Flash drive recommendations
May 10, 2016 | 9:56 pm
#31
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"Read-mostly" is a use case where you're going to write to it very few times (maybe even just once) but read from it lots of times. For example, I have a stick with Windows 10 install files on it. So write performance is more or less immaterial but read performance is important.
Regarding price, I just set a threshold price at camelcamelcamel.com and buy one from Amazon when that threshold is met. The unfortunate side effect is that I have way too many of these
Regarding price, I just set a threshold price at camelcamelcamel.com and buy one from Amazon when that threshold is met. The unfortunate side effect is that I have way too many of these
May 13, 2016 | 6:56 pm
#32
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A bit late to the party, but I've been REALLY happy with a Lexar P20; I've got the 128gb but they make 32gb/64gb as well. Really annoyingly pricy (and worse by about $10 back around Christmas when I got it) but really, really fast -- 100MBytes/sec+ write speeds on larger files, and often 200MB+ reads.
Pretty solid metal case, too.
The CZ80 sounds like it's in the same speed class, and it's a bit cheaper for the 64GB, so it might be the better option. For ~$31, I'm tempted to pick one up myself.
Pretty solid metal case, too.
The CZ80 sounds like it's in the same speed class, and it's a bit cheaper for the 64GB, so it might be the better option. For ~$31, I'm tempted to pick one up myself.
May 14, 2016 | 12:00 am
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If what you want is speed then http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B019NNEA2I or shorter http://www.amazon.com/USB3-0-Mobile-.../dp/B017NU23P4 and an M.2 SSD is likely your best bet. You can have a 128GB M.2 SSD for $50-60 and the speed and reliability is so far beyond to these USB drives. There are even USB 3.1 enclosures.
May 14, 2016 | 3:53 pm
#34
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If what you want is speed then http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B019NNEA2I or shorter http://www.amazon.com/USB3-0-Mobile-.../dp/B017NU23P4 and an M.2 SSD is likely your best bet. You can have a 128GB M.2 SSD for $50-60 and the speed and reliability is so far beyond to these USB drives. There are even USB 3.1 enclosures.