USB 3.0 Drive

[JB74]

Been trying to decide between the following drives, anyone have any experiences?
Looking for best all around performance in the $80-$120 range.

Kingston Digital HyperX 3.0 DataTraveler
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digit...owViewpoints=1

Lexar Triton
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDriv...d=41Q29HXSRUHP

Patriot SuperSonic Magnum
http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Memory...d=41Q29HXSRUHP

 

[lopri]

I have a 32 GB Patriot and it's been working as I expected. Your motherboard's USB 3.0 controller might have a bigger performance impact than the sticks themselves. (Some boards today have "Boost" setting for USB 3.0 in the BIOS and they indeed are a bit faster than first generation USB 3.0 boards)

In any case, you will feel the performance improvement over USB 2.0. Among different sticks, I don't know if you can really perceive a difference unless any of them has a major flaw.