IB-318 St U3-B is also working through an USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 cable or USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 cable with computer/notebook with USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0/1.1 interfaces. You can upgrade your computer/notebook with an USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 PCI-card. USB (Universal Serial Bus) 3.0 has a 10 times higher bandwidth as USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 & theoretically 10 times higher transfer rate. In practice, the transfer rate is limited by the slower SATA interface of the hard drive.