 OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | Looking for a good flash drive I am looking for a 16GB flash drive in the price range of $20-$30 it has to be fast and dependable. |
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 koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:13 | Avoid OCZ's Diesel 16GB drive. The replacement I purchased was an HP v125w 16GB and has reliable speeds (regardless of filesystem (FAT32 or NTFS); around 30-35MB/sec read and 10-12MB/sec write. Write speed gradually decreases on large (multi-gigabyte) files which probably means HP's wear levelling code in the F/W isn't that great).
(Footnote: The [...] part in the Amazon review was not placed there by me; Amazon removed the link I provided, because OCZ actually removed the post I made on their forum discussing/detailing the problem. How nice of them.)
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL
2 edits | You got to be kidding!
As far as i know OCZ is a good company if you buy RAM.Sounds like they know their flash memory sucks are bad. |
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 signmeuptooLove those still alivePremium
join:2001-11-22
NanoParticle
kudos:4 | Some of their SMPSs aren't that great, either (some are good though). |
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 howiePremium
join:2003-04-08
Antarctica
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2 edits | reply to Oleg
(patriot-memory-xporter-xt-16gb-flash-drive-usb-20-portable-pef16gusb.jpg) | |  |
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···-Product |
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Good luck!! |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | reply to howie
Cool.Thank you all. |
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
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Birmingham, AL | reply to howie
scary reviews »www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRe···eywords= |
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howiePremium
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Antarctica
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2 edits | You posted just the negative reviews. Only 10% of all buyers give it a poor or very poor rating. There are a hell of a lot more positive ones. Almost any product, no matter how good, will have its share of nay sayers. 68% are 5 egg reviews, which I think is pretty good for any product there. |
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koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
kudos:13 | said by howie:You posted just the negative reviews. Only 10% of all buyers give it a poor or very poor rating. There are a hell of a lot more positive ones. Almost any product, no matter how good, will have its share of nay sayers. 68% are 5 egg reviews, which I think is pretty good for any product there. For what it's worth, I agree. I haven't used the Patriot product mentioned, but regardless of that fact, if the device worked well for me I'd classify it as worthwhile.
That's the thing folks often forget about product reviews -- they're all individualised. One has no idea what the actual skill set of the reviewer is either (for example, my mother's opinion of flash drives is going to be a lot different than mine!). Newegg's little radio button that lets you rate your own skill set is about useless (the Internet is only full of truthful people, you know!)
And besides, most Newegg reviews (positive and negative) are usually pretty bad. Take them with a grain of salt.  Dude this flash drive got me ten more FPS in Crysis!$*()@!$(!@ BUY IT L33T AWESOME
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signmeuptooLove those still alivePremium
join:2001-11-22
NanoParticle
kudos:4 | Hah hah hah, that wuz good, LoLzrs. |
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 KilroyPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-21
Ann Arbor, MI | reply to Oleg
The reviews might be scary, but I see that the manufacturer has posted to most, if not all of them. Give them props for that. Reading some of the reviews you have to say these people won't be satisfied. I washed my drive and now it doesn't work? The rubber will rip if I use it to pull the drive out? Come on, nothing is made for those gorillas.
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OlegBellsouth FastaccessPremium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | You are right.
Here is one more here:
Cons: Slow Write Speed compared to an external HD  |
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 XT0RTKMFDM Baby
join:2001-07-28
Edmonton, AB | reply to Oleg
I've had two of those XT's and I won't get one again. I was in the same boat as some of the other users experiencing the same things:
1. Rubber breaking apart.
2. Connectors breaking off from the PCB.
I've had my OCZ Rally's for a lot longer (2+ years) and they are still going strong. My little Lexar 256MB from 6 years ago is outlasting the XT's life span.
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iceSleep Less, Game More
join:2002-07-01
Wind Gap, PA
1 edit | I have a Mushkin Mulholland 32GB and its speeds are around 32MB/s read/17.5MB/s write. I think they make a 16GB version, but it's been flawless so far.
EDIT: Yep, $35 at Newegg.
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 joakoPremium
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said by koitsu:Avoid OCZ's Diesel 16GB drive. The replacement I purchased was an HP v125w 16GB and has reliable speeds (regardless of filesystem (FAT32 or NTFS); around 30-35MB/sec read and 10-12MB/sec write. Write speed gradually decreases on large (multi-gigabyte) files which probably means HP's wear levelling code in the F/W isn't that great). (Footnote: The [...] part in the Amazon review was not placed there by me; Amazon removed the link I provided, because OCZ actually removed the post I made on their forum discussing/detailing the problem. How nice of them.) I have one of those OCZ Diesel 16gb flash drives. It fails the xbox 360 performance test.
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