Expresscard eSATA or USB3?

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Hello, I wonder if it is better to buy eSATA or USB3 Expresscard?

The goal is to do backups to external enclosure that also has eSATA and USB3 ports.
The USB card has FRESCO LOGIC Chipset FL1100 that seems to support UASP, enclosure also supports this.

The eSATA is just that.

What would work better?

The cards are:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hidden-2-Port-eSATA-SATA-II-2-0-to-Expresscard-Express-Card-54-54mm-Adapter-Converter/487430589.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.98.cfXgza&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_10,searchweb201602_2_10017_10005_10006_10034_10021_507_10022_508_10020_10018_10019,searchweb201603_1&btsid=61d62fbd-e21d-4e54-8d1e-00d4be677f2e


http://www.aliexpress.com/item/3-Port-Hidden-Inside-USB-3-0-USB3-0-to-Expresscard-Express-Card-54-54mm-Adapter/32312795639.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.78.cfXgza&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_10,searchweb201602_2_10017_10005_10006_10034_10021_507_10022_508_10020_10018_10019,searchweb201603_1&btsid=61d62fbd-e21d-4e54-8d1e-00d4be677f2e
 
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you are going into driver support territory here and it really depends on the manufacturer.
Acronis relies on windows to deal with the drivers, so if the drivers are bad and windows has issues, acronis will have issues as well.
just look for a card with good reviewes from a well known manufacturer
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Assuming that seller is real, the eSATA seems to be a SATA-II card which has a lower bandwidth than USB 3.0.

However, as was pointed out above, if you are using mechanical HDDs then it doesn't matter. They can't saturate SATA-II so either one would be fine.

I'd go with USB 3.0 simply because the card would give you more USB ports to connect to other things.
 
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"what kind of drive is inside the enclosure. if you have a slow mechanical drive inside the enclosure it really does not matter. "

The Hard disk is mechanical. I thought eSata card would have better chance to work with backup software like Acronis, the USB3 card can have a problem not to be detected no?
 
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I think I'll get the 2 port version USB3.0 card
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Laptop-54mm-Express-Karte-ExpressCard-zu-2-Port-USB-3-0-Adapter-/261906933816?

And I'm still looking for info on eSATA+USB combo, and eSata cards, what chipsets, user experience, etc.

because there seems to be quite a few issues with these cards.
 
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you are going into driver support territory here and it really depends on the manufacturer.
Acronis relies on windows to deal with the drivers, so if the drivers are bad and windows has issues, acronis will have issues as well.
just look for a card with good reviewes from a well known manufacturer
 
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