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    What is the cheapest/best (best price/performance) 8gb flash drive i can get?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by kazaam55555, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. kazaam55555

    kazaam55555 Notebook Evangelist

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    I dont have a preference really as to where i get it, but i like and have used newegg before.

    any recommendations?

    thanks!
     
    kazaam55555, Feb 18, 2009
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  2. David

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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Get a 32GB Patriot Xporter. My brother bought one around Thanksgiving for $40 after rebate.
    Its a great card, here is a benchmark

    [​IMG]

    You can get the 8GB one for $19
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220252

    16Gb for $25
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220253

    and 32Gb for $49
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220261

    I remember two years ago I bought my 4Gb Flash Voyager GT from corsair for $79.99 and I thought I was getting a good deal.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Feb 18, 2009
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  4. kazaam55555

    kazaam55555 Notebook Evangelist

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    jease, thanks for that....i may end up just getting the 16gb one. thanks man.
     
    kazaam55555, Feb 18, 2009
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    NJoy Няшka

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    i wish newegg were shipping to UK
     
    NJoy, Feb 18, 2009
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    RaYYaN Back on NBR :D

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    I bought a 8Gb kingston data traveller from a local retailer here [read: KSA] for 56 riyals which is ~ 15 US$$

    I'm happy with it, I use it to move a lot of data between my and family/friends (pics and stuff), and I find the write speeds are decent

    A couple of years ago I also bought a 4GB for 160 Riyals (43$) and I thought I got a good deal
    Now I recently got one for less than 10 bucks :D
     
    RaYYaN, Feb 18, 2009
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  7. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    What are the write speeds on that drive? I've read that they're not so great.

    Just about any halfway decent USB drive gets close to 30MB/s read. It's the writes that really fall off the wagon on most.
     
    chuck232, Feb 18, 2009
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  9. sgogeta4

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    My Patriot Xporter 8GB seems to be pretty fast compared to my Sandisk Cruzer and Kingston Datatraveler. In real life transfers, it is always faster than the other two in both read and write speeds.
     
    sgogeta4, Feb 18, 2009
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  10. Saisei

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    I wonder if they can do 64Gb flash drives?
     
    Saisei, Feb 18, 2009
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  11. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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  12. kazaam55555

    kazaam55555 Notebook Evangelist

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    jease, all those reviews on there show people having dead drives and problems, makes me almost not want to buy one lol
     
    kazaam55555, Feb 18, 2009
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  13. kazaam55555

    kazaam55555 Notebook Evangelist

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    edit: nm, thanks for all the help!
     
    kazaam55555, Feb 18, 2009
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