Regarding where good prices are to be found, that depends on what country you're in. Others have already suggested Newegg if you're US-based. If you're UK-based, or based in any of the other countries Play.com serves (full list here), then I'll recommend Play.com.'lingenfr' said:The other thing I am considering is an SD Micro to SDHC adapter or similar. What are folks planning and where have you found good prices (other than eBay)? Thanks.
Why would anything less than 6MB/s be bad? I really can't think of anything you would need 6MB/s for.'typs lik dis' said:Class numbers don't say much except that anything below class 6 is probably trash; the classes refer to minimum transfer rates of 2, 4, and 6 MB/s, respectively.
'arrrgh' said:Why would anything less than 6MB/s be bad? I really can't think of anything you would need 6MB/s for.'typs lik dis' said:Class numbers don't say much except that anything below class 6 is probably trash; the classes refer to minimum transfer rates of 2, 4, and 6 MB/s, respectively.
Moving lots of data back and forth?
You have a point, you can stream video and load game data comfortably at 6 MB / second, but a faster write speed would make the transfer of videos to the Pandora much better.
'arrrgh' said:Why would anything less than 6MB/s be bad? I really can't think of anything you would need 6MB/s for.'typs lik dis' said:Class numbers don't say much except that anything below class 6 is probably trash; the classes refer to minimum transfer rates of 2, 4, and 6 MB/s, respectively.
Copying things (like MP3s or movies) to the card the very first time you want to use it.
If you've got direct DVD rips, you might push the bounds of playback speed, even with a class 6, but otherwise yes, you're right.
'WizardStan' said:'arrrgh' said:Why would anything less than 6MB/s be bad? I really can't think of anything you would need 6MB/s for.'typs lik dis' said:Class numbers don't say much except that anything below class 6 is probably trash; the classes refer to minimum transfer rates of 2, 4, and 6 MB/s, respectively.
Copying things (like MP3s or movies) to the card the very first time you want to use it.
If you've got direct DVD rips, you might push the bounds of playback speed, even with a class 6, but otherwise yes, you're right.
I didn't mean that a Class 6 isn't a good thing, but the way typs lik dis said it it seemed that everything other than a Class 6 was crap. Anyway, if you have 3GB of data to move, on a Class 6 it'll take 8 minutes and on a Class 4, it'll take 13. Not a huge difference, really.
If you've got 32GB to move, things look very different. With the fastest cards, about 17MB/s from the benchmarks I've seen, you're looking at 30 minutes. On a slow class 4 card, that would take more than 2 hours. 90 minutes is hardly inconsequential.'arrrgh' said:I didn't mean that a Class 6 isn't a good thing, but the way typs lik dis said it it seemed that everything other than a Class 6 was crap. Anyway, if you have 3GB of data to move, on a Class 6 it'll take 8 minutes and on a Class 4, it'll take 13. Not a huge difference, really.
'sdedalus' said:If you've got 32GB to move, things look very different. With the fastest cards, about 17MB/s from the benchmarks I've seen, you're looking at 30 minutes. On a slow class 4 card, that would take more than 2 hours. 90 minutes is hardly inconsequential.'arrrgh' said:I didn't mean that a Class 6 isn't a good thing, but the way typs lik dis said it it seemed that everything other than a Class 6 was crap. Anyway, if you have 3GB of data to move, on a Class 6 it'll take 8 minutes and on a Class 4, it'll take 13. Not a huge difference, really.
I was calculating using the minimum 4 and 6MB/s ratings. You are comparing a high quality card that can go up to 17MB/s, to the base Class 4 standard of 4MB/s which isn't really fair as there are Class 4's that go faster than 4MB/s too.
?'arrrgh' said:there are Class 4's that go faster than 4MB/s too.
'lulzfish' said:?'arrrgh' said:there are Class 4's that go faster than 4MB/s too.
So is the class just the write speed minimum, and the read might go above that?
The class is the guaranteed speed, so if you bought a Class 6, it would be sure to have at least 6MB/s read and write, but there's nothing stopping it from being faster, but how fast it actually is depends on the card itself.
To answer the original question, I have a 1GB card and a 2GB card from my digital camera. I'm probably putting the 2GB in the Pandora since it will be holding movies and the like, and my camera doesn't get enough use to need the 1GB.'lingenfr' said:I have been looking at Class 6 32GB SDHC. The other thing I am considering is an SD Micro to SDHC adapter or similar. What are folks planning and where have you found good prices (other than eBay)? Thanks.
not true. read a recent SDHC card shootout and the winner was a class 4 card. (the average read/write speed of a good card is around or above 20/15 regardless of class.)'typs lik dis' said:Class numbers don't say much except that anything below class 6 is probably trash; the classes refer to minimum transfer rates of 2, 4, and 6 MB/s, respectively.