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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: patsmx5 on January 20, 2010, 07:00:33 PM
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I'm wanting to buy a thumb drive. The only one I have is the one that came with my laptop I bought back in 06', and it's a 128Mb...
So I'm looking on ebay and there's people selling 64 GB thumb drives starting bid 99 cents, free shipping, and the bids are closing without anybody buying them. I mean, is it a gimmick or are they really that cheap? Isn't that giving them away after shipping?
I got 6.55 in ebay bucks I need to use before they expire, that's why I was looking for something cheap to buy. Anything that was say 20 GB would work, doesn't have to be a thumb drive. Small external hardrive would work, just needs to be 30 bucks or less. I don't want to spend a fortune on a 500GB thing I'll never use.
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How much space do you really need on a thumb?
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www.newegg.com (http://)
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You sure it's 64gb and not some retarded adapter or something?
link? :P
I'll probably buy an IronKey USB drive next...pricey, but secure, durable, fast, and has quick customer service.
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Here's a link to a 32gb:
http://cgi.ebay.com/32GB-USB-2-0-Thumb-Drive-32G-Flash-Memoy-Pen-Stick-a_W0QQitemZ180455399494QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item2a03fae046 (http://cgi.ebay.com/32GB-USB-2-0-Thumb-Drive-32G-Flash-Memoy-Pen-Stick-a_W0QQitemZ180455399494QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item2a03fae046)
Here's a 128Gb..
http://cgi.ebay.com/128GB-USB-Flash-Drive-DATATRAVELER-200-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ160397037757QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item25586890bd (http://cgi.ebay.com/128GB-USB-Flash-Drive-DATATRAVELER-200-BRAND-NEW_W0QQitemZ160397037757QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item25586890bd)
So are they not reliable I guess? I didn't think about that. The 128Mb one I got from dell has always worked fine, but I mean I don't abuse it or anything, just use it sometimes.
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No clue about those eBay auctions. First one looks china so yeah it's worth a dollar, the second? I think Datatraveller is a Kingston unit, but I think they named the "company" Datatraveller to ride some coattails.
I have an abiding passion for SanDisk Cruisers, you just format that fucking U3 crap off of it and use the piss out of it. I lose them before they break, unlike some others I've had.
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Did you look at the feedback?
Thoroughly dishonest seller & counterfeit goods, will not pay back money, AVOID! Buyer: tom.gibson ( 2265) Jan-20-10 15:09
Never received. Paypal claim lodged for refund. Buyer: crazymut ( 382) Jan-20-10 15:03
Never received. Just told to keep waiting. 6 weeks later, still not arrived. Buyer: crazymut ( 382) Jan-20-10 15:03
2 months passed, and item is not delivered Buyer: dolkaolga ( 376) Jan-20-10 14:57
fake. desc as 32GB usb drive, actually only 4GB
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www.newegg.com (http://) (http://) (http://)
Buy from someone with good prices that will ship it quickly and replace it if needed...
What do you plan to use it for?
If you're just going to carry documents here and there and maybe a little music, 4-8gb is more than sufficient.
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Did you look at the feedback?
Thoroughly dishonest seller & counterfeit goods, will not pay back money, AVOID! Buyer: tom.gibson ( 2265) Jan-20-10 15:09
Never received. Paypal claim lodged for refund. Buyer: crazymut ( 382) Jan-20-10 15:03
Never received. Just told to keep waiting. 6 weeks later, still not arrived. Buyer: crazymut ( 382) Jan-20-10 15:03
2 months passed, and item is not delivered Buyer: dolkaolga ( 376) Jan-20-10 14:57
fake. desc as 32GB usb drive, actually only 4GB
Damn, no I sure as hell didn't look at that. Ok, scratch that off the list....
JD- You say SanDisk cruisers are good. I looked on ebay and saw this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sandisk-Cruzer-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-16-GB-NEW-Free-Ship_W0QQitemZ260540663146QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3ca96f056a (http://cgi.ebay.com/Sandisk-Cruzer-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-16-GB-NEW-Free-Ship_W0QQitemZ260540663146QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item3ca96f056a)
That's an old listing, but it didn't sell for 99 cents and 3 bucks shipping.
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I just wanted it to be able to move files with, save stuff, etc. Nothing big. But when I saw how cheap a 32Gb was on ebay then I was thinking well, I could buy a couple and use one to backup some music and video on my laptop incase the HD ever died.
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I got a 1GB one still in the package
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If you want to back up video/music, buy an external harddrive. Flash can't compete when you look at capacity/cost. 1TB externals were under $100 last I checked.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170522&bop=And&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170522&bop=And&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE) just go down that list and pick a size/price you want. You may find the same stuff cheaper somewhere else, I just stick with them since I know the customer service is great and I get my shit in 1-2 days from when I order (memphis > huntsville > my home)
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wat, that data traveler 128 gig is supposedly close to $1000 new?
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-200-Flash-Drive/dp/B002DT4PUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264031902&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-200-Flash-Drive/dp/B002DT4PUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264031902&sr=1-1)
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wat, that data traveler 128 gig is supposedly close to $1000 new?
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-200-Flash-Drive/dp/B002DT4PUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264031902&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DataTraveler-200-Flash-Drive/dp/B002DT4PUW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264031902&sr=1-1)
Er, well it's $400 new there.
List price is typically the price it originally sold at...so after a week or two passes and tech loses value, price for wholesalers drops but they still show you the "list price."
They're not selling it at a $600 loss :P
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list price is not what they sold for.
it's just like MSRP
My point is it was the original price the manufacturer sold/suggested/whatever that doesn't get updated as the technology becomes cheaper. A lot of places do that to make you think you're getting a damn good deal...
Pentium 2
List Price $1299.99
NOW ONLY $0.02!!!11
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I bought an OCZ(c) 16b thumb drive for like $18 after some mail in bullshit from newegg and its been working great for me.
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i should have quoted t_cel since i it was his post i was referring to.
in agreement with you.
Ah, just goes to show how ridiculous it is to try and stay on the 'cutting edge.' Prices drop too fast. Stick with mid-range shit that's a good value.
For music/video backups, get a beefy external drive. For documents and pictures and such, stick with 2-8gb.
PortableApps.com has some really nice applications you can install on your thumbdrive. I have KeePass to store/generate passwords for various things, Firefox so I can carry my favorites with me and always have the same tabs open no matter what PC I use, portable MS Office (you'll need to get this from torrents), portable Photoshop CS3 (I think it was 60mb, also from a torrent site), portable Thunderbird...etc.
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i should have quoted t_cel since i it was his post i was referring to.
in agreement with you.
Ah, just goes to show how ridiculous it is to try and stay on the 'cutting edge.' Prices drop too fast. Stick with mid-range shit that's a good value.
For music/video backups, get a beefy external drive. For documents and pictures and such, stick with 2-8gb.
PortableApps.com has some really nice applications you can install on your thumbdrive. I have KeePass to store/generate passwords for various things, Firefox so I can carry my favorites with me and always have the same tabs open no matter what PC I use, portable MS Office (you'll need to get this from torrents), portable Photoshop CS3 (I think it was 60mb, also from a torrent site), portable Thunderbird...etc.
I looked all through your link, but I'm having hell finding what I want.
Say I just want an external hard drive. Not just an enclosure, (which is like 3/4 of the ones i'm finding...). External hard drive, 40GB would be plenty, and a beefy one sounds good. If it's portable, I'll just use it instead of getting a thumb drive. Can you link me to a couple good ones?
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40GB is tiny. You might as well get a 120GB, they are cheap.
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That link was for thumbdrives...these are about the size of a book, although some are small, none are really pocket sized.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=414&N=2010150414 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&SubCategory=414&N=2010150414)
Just scroll down until you reach a price/size you like. It's sorted by lowest price. 250gb for $50
One thing you might want to pay attention to is whether they are powered through USB or through their own plug. The ones that just use USB are a lot slower, but usually more convenient... The ones that have their own power supply run faster but you'll have to carry around an extra cord with it...
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i should have quoted t_cel since i it was his post i was referring to.
in agreement with you.
Ah, just goes to show how ridiculous it is to try and stay on the 'cutting edge.' Prices drop too fast. Stick with mid-range shit that's a good value.
back in 2004 i bought a 512mb SD card it was the highest you could buy at a realistic price.
i paid $125 for it
the other day i got a 4gb SDHC card for $12
i don't think i'll ever buy the 'cutting edge' stuff ever again.
at the time i needed that much room cause i was taking a 2 week trip and i filled it up with photos.
when i bought the 4gig card i was pretty pissed at how much i paid for 1/8th the storage amount 5 years ago.
Say I just want an external hard drive. Not just an enclosure, (which is like 3/4 of the ones i'm finding...). External hard drive, 40GB would be plenty, and a beefy one sounds good. If it's portable, I'll just use it instead of getting a thumb drive. Can you link me to a couple good ones?
do they even make external drives that small any more?
newegg 20-80gig external hard drives (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150414%20131021346&name=20GB%20-%2080GB)
all external harddrives (http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=414&name=External-Hard-Drives)
Same thing here. I bought a 128Mb USB thumb drives for 80$ in 2003 or 2004. And a 128Mb MP3 player for 300$ LOL
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Ive got a plastic 4 gig Pariot that i got for dirt ass cheap like 3 years ago i think, i have an A-data 2 or 4 gig thats in alum thats sorta small really like it fits in tiny places so i dont have to unplug shit around it and i have a big ass 16 gig a data thtsa cased in rubber. I make sure to clean them regularly by leaving them in my pants and sending them through the wash and dryer. None have fucked up they fuckign rock so long as they are formatted out the box. go ahead and get teh biggest for teh dough. its nice to carry around a PE, Office, Minii Browser and still have room to back up a My docs folder if i need to.
I can format your shit, back up your pics and leave you with an OS, protection and office 07 with just my 16 gig. USB drive.
worth the 25 i paid for it like last year i think.
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I just ordered a 128GB thumb drive of ebay, for $28usd. We will see if it makes it here and if it works... 15-30 days shipping from China. LOL.
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I just ordered a 128GB thumb drive of ebay, for $28usd. We will see if it makes it here and if it works... 15-30 days shipping from China. LOL.
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I just ordered a 128GB thumb drive of ebay, for $28usd. We will see if it makes it here and if it works... 15-30 days shipping from China. LOL.
Wow. $28 shipped? I guess it's possible but extremely unlikely... Let us know how that works for you.
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The first auction Pat listed has everyone complaining about fake thumbdrives, no positives about thumbdrives. The second link the guy's sold a pile of the Kingston Datatraveller 128Gb units for $42-110 in the last week with perfect feedback.
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I just ordered a 128GB thumb drive of ebay, for $28usd. We will see if it makes it here and if it works... 15-30 days shipping from China. LOL.
Wow. $28 shipped? I guess it's possible but extremely unlikely... Let us know how that works for you.
Yeah I will post up the results either way. Even if I don't get it or if I do get it and it doesn't work... Well I spent more on taking the old lady out for dinner tonight. It will just have to come out of her date night money. :D
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The first auction Pat listed has everyone complaining about fake thumbdrives, no positives about thumbdrives. The second link the guy's sold a pile of the Kingston Datatraveller 128Gb units for $42-110 in the last week with perfect feedback.
I saw a bunch at about the $66 mark, if my $28 one doesn't pan out I will try one of those.
To tell the truth when I started looking today, I was really thinking just about getting a 16gb, as I have come across a couple files that don't fit on my handful of 4gb drives. When I stumbled across the 128gb @ $28 it was more of a wtf that can't be true, so I bought it to find out. Either way I am still looking for one of those multi pack deals but instead of 4gb's like I bought a couple years back 16 gb's this time. The 128gb will be more novelty then anything.
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I rock the tiny shit for my keychain. Anything over 1gb will usually be dvd stuff, so I just use my external HDD for that.
fastest - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12130 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12130)
cheapest - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11294 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11294)
Then just buy a transflash/microSD card. ATm memory is kinda expensive, it was half the price over a year ago.
4gb - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19039 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19039)
2gb - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19037 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19037)
You have to be careful with some thumbdrives, quality sucks, some have issues when removing from PC ("forgets" what was added/deleted), or with plastic units - they'll break off your keychain and be lost forever. I use the 1st linked above, and it's been on my keychain for 2 years solid.
BTW dealextreme is a great website - even more reliable than many US-based ebay'ers. Just don't order anything you need soon...
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I rock the tiny shit for my keychain. Anything over 1gb will usually be dvd stuff, so I just use my external HDD for that.
fastest - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12130 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12130)
cheapest - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11294 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11294)
Then just buy a transflash/microSD card. ATm memory is kinda expensive, it was half the price over a year ago.
4gb - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19039 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19039)
2gb - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19037 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19037)
You have to be careful with some thumbdrives, quality sucks, some have issues when removing from PC ("forgets" what was added/deleted), or with plastic units - they'll break off your keychain and be lost forever. I use the 1st linked above, and it's been on my keychain for 2 years solid.
BTW dealextreme is a great website - even more reliable than many US-based ebay'ers. Just don't order anything you need soon...
+1 on DX.
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I just ordered a 128GB thumb drive of ebay, for $28usd. We will see if it makes it here and if it works... 15-30 days shipping from China. LOL.
Well it was a little over the 30 days, but it arrived this morning and works perfectly. It looks and feels identical to the kingston 128gb I held in the store.
I will take pics of it, and screen shots of the capacity tonight when I get home.
On a side note the ebay listing was pulled by ebay a day after I bought this, and I filled a pay pal claim at about 28 days, and cancelled that claim this morning. I am going to try and contact the seller and see if I can get more. :noel:
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I want you to actually fill it up with 128gb too :D
I've heard of them reporting fake amounts of memory.
Almost forgot about this thread :P
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run that h2testw program on it and it will tell you the actual size of the drive itself.
http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw (http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw)
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I want you to actually fill it up with 128gb too :D
I've heard of them reporting fake amounts of memory.
Almost forgot about this thread :P
This happened to me a few years ago. Bought a 2 GB mp3 player and it turned out to be 128 MB. It showed up as 2 GB when plugged in to the computer, but when you put more than 128 MB of music on it it would get all fucked up. Performed a reformat and it showed up as 128 MB.
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Interesting thread for anyone that can sit 5 minutes and read about fake products on the chinese market:
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918 (http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918)
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run that h2testw program on it and it will tell you the actual size of the drive itself.
http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw (http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw)
Test started 7hrs remaining. I think I will have to abort before I go home and run it again at home, but I should at least get it half way done at work
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run that h2testw program on it and it will tell you the actual size of the drive itself.
http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw (http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw)
Test started 7hrs remaining. I think I will have to abort before I go home and run it again at home, but I should at least get it half way done at work
Shouldn't have cancelled the claim. I could be wrong, but my bet is on it being fake, and thats probably the reason the listing was pulled.... I guess we'll know in a few hours :P
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run that h2testw program on it and it will tell you the actual size of the drive itself.
http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw (http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw)
Test started 7hrs remaining. I think I will have to abort before I go home and run it again at home, but I should at least get it half way done at work
Shouldn't have cancelled the claim. I could be wrong, but my bet is on it being fake, and thats probably the reason the listing was pulled.... I guess we'll know in a few hours :P
Even if it is 4gb's for $28 I am okay with it. I was okay with it even if paypall wouldn't have given me my money back and it didn't work at all.
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True that, but 4GB for $0 is still a better value :P
Someday they'll hit $28.
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run that h2testw program on it and it will tell you the actual size of the drive itself.
http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw (http://www.dkszone.net/check-usb-drive-for-errors-fake-size-using-h2testw)
Test started 7hrs remaining. I think I will have to abort before I go home and run it again at home, but I should at least get it half way done at work
21GB written 0GB verified. 6hrs20min remaining.
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any updates? i want to buy a couple
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Written and verified 66gb's I ran out of time at work, and was too lazy to restart the process at home. It is at least 66GB's of usable space.
Once I eat some dinner, and find the camera I will take some pics of the drive, and the packaging ect...
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SHit 66 gb's is worth it but i wonder how fast it is. that was one notable difference when i bought a nice 4 gig Vs my cheap ass 4 gig like 3-4 years ago. after i formatted their bullshit off of it the cheaper one took a little bit longer to load and save shit on it.
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Avg speed on writing that 66gb (thanks to JD's program link) was 4.77MB/s. Now this is on my old ass work computer with 3 programs and a remote desktop running. It is so old I am not even sure it runs USB2.0
If I manage not to pass out in the lazy boy tonight, I will do a speed test on my laptop, and get around to those pics. I got up last night to find the camera and I found Capitan Morgan's private stock first...
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With a 2.0 port, even a 7200rpm HDD will only do ~25MB/s. The cheap adapters w/SDHC cards I posted above will range from 5-15MB/s, which is *highly* dependant on file sizes. Due to how flash mem works, greater amount of smaller files will drop write speed by a huge amount.
If you guys really want lots of external memory, just get an E-sata enclousure, a cheap drive, and an e-sata pci card if you don't have a port already. Or firewire for older but still quick shit.
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Any update?
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Still going strong, have about 42gb on it currently. Best $28 I ever spent on computer stuff.