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| Thread ID: 129166 | 2013-02-07 05:58:00 | USB flash drive recommendations? | --Wolf-- (128) | PC World Chat |
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| 1326934 | 2013-02-07 05:58:00 | Looking for a new 16gb flash drive with some decent write speeds. Ideally nothing more than $30. Which brands/models seem to be the best these days? Cheers |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 1326935 | 2013-02-07 06:37:00 | The usual suspects: Sandisk, Kingston, Apacer... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1326936 | 2013-02-07 06:42:00 | The brightly coloured fluorescent Imation ones available from the Warehouse have the fastest write speeds of all the models of flash drives I have owned. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1326937 | 2013-02-07 06:50:00 | Lexar is a brand I have stuck with. Have them at Stationery warehouse. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1326938 | 2013-02-07 21:03:00 | The faster ones cost more, $30 is marginal for a fast 16Gb model in my opinion. I'd go for a USB 3 model even if you only have USB 2, they are just faster in general and more future proof. Compare the read/ write speeds on this cheap drive www.pp.co.nz with this one from the same manufacturer www.pp.co.nz - 3 times the price, double the capacity, and more than 100 times faster..... I bought a similar model kingston for transferring large files around, it benchmarks faster than my internal hard drives and only maxes out when copying from my SSD over USB 3. Copying some files to a friends cheapo 8Gb flash drive recently I realised just how used to it I've become, 1.4Gb file taking several minutes??? I'm used to < 30 seconds for almost everything. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1326939 | 2013-02-07 21:57:00 | My advice is to get something with a retractable connector. Caps get lost (unless they are on a string) and then they end up just as bad as bare ones, that you are liable to sit on and break the connector off of. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1326940 | 2013-02-07 23:52:00 | My advice is to get something with a retractable connector. Caps get lost (unless they are on a string) and then they end up just as bad as bare ones, that you are liable to sit on and break the connector off of. 4759 |
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