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Best/largest Memory Stick for Z3

Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by 18000rpm, Jun 14, 2013.

18000rpm Notebook Consultant

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(Yes I did Google it but there are too many varieties for me to figure out.)

What's the largest and fastest Memory Stick that will work on the Z3?

I already have a 64GB SD card in the SD card slot.

Or would it be better to just get a 128GB SD card? Will that work in the Z3?

18000rpm, Jun 14, 2013

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128GB works fine. I have a SanDisk Extreme 128GB SDXC card in my SVZ/Z3 for some big files I don't want to waste SSD space for. It's rated at 45 MB/s and you really notice the difference in speed. Especially, it's seems very single threaded. When I transfer a big file, accessing it is extremely slow. Can take seconds to open the root dir, if it completes at all before the file transfer is done.

But I guess it's the same with your 64GB card? Anyway, 128GB works fine.

I see Lexar has a 256GB card, really expensive. Perhaps someone else has tried?

McMagnus, Jun 14, 2013

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I used to use a 128GB SDXC card together with a high speed 32 GB Memory Stick on my Z's.

ota-con, Jun 14, 2013

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