Cable Matters USB-C to SATA III 2.5″ Cable is retailing for US$11.99 (S$16) on Amazon. It ships to Singapore directly for an additional US$4.64 (S$7).
This is a 25cm cable that connects your 2.5″ SATA I/II/III hard drives via USB-C to your computer.
It supports USB 3.1 Gen 1 standards which will give you transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps.
Despite SATA connectors are the same for 2.5″ and 3.5″ hard drives, this cable will not work with 3.5″ hard drives as it doesn’t deliver enough power.
I can’t seem to find any cable that goes from USB-C to SATA for 3.5″ hard drives.
A 2.5″ hard drive normally draws about 5V of power and can be powered by USB while a 3.5″ hard drive draws about 12V and requires an external power source.
