4 Gb flash drive

[FlashG]

Is the A-Data any good? Are there better 4 Gb drives out there for the price?

 

[Miramonti]

This is not a hot deal. Read the rules please, Mr. 'joined 12/23/99'.

 

[ObiKwan]

This actually looks like a decent price for this relative to other 4gb flash drives. So the guy didn't say "OMG HOT LIKE JJSOLE'S WANNA-BE MOD NUKE BUTTON" in his title. At least he linked it properly. I'm surprised you didn't use 'n00b' in your post.

Thanks for the post OP!

edit: I just read the rules myself. This popped right off the page at me:

"No thread crapping. If the subject matter of a deal does not interest you, do not post negative comments about it, or about other members, in the thread. "

 

[frank84]

at least it has Lifetime Warranty

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: ObiKwan
This actually looks like a decent price for this relative to other 4gb flash drives. So the guy didn't say "OMG HOT LIKE JJSOLE'S WANNA-BE MOD NUKE BUTTON" in his title. At least he linked it properly. I'm surprised you didn't use 'n00b' in your post.

Thanks for the post OP!

edit: I just read the rules myself. This popped right off the page at me:

"No thread crapping. If the subject matter of a deal does not interest you, do not post negative comments about it, or about other members, in the thread. "

It's not thread-crapping when the post is in the wrong category. This isn't a Hot Deal, and shouldn't be posted here

 

[ObiKwan]

Originally posted by: Slick5150

It's not thread-crapping when the post is in the wrong category. This isn't a Hot Deal, and shouldn't be posted here

How is this not a Hot Deal? I've been in the market for a large capacity usb drive and this is the cheapest one available in this form factor on pricegrabber.

My point was that just because the OP posed the deal in the form of a question does not negate the fact that it's potentially a very hot deal to someone on these forums.

 

[sunase]

>Is the A-Data any good?

I actually bought one of those recently. Cheapest result on Newegg that still listed the speed, heh.

It works fine so far. Feels surprisingly light vs. the 512MB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium I used previously, not sure if that means anything. A basic benchmark I did gave me 8MB/s write, 17MB/s read. Pretty close to the listed speeds, and it was off on a hub with other devices going as well, not optimal conditions.

I probably wouldn't buy it again, though, because loading up 4GB takes a long time. Just a quick look shows drives listing higher speeds for not much more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220156#DetailSpecs

If you are just going to store backups on it, though - not constantly fill it with different things - I'd say it's a good choice.

 

[FlashG]

Originally posted by: sunase
>Is the A-Data any good?

I actually bought one of those recently. Cheapest result on Newegg that still listed the speed, heh.

It works fine so far. Feels surprisingly light vs. the 512MB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium I used previously, not sure if that means anything. A basic benchmark I did gave me 8MB/s write, 17MB/s read. Pretty close to the listed speeds, and it was off on a hub with other devices going as well, not optimal conditions.

I probably wouldn't buy it again, though, because loading up 4GB takes a long time. Just a quick look shows drives listing higher speeds for not much more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220156#DetailSpecs

If you are just going to store backups on it, though - not constantly fill it with different things - I'd say it's a good choice.

Thanks for your informative advice sunase. I appreciate your knowledge and maturity.

 

[GrammatonJP]

A data is pretty popular in taiwan.. high billboards... i recently start owning their 2gb/4gb sd card.. works well cheap price

 

[bigboxes]

Haha... nice find OP!

 

[newswatcher]

Personally, I'd go with the Corsair Fash Voyager 4GB for a few dollars more, $92.99:

newegg - Corsair

Fast, definitely not flimsy, high speed read/write...I've got the 2GB and am extremely
happy with the performance.

FYI

 

[Souka]

Originally posted by: newswatcher
Personally, I'd go with the Corsair Fash Voyager 4GB for a few dollars more, $92.99:

newegg - Corsair

Fast, definitely not flimsy, high speed read/write...I've got the 2GB and am extremely
happy with the performance.

FYI

Ha, I was going to link to same product.... also noticed the patriot-extreme for same price too...
Patriot Extreme
Corsair (recommended)

All the cheaper units are SSSLLLOOOOOWWWWW...like 6-8mb/s and that REALLY sucks with a 4GB drive.

My $.02

 

[FlashG]

1 Corsair 4 Gb to go from Newegg. I think this was the best choice for my needs. Thanks for all the help guys

 

[altonb1]

OP: please ddit your title to give a price, or at least put the price in the orignal post after your question. it gives the thread-crappers less to threadcrap about.

 

[tealk]

A-Data is a good brand...have some 150X SD cards of theres.....work great.

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: jjsole
This is not a hot deal. Read the rules please, Mr. 'joined 12/23/99'.

ahahah QFT

 

[Souka]

Originally posted by: tealk
A-Data is a good brand...have some 150X SD cards of theres.....work great.

but this particular USB flash drive is slow.... someting like 20-40x for reading large files..... and more like 5-15x if reading/writing lots of small files.


BTW, with USB drives, format FAT, FAT32, or NTFS in that order of preferance for best perfomance.

My $.02

 

[Zach]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers

Originally posted by: jjsole
This is not a hot deal. Read the rules please, Mr. 'joined 12/23/99'.

ahahah QFT

Newbs. Pfft.

 

[aznbumbaclot]

I own a 4GB model of a high speed CF card of their's. Work's great.

 

[Jeomite]

Originally posted by: Souka
BTW, with USB drives, format FAT, FAT32, or NTFS in that order of preferance for best perfomance.

This is interesting... care to elaborate a little more?
I would like to know why this would improve or optimize performance...

 

[sunase]

FAT doesn't journal, so might have a performance advantage there. Maybe that's what he is talking about. I've never noticed a difference, though.

AFAIK, the main reason to format flash drives using FAT is because Windows can then "optimize for safe removal". This lets you pop it out without having to notify Windows before removing it. Anyone who cares about performance would have disabled this anyway, though, since it prevents write caching.

Personally, I use NTFS with compression enabled on my flash drives (although the speeds I listed above were FAT), which seemed the fastest when I was playing around with the various options. I do keep an uncompressed folder for media files and whatnot on there as well, though.