putting bread in a toaster. Power up, all works again! Great product.

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Reviewer: notthisagain Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 works great July 30, 2017 I use one of the voyager S3 as a HD for the time machine. The second one for music, photos and sometimes for a back of the time machine or if something went wrong with one voyager I would still have a back up not that it will because I have an voyager S2 on my other computer for 6yrs. and hasn't missed a beat with all the HD swapping I have done.

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Reviewer: DougO Location: Mountain View Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 5/5 A must have extension. July 19, 2017 Unless there is a need to mount more than a single external drive, this product works well and offers a simple means to swap drives as needed.

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Reviewer: DanaM Location: Miami Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Flawless Plug and Play April 14, 2017 Works perfect, plug and play. Very satisfied, very practical device.

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Reviewer: Matdat

Rating: 5/5 The only way to upgrade your iMac's hard drive March 27, 2017 There is a reason I've been an OWC customer for 20 years now. They support Apple products like no one else! OWC supplies ALL the tools, parts and even a quality video showing you a step by step instructions on how to get your upgrade done. The Voyager S3 made copying my old internal hard drive over to the new drive extremely easy. Easy to setup, use and it works! What else could you want? There is no need to look anywhere else for your Mac upgrades. Thank you OWC!!

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Reviewer: WaltP Location: Friendswood, TX Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Super easy to use March 20, 2017 I bought this docking drive to handle backup activity with one of my MacBooks. The idea was to make it really easy to connect to the computer and to use multiple HDD's. Boy, that's exactly what I got!

The USB cord is about as easy at things get for connecting to the computer, and the dock itself is super easy for connecting a HDD. Just push a HDD onto the connections, and you're ready to go!

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Reviewer: eanbadean Location: Boston, MA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 4/5 Handy for sure March 15, 2017 The eject button is nice but not crucial. It may make it too easy to eject a mounted disk without thinking. It would be wonderful if one could put in a drive taken out of a Mac laptop or iMac without having to remove any of the mounting studs. Just a couple of slots in the plastic would've accomplished this. Great for data recovery and archiving projects on hard drives.

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Reviewer: Donww Location: Texas Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Voyager S3 February 21, 2017 I would recommend this item to a friend! This review is from NewerTech Voyager S3 'SuperSpeed' USB 3.0 SATA 2.5" & 3.5" Drive Docking Solution. Customer Videos:

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Reviewer: HyperGuy Location: MI Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Perfect Addition to my New Laptop January 28, 2017 This device has the connections needed to activate my USB3 function.

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Reviewer: Sdiet Location: Pasadena, CA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: less than a month

Rating: 5/5 Drive Dock January 17, 2017 Very cost effective means of docking both 2.5" & 3.5" drives.

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Reviewer: MacProTX Location: Austin, TX Age: 55-65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Very convenient tool! December 5, 2016 I don't need this tool nearly as often as when I was doing more tech work, and rehabbing old Macs for myself and others. For several years, I've just swapped drives in and out of several external cases I have. But you cannot beat the convenience of just dropping any SATA 2.5 or 3.5 HDD into this dock, and mounting it for repair, reformatting, cloning, or whatever. It makes drive upgrades a breeze. USB 3 interface makes this pretty fast, and the backwards compatibility to USB 2 (and I suppose even 1.1) makes it versatile enough to use with any Mac, or virtually any PC, built in the last 10 years. A great timesaver, and highly recommended.

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Reviewer: Blick Location: Utah Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Yes! November 8, 2016 If you are looking for a USB 3 dock without having to pay for other types of ports this is the one. Works exactly as advertised.

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Reviewer: jjjonas

Rating: 5/5 Worked perfectly & inexpensive October 28, 2016 Not much more to say. Plug & play.

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Reviewer: pcsnet Location: St. Louis Age: Over 65 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 5/5 Very easy to use. Very reliable. August 14, 2016 I have 3 of these.

I use one with a SSD drive to boot my iMac. It boots in 30 seconds. I have used other SSDs to test apps and OSs.

I use the other two for attaching hard drives. The response time is very good.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Austin, TX Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months

Rating: 3/5 Voyager S3 Review June 12, 2016 Works as advertized, but does not perform well as a Time Machine drive.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User

Rating: 5/5 working well April 4, 2016 No problems with this device yet. Don't expect any.

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Reviewer: Anonymous Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months

Rating: 4/5 Overall very good. March 14, 2016 I have used an earlier model for weekly backups and archiving files for the past 3-4 years and never had any problems, nor with this one in the 3 months of use. The older model has a 2 TB drive limitation but I have used this one with 4 TB hard drives.

It would be nice if there was a flap or separate cover which would entirely block the drive opening instead of just reducing it to a 2.5" drive outline. I live in a very dusty house and the opening just invites dust and lint settling on the drive connectors. I guess I can use an inelegant plastic bag when the drive is not in use.

The power adapter as I have it now is plugged directly into a powerstrip and with my strip covers a total of 4 outlets! It looks like one should be able to remove the plug and perhaps use a cord instead but I just looked at my box and do not see or recall seeing a separate cord. I tried to remove the plug and it is in there so tightly or the release button just is not working I was worried about breaking it just to see what kind of cord it would take.

The older design which sat with the shorter side towards the user fit better on my shelf.

I like the addition of power button but is is at the back of the unit and fiddly to reach instead of on the top front as part of the operation light display (it just looks like a button). My information may be out of date but even with a power button of this kind the adapter may still draw power when the unit is turned off so I like to keep mine plugged into a powerstrip I can turn off completely. If the adapter were inside the unit the power button could really fill a purpose and it would reduce clutter.

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*Use of eSATA interface requires system reboot in order to recognize drive

NOTE: Voyager only accepts SATA interface drives If you have IDE/ATA interface
drives (show IDE), we recommend the Newer Technology USB Universal Drive Adapters.

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OWC Bundle: 2.0TB 3.5" Seagate Hybrid Drive, NewerTech Voyager S3 Mfr P/N: NWTU3SHDK2.0TBH OWC SKU: NWTU3SHDK2.0TBH Voyager S3 with 2.0TB Seagate Drive Voyager: 2 year NewerTech Enclosure Limited Warranty
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Product Specifications:

Bridge Chipset

Features

Supports

Data Transfer

Port/Interface Bootability

UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) Compliant

Power Supply

Compatibility

Material

Dimensions and Weight

Interface/Ports

Product Manual

Warranty

Recommended USB 3.0 Cards

2.0TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD Specifications:

Specifications

Physical

Reliability3

Performance

Power

Environmental (Operating)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Acoustics

Reviews

Customer Ratings

2.0TB 3.5" Seagate Hybrid Drive,
NewerTech Voyager S3

Reliability³