Is this a deal or Ripoff?

[tejjammy]

Just came across this while browsing and was tempted to buy. But never bought earlier from this site. Is the price right? There are all positive reviews. Should I go for it?
Pack of 2 Sandisk Cruzer Blade 4 GB Pendrive with 5 Years Manufacturers Limited Warranty, Price, Features, Specifications, Reviews | Tradus

 

[sygeek]

buy it

 

[tejjammy]

Sure?? Any idea of transfer speeds?

 

[saswat23]

Actually one of my friends has this very model and speeds are horrible so, that might be the reason for its price.
Now a days 4GB Pendrives from Transcend and Kingstons are selling for as low as Rs.275, so no need of buying this very model.

 

[tejjammy]

Now I'm really confused...
My main motive was to use them as liveUSB drives so that requires good read speed so I think I must research more before buying this

 

[saswat23]

Buying USB Pendrives now a days is not a good idea coz for the price a 64GB Pendrive you could get a 500GB ext. HDD. So, better save up a bit and go for a 160GB ext. USB HDD for 1.5k..

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

get 1 8gb pen drive for rs 450.. dats wud b better

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Buy Sandisk Cruzer Blade USB 8GB Pen Drive at Best Price in India - Also find Specifications, Photos, Features & Reviews

8GB version of this drive is available here for Rs 445

2x4GB for 250x2 = 500
Buy SanDisk 4 GB Blade Pen Drive at Best Price in India - Also find Specifications, Photos, Features & Reviews

 

[cute.bandar]

According to costtocost the price of one of these is 260. So its neither a ripoff nor a deal. Just fair price..almost
As for speed: I think mine is the same. So made a little speed report for you: UsbFlashSpeed.com: SanDisk Cruzer Blade speed test result.

 

[tejjammy]

After reading all your comments and seeing the speed graphs i think i would save enough for a 64GB SSD drive

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

According to costtocost the price of one of these is 260. So its neither a ripoff nor a deal. Just fair price..almost
As for speed: I think mine is the same. So made a little speed report for you: UsbFlashSpeed.com: SanDisk Cruzer Blade speed test result.

whats on the x-axis??

 

[Ishu Gupta]

whats on the x-axis??

Total data transfered?

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

After reading all your comments and seeing the speed graphs i think i would save enough for a 64GB SSD drive

how much does that cost??

Total data transfered?

no it wud b something related to pieces or anyother?? dnt knw exactly..
coz if you see graph has max upto 16MB..how it cud b total data transfered

 

[tejjammy]

I think it's the block size of partition.

Cost is about rs 5-6k entry level

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

^^ hmm may b block size.. nt sure..

wht is your purpose of purchasing?? SSD is costlier option

 

[Ishu Gupta]

Wouldn't they need to format the pen drive to change the block size?

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

^^no i think windows(OS) decide the block size..

 

[Ishu Gupta]

AFAIK Flash doesn't support block size below 2K either. And who would want a 16MB block size.
Doesn't make sense.

 

[pulkitpopli2004]

as i read on WIKI .. it says

the large block sizes used in flash memory erasing give it a significant speed advantage over old-style EEPROM when writing large amounts of data

and i also saw that Win 7 32 Bit OS.. uses block size of 512KB by default..

 

[kool]

AFAIK Flash doesn't support block size below 2K either. And who would want a 16MB block size.
Doesn't make sense.

Ishu... Hows this deal? HP USB Flash Drive 8GB C335W @ Rs.350 (with discount coupon) I don't about HP pen drives.
HP USB Flash Drive 8GB C335W

*www.greendust.com/images/USB%20Flash%20Drive%20HP%208GB%20C335W_big.jpg

or suggest me any fastest 8GB pen drive.