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    Kingston 64Gb usb key $177 :)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gmoneyphatstyle, Nov 20, 2008.

  1. gmoneyphatstyle

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    gmoneyphatstyle, Nov 20, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    its nice that the capacity is increasing but thats a complete rip off.
    A 32gb patriot xporter goes for around $60, so you can get two of three of them for the price of that kingston card.
    By this time next year we will probably have 128gb and 256gb memory cards, which cost les than $150.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Nov 20, 2008
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  3. John Kotches

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    K-Tron:

    THere is always a price premium for the highest capacity storage.

    It is more marked on USB memory than on HDs presently but it is there as well.
     
    John Kotches, Nov 20, 2008
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    Exactly...

    Currently 64 GB is the highest capacity manufactured for consumer sale therefore it will garner a premium.

    :)

    Basically restated what John Kotches said
     
    Jaycee8980, Nov 20, 2008
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    The price premium on the highest capacity is one of the main reasons to avoid the largest size. You can get 96 GB of storage spread amongst three 32 GB flash drives for that much. It's not a bad USB drive by any means, but it's just easier on the wallet to go for the smaller capacity.
     
    Azone, Nov 20, 2008
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    It's only $130 on newegg :O
     
    chipmoney, Nov 20, 2008
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  7. John Kotches

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    chipmoney:

    Current prices I see @ Newegg (before rebates) are $70 and $165. That's about 2.4x for 2x the capacity. With rebates, it's $55 and $145 which is just under 2.6x. This is skewed by the rebates which don't scale linearly with capacity.

    THe ".X" is the premium for the highest capacity. Not that you're disagreeing with what I'm saying ;)
     
    John Kotches, Nov 21, 2008
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    Azone:

    Assuming you don't need > 32GB for any single file you're correct...
     
    John Kotches, Nov 21, 2008
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