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Last response: in Storage  Hey I have an older Cavalry CaumB
external HDD with a 1tb Hitachi inside. I recently purchased a
new case for it that has usb 3.0. I was wondering if the device
will run at or close to usb 3.0 speeds, or if it will still only
run at the 2.0 speeds  More about : hdd usb  a c 414 G Storage
If you remove the bare drive from inside the old enclosure and
install it into the new enclosure (assuming it's the correct
type: i.e., SATA vs IDE) then the drive should run over the USB
3.0 connection. How much of a speed gain you'll get depends on
the speed of the drive itself. No hard drive actually runs at
full USB 3.0 speed, but you'll almost certainly see an
improvement over USB 2.0 speeds.