Good USB 3.0 Flash Drive

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I'm in the market for a 32GB USB flash drive to replace my Patriot XT 4GB that has served me well for many years. I have a work laptop with USB 3.0 attached, so I figured I'd try to get a new flash drive that uses the new specification. Any recommendations? Right now I have a pretty good opinion of Patriot, so something from that brand would be appreciate (though I'm open to anything).
 
Another user asked this same question yesterday. I believe he went with the patriot too as it is rated at 70
MBps sustained on writes. I think he got the 32gb version.
 
I have three Corsair Flash Voyager 3.0 thumb drives and thus far (5 months) no hiccups to report.
 
Patriot and Corsair seem to have some of the best speeds around... but I wish they'd extend those speeds to designs with capless/retractable USB3.0 plugs and solid lanyard/keyring attachments, ideally in 16gb and 32gb (ie less expensive) capacities instead of just 64 or 128 >$100 offerings. I think pretty much everyone would appreciate a retractable plug with a secure, closed-but-capless design (ie. When the plug is retracted a little flap seals over the top), especially with a metal chassis.
 
I have the team x101. Its not bad. I get about 70 up and 50 down. And its still on sale iirc on new egg
 
I have the lexar 16gb and its really fast. It is the only usb3 drive I have owned so nothing to compare it to. But its tons faster than my OCZ usb2 drive.
 
Razgriz said:
I have the team x101. Its not bad. I get about 70 up and 50 down. And its still on sale iirc on new egg
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Got mine yesterday in the mail and plugged it into my ASRock Z68 Fatal1ty board. Read speeds tested out on mutliple benchmark tools multiple times around 110MB/s. Write Speeds were fairly good as well at 48-50MB/s. That is writing a 4GB movie.

Drive is advertised at up-to 70/120. So read is fairly close. Write is decent. And the drive for me was on sale for $42. Of course I'm not going to hit the theoretical maximum transfer speed that was probably clocked in some sort of insane lab environment that was specially designed to test this drive, but I think I did pretty good. No complaints here.
 
I would strongly suggest getting the Microcenter branded 32gig USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $37 dollars.

Life time warranty. You do not need to worry about keep your sales ticket as they save them for you on their system. If it fails, run into your local Microcenter and exchange it for a new one.

It's very fast and housed in an aluminum casing. I get 30meg a sec write and 90+ meg read on it. Very pleased with mine.

Of course, you may not have a Microcenter near you.
 
SixFootDuo said:
I would strongly suggest getting the Microcenter branded 32gig USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $37 dollars.

Life time warranty. You do not need to worry about keep your sales ticket as they save them for you on their system. If it fails, run into your local Microcenter and exchange it for a new one.

It's very fast and housed in an aluminum casing. I get 30meg a sec write and 90+ meg read on it. Very pleased with mine.

Of course, you may not have a Microcenter near you.
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Not a bad deal for sure. I guess it all depends on what you are looking for. Personally, I wouldn't be happy with 30M per sec writes as that is barely better than USB 2.0 drives.
 
Without making a new thread about it, would using a flash drive for temp folders (both WIn7 and browsers) kill it too fast? I know they only have a certain about of writes on them, but how long do you think it would last?
 
Kingston HyperX USB 3.0 64GB is my choice. I've just ordered it actually. With USB 3.0 speeds at 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write it was hard to ignore. Quite pricy at £1.50 (sterling) per GB but each to their own ;)
 
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