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  seb on 13/10/2011 - 09:32

  +5

  I am getting pickier these days regards USB sticks. Even bargain priced ones.

  I want to know read/write speeds.

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    dreamerman on 13/10/2011 - 09:35

    For me I don't really care as I am just a bargain freak! BTW, aren't all USB2.0 thumb drives supposed to have certain baseline performances?

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      hellbound on 13/10/2011 - 10:41

      +1

      Nope, no requirements for speed of a thumb drive. If they are marketed as ready-boost compatible then they will have a baseline, but otherwise any speed goes.

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    m2000 on 13/10/2011 - 10:34

    +1

    Agreed. I found Sandisk ones are rather disappointing with their late cheaper models in those specs.
    I give it a + just for the FREE delivery.

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    Utopian on 13/10/2011 - 11:59

    Gotta agree.

    Got 3.5", 2.5" and USB drives coming out me bum. Terabytes of cheap & slow storage. No more toys, only tools.

    Made a blanket policy a while ago… NO MORE PORTABLE DRIVES, with one exception. Genuine (FAST) USB3 flash-drives, at fair prices.

    For example… Patriot Supersonic Express. 60MB/s read speeds make software installs a DREAM.
    8GB $29, 16GB $39, 32GB $59.

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  dreamerman on 13/10/2011 - 09:33

  +1

  Great price but bought a few Lexars and Toshibas 4GB flash drives some months back from HN for $4 each. Maybe that is just a store floor special.

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  Jon187 on 13/10/2011 - 09:41

  Found this on another site:

  Information

  Brand Name
  Sandisk

  Model Number
  SDCZ51

  Material
  Plastic

  Style
  USB 2.0

  Capacity
  4 GB

  Speed
  Up to 15 MB / s read speed. Up to 10 MB / sec write speed applies to the first 20 MB of data transfer.

  Software Compatible
  Windows XP , Windows Vista , Windows 7 , and Mac OS X v10.5+ (Mac software requires download , see www.SanDisk.com / SecureAccess)

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  bbyboy on 13/10/2011 - 10:13

  http://usbspeed.nirsoft.net/?pdesc=SanDisk+Cruzer+Edge+8Gb&v…

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    llama on 13/10/2011 - 10:53

    The photo in the OP is a newer model to the one that I have, purchased at Officeworks earlier this year.

    Using Nirsoft USBdeview (like bbyboy posted above) on my XP machine with USB 2.0 ports (VIA chipset on mainboard) I get 3.73MB/sec write and 15.79MB/Sec read.

    Using HDtune Pro v4.61 I get about the same. It peaks at about 7MB/sec for 16KB files, then drops back to 2.5MB/sec write over that. For read it gets about 26MB/sec on files over 64KB in size. The read is good, the write is pretty average.

    The write speed is what bites with these drives. For smaller files it's not really noticeable, but for (say) an ISO or large media file, you'll REALLY be hating life getting 3MB/sec. For example, a small movie of 1GB would take 4,100 seconds (almost 7 minutes) to copy onto this disk.

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      slowmo on 13/10/2011 - 11:29

      but who brings around 4gb of p0rn around? :P

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        bbyboy on 13/10/2011 - 11:37

        -1

        who doesnt?

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        Utopian on 13/10/2011 - 12:01

        Beginners? Those still grabbing 30-sec clips, and random rubbish from Limewire.

        Got 2TB, and counting. But that's stuff-all, considering it's 720p+ content.

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        MdMa7 on 13/10/2011 - 12:19

        it's spelt pr0n