recommend a memory stick

Tommy Dillon

Hi guys

Just looking for a good fast memory stick. I need to get alot of memery onto it as fast as I can. What should I be looking for?

Thanks

CreepingDeath

Fast typically means USB 3.0
Does your PC/laptop support USB 3.0 ?
You can buy a USB 3 PCI board to upgrade a desktop machine.

I'd consider something like this 64Gb USB 3 drive for €37.21

Tommy Dillon

Thanks but I need to get a load of stuff off my wifes computer to stick onto my work computer. Cant really be messing with memory boards. Kinda looking for a fast memory stick that will download the stuff fast

invaderzimirl

why dont you just connect both systems to the same network and trandfere it via the lan Network

Tommy Dillon

Thanks but cant do that either. Just looking for a good fast memory stick .

bonzodog2

How much data? Are DVD-R an option ?

johndoe99

how about telling us how much data you want to transfer?
and your PC model/specs?

mach1982

invaderzimirl wrote: »

why dont you just connect both systems to the same network and trandfere it via the lan Network

Why not? Download, winscp/

Tommy Dillon

Thanks guys its about 9gigs I need.
Its an old dell pc I want to take it from. Just need a good memory stick

johndoe99

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

Thanks guys its about 9gigs I need.
Its an old dell pc I want to take it from. Just need a good memory stick

you say you don't want to install a new card so USB 3.0 is out of the question.

Here's s good one (16gb):

http://www.memoryc.com/usbproducts/usbflashdrives/16gbsandisjcruzerbladeusbflashdrive.html

it has a transfer speed of 480 Mbits/sec, it will take about 25 minutes or so to transfer 9Gb, that's if your PC supports USB 2.0, USB 2 are backward compatible so it will work with USB 1.1, but the duration will increase in that case.

Argos has them for €10.99:

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1168824/Trail/searchtext%3EMEMORY+STICK.htm

If your looking for super fast speeds, then USB 3.0 card will be needed.

whizbang

If its multiple small files i.e. 'MyDocuments' , then your speed is mostly limited by the operating system.
It may be faster to create a single zip file before transfer.

the_syco

johndoe99 wrote: »

you say you don't want to install a new card so USB 3.0 is out of the question.

Here's s good one (16gb):

http://www.memoryc.com/usbproducts/usbflashdrives/16gbsandisjcruzerbladeusbflashdrive.html

it has a transfer speed of 480 Mbits/sec, it will take about 25 minutes or so to transfer 9Gb, that's if your PC supports USB 2.0, USB 2 are backward compatible so it will work with USB 1.1, but the duration will increase in that case.

It reads at about 15.69mbps and writes at about 4.65mbps. Be very careful how sites word their products "transfer speed" as opposed to their products "write speed". Have been caught out before.

I got a 64GB Sandisk Extreme recently, and it copies from my computer (USB2 port) to the USB key at 27MB/sec to 28MB/sec. Have a look here at a graph of the speeds of different USB2 and USB3 sticks.

mathepac

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

... Just looking for a good fast memory stick .

You just need a 16GB USB stick. On an old PC the bottleneck is likely to be the PC's USB circuitry or even the files you want to transfer (lots of small files have a greater overhead than a small number of very big files).

EDIT: as already pointed out

milky00

What do you think of Toshiba?

whizbang

Always loved Toshiba memory sticks.
Not the fastest in the world, but almost always better than expected, and reliable too.

johndoe99

was out in HarveyNorman today, i picked myself up a Cruzer Blade 32Gb , for €17.

Gamayun

johndoe99 wrote: »

was out in HarveyNorman today, i picked myself up a Cruzer Blade 32Gb , for €17.

That's a good price for 32Gb, but I think it's that cheap due to the poor write speed.

I have a Cruzer Blade 8Gb and while it's fine for me (I just use it occasionally to play films/TV shows via my Saorview box) the write speed is very slow (2-3 MB/s).

So, if like me, you don't mind the speed issue then it's a good buy.

Also I formatted the drive as soon as I got it as the SanDisk SecureAccess software it comes with has gotten terrible reviews and I really didn't need it at all. I think deleting the appropriate files will do the job too, though formatting just feels more thorough.