HDSC Card or USB Flash

[Eisner]

Sorry if this has been covered but I need clarification on something.
I have already bought my SD cards but I noticed lately that there are some great deals relating to USB memory sticks with comparable memory sizes.
I was wondering which is generally faster for downloading of data ? Would I be better off, getting another HDSC card or a usb memory stick.

Thank you,

D)

 

[Chip]

The speed of the USB stick depends on the stick. Some are faster and some are slower. For example, I just transfered a 700MB test file to and from a cheap A-Data 8GB USB stick and got 21.2MB/s read and 8.9MB/s write. I don't have an SD card to compare it to, but that's in the same general range as a decent class 6 card.

Just remember, if you use a USB stick, it will be constantly sticking out the back of your Pandora. It will have a tendency to bump into things and you could end up damaging the USB socket.

 

[Eisner]

Thanks Chip. After some further reading on Google, I found similar results and your point about the stick out the back is a good one. However, the prices on the sticks locally seem to be coming down faster than the SD cards. I already have 2 cards ( 2 X 8GM ) so I was thinking that I could just have a stick for movies, or other temp apps that I would not want all the time and keep my cards for the emulators/games and other apps/OS that I would like to have readily and consistently available.

D)

 

[Etinin]

There are 16gb brandless SD card on eBay for $30, which is not bad, even if they're slow, it shouldn't be a problem if you have another decent card for the OS.

 

[Phawx]

Knockoff cards on eBay should be avoided like the plague! Trust me, I have bought and read plenty of reviews that says you should probably just spend an extra $5-10 on a definite Class of SD card.

I have had an entire days worth of vacation photos just disappear, from cheap HK SD cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211245

This is class 6 so you are looking at 22MB-ish Reads. I am not going to be buying SD cards until my Pandora comes to me though, I am going to wait and see what kind of sweet deals come around.

 

[Tor]

Yes, stay off the ebay cards. There are lots of reports of 4GB cards being sold as 8GB, for example. For some reason fake high-capacity SD cards seems to be popular business at ebay for the time being.

 

[Bronek]

For some reason fake high-capacity SD cards seems to be popular business at ebay for the time being.

They always were. I once read that the counterfeit memory cards on eBay are around 90% figure, no kidding. Just look at this list http://search.reviews.ebay.co.uk/Fake-S ... _W0QQuqtZg (3 pages!)

 

[Wonslung]

a usb stick would be great for an internal mod though

 

[PandoraNoHako]

a usb stick would be great for an internal mod though

But which part of the internal hardware are you willing to replace?