Flash Drive Suggestions

[nitrobass24]

So today I my Sandisk Cruzer kicked the bucket and im in the market for a new usb flash drive.

I want something that is at least 16gb, and i want it to be really fast...I realize this may be expensive but im willing to accept that.

What drives do yall have and what kind of performance do you get out of it?
Which is best drive out?

 

[Ockie]

I use an IronKey, I know it's not perhaps something you were looking for, but it's awesome for security.

As for alternatives, you have two routes you could go, go cheap and get a microcenter one, they are dirt cheap and if they break, so what. Or go rugged and pricey, I recommend the corsair indestructible one, it works really well and lasts.

 

[axan]

anything over 8gb won't be supper fast, if you want fast and can live with only 8gb then get ocz atv turbo

Ockie: damn IronKey? those things are crazy, they are bit overkill for personal use though I think decent, rugged fast drive with truecrypt is all that average Joe needs.

 

[axan]

Oh ya here's a bench of 1 of my ocz turbos, this is 4gb version. The 8gb performs virtually identically

 

[nitrobass24]

yea ive read that the Corsair GT is good....I definately dont want a cheap POS I have plenty of those laying around. Ill check one those OCZ's...what do yall know about the Patriot XT they are marketed as being High Performance...

What I plan on doing is creating a self contained VM with my documents and a few progs...so when I travel and stuff I can secure myself from prying eyes when im on public computers.

 

[brokenarrow03]

mmmmm...IronKey

 

[nitrobass24]

Ockie could I see an HDTune of your IronKey