Just got a SanDisk Extreme 32GB Flash Drive, slow speeds?

[ithehappy]

Purchased a 32GB Extreme Pen Drive today, formatted it in NTFS, but transfer rates are pretty low, I guess? Copying a 24GB file to test the speed, and it's at 31-32 mb/s, started pretty high as usual though. I know high speeds are possible in USB 3.0, but is that speed normal for USB 2.0?
Oh my motherboard is Asus Sabertooth X58 and a CM 690II Plus cabby, does it have USB 3.0? I am not really sure. I plugged the drive in in cabinet's front USB socket. What's the way to achieve the best speed?

Thanks.

 

[Engineer]

That seems about right for USB 2.0. I have a USB hard drive that does about the same speed. I'm assuming that a good part of the USB bandwidth is overhead (but that's a guess though).

Not sure if the 480 Megabits/sec for USB is for ALL ports or each (I suspect ALL) so anything on the USB system (mouse, keyboards, etc) would be pulling bandwidth away from the flash drive).

 

[ithehappy]

Thanks. I just found that my motherboard does have USB 3.0 :-O (at the rear side, marked in blue) Never knew that! And I connected the PD there, and copied the same file, and it took 3 mins 50 seconds, averaging around 110-112 MB/s. Wow, I love this. I just wish the front sockets were USB 3.0 🙁

 

[Engineer]

Thanks. I just found that my motherboard does have USB 3.0 :-O (at the rear side, marked in blue) Never knew that! And I connected the PD there, and copied the same file, and it took 3 mins 50 seconds, averaging around 110-112 MB/s. Wow, I love this. I just wish the front sockets were USB 3.0 🙁

Isn't that what things like this are for?

 

[ithehappy]

What are those things called?

 

[Remobz]

Isn't that what things like this are for?

What is it?

 

[paperwastage]

^ that's a USB 3.0 header to front panel(/floppy) mount. works if your mobo has a USB 3.0 header

if not, there are products that connect to the rear panel, goes inside the case and connects to a front panel(/floppy) mount

eg http://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-FP.../dp/B0049MPQCW

 

[ithehappy]

Don't those extension cable work?

 

[Engineer]

Don't those extension cable work?

Sure, most of the time. I have had them work fine on flash drives but not work on USB 3.0 powered hard drives. I guess the voltage drop across the cable was enough to push it back to USB 2.0. When plugged directly into the port using the shorter cable, the hard drive ran at USB 3.0 speeds.

 

[ithehappy]

Cool. Could you link me to a good one? Cause there are so many bad products. I don't need a big length, even 2 ft are enough.

 

[Engineer]

Cool. Could you link me to a good one? Cause there are so many bad products. I don't need a big length, even 2 ft are enough.

This should be fine.

http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics--...xtension+cable

very highly rated. You can go cheaper if you wish just to try but I would buy based on reviews (this one has quite a few).

Monoprice cables are generally pretty good too (and cheaper price wise).

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030309&p_id=6505&seq=1&format=2

 

[ithehappy]

Thanks mate. I should have said I am not residing in States. Anyway thanks, I will try to find a good one.

Btw, just noticed a thing, when copying multiple files to the drive, exFAT format is way faster than NTFS.