OP
sam9953
True Manchester City fan
Why do you say its a no brainer seems to me like its a pretty good deal. Though I am not much away about USB 3.0 prices but I have used Strontium products and they are good.
Didn't know that... It does look like a good value proposition... based on the flipkart reviews, at least; though it might not be as fast as some of the pricier flash drives out there..
I just bought the strontium jet usb 3.0 16GB flash drive yesterday for 560. You can get it for around 480 if you haggle.
Strontium 16GB Auto USB Online Price in India, Specifications, Reviews, Features : Pen Drives - Compare India
Write speeds range from 5 MB/s to 25 MB/s, I'm using Windows 8 x64.
On Linux(Fedora 17) it is faster by around 3-5 MB/s.
Basically 1 GB in around 30 seconds... which is comparable to the best USB 2.0 flash drives.
Apparently the corsair flash drives have minimum write speeds of 25 MB/s, so it would definitely be worth it if you use it for very large files like HD Blu-ray movies which are upwards of 5GB in size..
Strontium 16GB Auto USB Online Price in India, Specifications, Reviews, Features : Pen Drives - Compare India
So, if you can save up, it'd be worth it in the long run.
Strontium 16GB Auto USB Online Price in India, Specifications, Reviews, Features : Pen Drives - Compare India
Write speeds range from 5 MB/s to 25 MB/s, I'm using Windows 8 x64.
On Linux(Fedora 17) it is faster by around 3-5 MB/s.
Basically 1 GB in around 30 seconds... which is comparable to the best USB 2.0 flash drives.
Apparently the corsair flash drives have minimum write speeds of 25 MB/s, so it would definitely be worth it if you use it for very large files like HD Blu-ray movies which are upwards of 5GB in size..
Strontium 16GB Auto USB Online Price in India, Specifications, Reviews, Features : Pen Drives - Compare India
So, if you can save up, it'd be worth it in the long run.
Initially there was some sort of high speed mode, where the speed started at 80 MB/s and then trickled down to 25. It copied 1 GB in around 10 seconds, but I guess that is insignificant.
average USB2 flash drives barely reached 4 MB/s... few people bother with performance, really. It's always about cost/GB for the majority of users, which is why flash drives such as the one above sell so well.
average USB2 flash drives barely reached 4 MB/s... few people bother with performance, really. It's always about cost/GB for the majority of users, which is why flash drives such as the one above sell so well.
gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
So I purchased this Sandisk 16GB USB 3.0 flash drive few months ago. Here are my results with both USB 2.0 and 3.0.
Drive - *www.ebay.in/itm/261086487357?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Results - Sandisk Extreme 16GB - Imgur
I hope this helps in making a decision.
TechnoHolic
Journeyman
Can anyone tell me which pendrive can be formatted using NTFS format..?
i have 1 hp pendrive (8GB) and it can be formatted with NTFS..thats help me to carry single data file sized more than 4GB..but now i need a 16GB drive..
help..!!
i have 1 hp pendrive (8GB) and it can be formatted with NTFS..thats help me to carry single data file sized more than 4GB..but now i need a 16GB drive..
help..!!
gxsaurav
You gave been GXified
Then it is not running at full speed. How much did you pay for it?
All pen drives can be formatted in NTFS.
d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
Really pathetic seed. Write speed is worse than a good USB2 pen drive..
That's why I have suggested OP not to buy strontium.
OP
sam9953
True Manchester City fan
Yeah mate i have taken your word in account, will be going for a corsair incase i do buy.
Shibaprasad
Journeyman
I am using Transcend Jet Flash 700 USB 3.0 32 GB pendrive. Its giving me 60-70 MB/s on USB 3.0 and +-25 MB/s on USB 2.0. You can buy the 16GB ver Rs. 845 on flipkart.
I think its better to buy a USB 3.0 than USB 2.0 becoz not only they give you speed on USB 3.0 but also they give decent speed on UBS 2.0. If you need super speed buy Corsair Flash Voyager GT but they are expensive.
I think its better to buy a USB 3.0 than USB 2.0 becoz not only they give you speed on USB 3.0 but also they give decent speed on UBS 2.0. If you need super speed buy Corsair Flash Voyager GT but they are expensive.
baiju
Ambassador of Buzz
Same here. Bought it around 2 months back from infibeam. There is not much speed difference in USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports. But for the money it is very good. My kingston 2.0 8GB has a write speed of 5MBps and read speed of 15MBps only.
TechnoHolic
Journeyman
My two Transcend pendrives can not be formatted with NTFS..so i asked here..
Shibaprasad
Journeyman
Why?? My transcend pendrive can be easily formatted with NTFS. I just changed the file system from fat32 to NTFS during format
d6bmg
BMG ftw!!
It depends on the size of pendrive you have.