First USB3.0 Flash Drive

[Comdrpopnfresh]

Corsair Voyager 32gb USB3.0
Anyone have/use one? Or know of some reviews? Just bought it, and the only usb3.0 port I have is on a laptop w/ a dead drive. So how does it do on usb 2.0?

 

[Blastman]

USB 2.0 usually tops out ~ 30.0 - 35.0MB/s, so it will only work at those speeds even though it is capable of faster speeds on a USB 3.0 port.

Corsairs says 70MB/s read, 39MB/s write (USB 3.0), and the manufacturer is usually pretty accurate. It will do that on large single files but transfers with lots of small files will be slower.

 

[Blain]

I've got a SuperTalent USB 3.0 stick.
It runs as fast as any USB 2.0 system I plug it into.
Running on USB 2.0 ports is like running with a restrictor plate.

...yes I've got USB 3.0 ports on my systems.

 

[exdeath]

I have the Patriot Supersonic 64GB.

Even 35 MB/sec in USB 2 ports is faster than the 5 MB/sec free company handout and cereal box special thumb drives most people have. On USB 3 I can copy a 4 GB file in seconds, faster than a optical burner can spin up a disc and burn a lead in track.

I refuse to use CDs/DVDs/HDDs anymore unless it's on someone elses computer and they are paying me by the hour for my torment since anything involving an optical data disc or HDD always TAKES hours...

The only spinning discs in my house are commercial pressed DVDs and BDs for movies and console games and the only reason my 360 isn't SSD is because Microsoft/XBL is a whore when it comes to modding ANYTHING at all. Everything else is on SSD, Class 10+ SCHC, or USB 3 flash sticks.

It's time to move forward towards a new era of zero wait state computing. Death to the memory gap and slow storage mediums.

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

my ssd in my laptop just died, out of no where. read 100% SMART status weeks before not showing up in boot. 0% degradation, low reads and write and general data swapped was low for having it over a year