gebraset Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) I'm in the market for a USB flash drive to be used solely as a backup drive. Currently I have some gift cards from Amazon, so that's where I'll be purchasing. Right now I have my eye on a few, but not totally sure. Most of the benchmarks I see are for files under 1GB. http://www.amazon.com/Mushkin-Prospector-Drive-Flash-MKNUFDPR16GB/dp/B0056J04YM/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1332470912&sr=1-3 http://www.amazon.com/Patriot-Signature-Portable-Flash-PSF16GUSB/dp/B00499CITE/ref=sr_1_21?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1332469847&sr=1-21 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EOATIW/ref=cm_cr_asin_lnk All of the drives I see so far are deadly slow that are around $1/GB, but that's what I'm looking for. Something around 16GB is preferable, but like I said, all of the ones I am finding are so slow. I need to backup about 13GB of files. Asthetics aren't important, as long as they aren't lime green or purple, lol. Can you guys make some recommendations based on some drives you have? Edited March 23, 2012 by gebraset Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 How much money do you have? Also whats wrong with lime green I have 3 lime green USB drives Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Do you have any USB 3.0 ports or is everything 2.0? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebraset Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 I have plenty of money, but I want close to $1/GB, lol. And everything I have is USB 2.0, won't be upgrading for about 3 years or so, so no need for a USB 3.0 drive right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 For a buck a gb you are not going to get any good speed, any low end kingston drive will do, I just researched them myself as I need a faster one and the Patriot xp rage is about the best for the money of usb 2 drivesbut they sre about $20 for the 8 gb and $30 for the 16 gb. They will give you about 25 mbps write speed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebraset Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 I'm even fine with 30 minutes for the 13GB transfer, I just want a good bang for the buck flash drive. I know I can get a super slow one, but I'm hoping to not get one that wrties 13GB in 5 hours, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 well don't know if my old school math is very good but the patriot should do 13 gb in about10 minutes give or take a half hour, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebraset Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) Sounds good! I think I may go with this one here though, most Corsiar drives are pretty on point. http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Flash-Voyager-Drive-CMFVYA32GB/dp/B004O0PAB6/ref=pd_sim_pc_37 The 16GB model, lol. Edited March 23, 2012 by gebraset Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted March 23, 2012 Posted March 23, 2012 Sounds good! I think I may go with this one here though, most Corsiar drives are pretty on point. http://www.amazon.co...ef=pd_sim_pc_37 The 16GB model, lol. Looks good cosair is always reliable Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebraset Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 Awesome! I'll be picking that one up then. Thanks for the help all, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeGunny Posted March 24, 2012 Posted March 24, 2012 A nice feature if you actually take your flash drives with you when you go places (I keep certain installers on my keychain as I use them to install programs that help me repair computers, since family and friends always randomly ask): Many flash drives come with an onscreen display which shows your remaining/used disk space (usually in percentage.) While they're usually complete crap as far as display quality (similar to old "handheld" games at a gas station) they can make sure to remind you that you're running out of room or might've forgotten to install a large file that obviously isn't there at certain usage percentages. I have a couple of these OSD drives at 2/4GH sizes. Because sometimes my mother will ask me to bring her a copy of a movie for her laptop or something.. And as I'm about to leave, I check my keychain and see I've got 80% free space.. And right there I know I don't have that 1+GB movie file on there, so it reminds me to go back and copy it before I leave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted March 26, 2012 Posted March 26, 2012 (edited) I'm a huge fan of these: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=super+talent+pico+16gb&_sacat=See-All-Categories super tiny, and quite fast. of course there are 32GB offerings for almost the same $/GB http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=super%20talent%20pico%2032gb&_sop=15 (I have had the 8GB Picos before and now have a 16GB though) Edited March 26, 2012 by IVIYTH0S Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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