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USB Flash Drive Roundup - 10/2005

Date: October 4th, 2005
Topic: Memory
Manufacturer: Various
Author: Anand Lal Shimpi

Buy the Corsair CMFUSB2.0-16GB Flash Voyager

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256KB File Write Performance

The performance of the top tier drives jumps from 1 or 2MB/s up to 9.5MB/s in the case of Corsair's Flash Voyager, 10.8MB/s for the Cruzer Titanium, 11.8MB/s for the Lexar drive and 12.2MB/s in the case of Kingston's DataTraveler Elite.

256KB File Write Performance

The majority of the drives, however, are stuck below 3MB/s, which is pretty dismal for write performance when you take into account that the Kingston Elite drive can write these files over 4 times faster.

2MB File Write Performance

With larger files, some of the poorer performing drives finally break past the 3MB/s barrier, but for the most part, these drives stay below 10MB/s in write speed.

2MB File Write Performance

64MB File Write Performance

64MB File Write Performance

For our final performance test, Memina turns up the pressure and manages to equal Lexar and Kingston in performance at 15.3MB/s.

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37 Comments - Last by BJL, 1212 days ago

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by Phantronius, 1589 days ago

1st!!!

I love my OEM made from some pretty lady in china USB 2.0 stick, its saved my ass so many times for my work, especially in data reterival and spyware removal.

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Not too bad an article...has some good info by Souka, 1589 days ago

I've had the Memina Rocket for a couple months now....before they even announced it (thanks to NewEgg)....write spead defintly kinda bite with small files especially, but usually I put drivers and stuff there once, then read mutliple times....so its a good match for me.

PQI's I got over a year ago, and completely made everyone jealous.... for once, mem were bragging theirs is smaller than someone else's. :D

I still use a SanDisk Titanium.....only a 512mb module, but still works well.

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RE: Not too bad an article...has some good info by Souka, 1588 days ago

oopsss...typo

meant to say...

PQI's I got over a year ago for my office, and completely made everyone jealous.... for once, men were bragging theirs was smaller!! :D

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I wonder.. by SpaceRanger, 1589 days ago

Are USB drives able to be made Bootable?? I know that systems can recognize USB Floppy Drives, and boot from those, but I was wondering if you could take a USB Flash Drive and make it a bootable device.

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RE: I wonder.. by Phantronius, 1589 days ago

depending on the flash drive and the motherboard BIOS, yes you can do it.

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by Pete84, 1589 days ago

Bummer, OCZ's dual channel USB stick didn't get in.

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IDIOT by jkostans, 1589 days ago

Someone didn't read the article......

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by sxr7171, 1589 days ago

Time to get a Lexar JumpDrive lightning. This may not be important to a lot of people, but a USB drive IMHO needs to have a loop for a keyring. It is the most convenient way to carry the thing and always have it with you no matter what. I guess this applies more to people living in the city and not needing a car and the big bulky car keys/remote that come with that.

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by TheInvincibleMustard, 1589 days ago

Speaking of, is there some reason the Lexar isn't on the RTPE? I mean, it did just win an Editor's Choice and all, so you'd hope it would be one of the drives listed in the newly-announced Flash Storage section ... :(

-TIM

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lol by yacoub, 1589 days ago

What's with all the scratches on the Corsair Flash Voyager's USB connector?

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