What are you going to be using it for? Is data encryption on your drive a critical feature?
--------------------------- Brian On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Bino Gopal <binogo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > > So this is a timely return to the collective b/c I've been researching (my > method of dithering) over the purchase of the "best (and biggest size for > the buck too)" USB flash drive for months now. > > > > I've been trying to find speed tests/comparisons and it's been hit or miss > on getting recent enough reviews as new stuff keeps coming out (and keeps > getting bigger!). And user reviews on newegg and amazon and the like are > also not consistent b/w sites or even within the same site for the same > drive, so they're not much help! > > > > For example, turns out I've had one of the fastest USB drives for years, > the > Kingstong DataTraveler Elite 2GB one; so w/o realizing it at the time, I'm > used to a certain level of performance. Now, especially if I get a bigger > one, I don't want to deal with waiting for long file transfers b/c it's a > slow drive, so I'd like to get the speediest (and most reliable too of > course) one! > > > > So anyone been able to find out the straight dope on this? It seems to me > that reviews need to get into SLC vs MLC (SLC being faster but not as big > as > the MLC ones) and maybe even what controller chip they use, as that might > affect performance too, but no one (at least in reviews I've found) seem to > get into that level of detail on a regular basis. > > > > .kind of like when you review computer monitors, it turns out that even > though there are hundreds of brands, the panels themselves are made by like > 3-4 main manufacturers and are just put into different bodies by Dell, > Samsung, etc, etc so you really want to know who makes the panel itself; so > with USB flash drives, would the same thing apply with the type of memory > and the controller chip.? > > > > Any recommendations based on what people have and links to back that up? > I've considering spending the cash to get up to 32GB, as that becomes a > good > backup solution, and could be persuaded to 64GB if there's some significant > performance gain to it. > > > > And on a similar note about getting into the details and perf tests, can > the > same thing be said about SDHC cards nowadays, or do the class ratings tell > you everything, so just buy a class 6 SDHC card as big as you can afford > and > you're set? If not, is there any relation b/w the parts in an SDHC card > and > a USB drive, as it seems like in a lot of cases, the USB drives are SDHC or > even mini or micro SDHC cards in a case?! > > > See where I'm going with this? Thoughts/expertise on this? TIA! > > > > > BINO > > > >
