Buying 4 GB pen drive - please guide

[cyneuron]

hello guys

i need to buy a 4 GB pen drive. Have never bought one. So no experience or knowlegde.

I need good, FAST, and reliable pen drive as i will be using it for booting Damn Small Linux and Mojo Pack.

Have heard only names like Transcend and Kingston. There must be lot of differences in their various models. Please suggest me which one to buy.

Saw this on ebay :

eBay India: 4 GB Transcend Pen Drive | 4GB Pendrive USB + 3 Yrs Wrn (item 370039557820 end time 11-Apr-2008 09:59:35 IST)

 

[deepak3775]

why dont u buy corsair from the gos in the trade section .they r awesome

 

[Marun]

Hi dude,

Go for TRANSCENSD.
Its cheap and best.

 

[cyneuron]

guys i am really confused...read reviews on Techtree about Transcend, Kingston, Sandisk and corsair....really no clear verdict...

can some body please tell from his/her own experience which one to go for ?

 

[Marun]

guys i am really confused...read reviews on Techtree about Transcend, Kingston, Sandisk and corsair....really no clear verdict...

can some body please tell from his/her own experience which one to go for ?

HI,

I have been using Transcend for long time.No worries.
Go for transcend.

 

[cyneuron]

read on various forums on TE....seems to be that corsair is the winner here....

even the prices are cheap....around 800 for 4 GB and 1350 for 8 GB....may be even go for 8 GB...

what do u say guys.....

 

[Sasuke_Itachi]

It depends on wht u want,security,speed etc etc.A voyager gt is fast and buffalo is good too.

 

[memories_dv]

Corsair FTW!

 

[ultra vires]

Transcend drives(at least the cheap 1s) have very poor transfer speeds...

Go for either BUffalo or corsair drives

 

[Striker10]

If you have cash and want really fast speeds, go with Corsair Voyager GT . PM Phoenix for this..

 

[2kewl]

Get a Corsair Voyager. Just got one and it's terrific!

 

[G80_gts]

corsair....

 

[Ashish.K]

Corsair.. what else !!

 

[Hacker]

Stay away from transcend if you want pen drives with good speeds.

 

[cyneuron]

Thanks a lot for all the responses....definitely gonna go for a corsair now....

thanks all...love u guys and love TE...

 

[vijaycool]

I bought sandisk 4GB did a benchmark on HDTach . The results are quite good 13MB/sec. I dont know about the corsair values and transcend values.
Whats the cost of corsair variants. I want to buy one more.:hap2:

 

[Namic]

i bought a new kingston 4gb pendrive. tested with HDtach man....gave burst speed as 12mbps/sec. i am quite happy with that....

if u need the best then go for corsair voyager....otherwise kingston is good....got mine 4 675/-

 

[vijaycool]

i bought a new kingston 4gb pendrive. tested with HDtach man....gave burst speed as 12mbps/sec. i am quite happy with that....

if u need the best then go for corsair voyager....otherwise kingston is good....got mine 4 675/-

I am extremely sorry. I bought kingston only:S confused a bit. Its quite good i bought for 700 Rs. how well its compared against corsair. Whats the burst rate for transcend.

 

[forum67]

hi....

you want excellent speed ----corsair
you want good speed + Extra features ------sandisk U3 (any U3 models)

U3 brings the power of portable software to your USB flash drive - make it a smart drive!

STILL confused which to buy ....get a CHIP MARCH edition magzine ...20-30 PEN DRIVES in test..

CHIP suggested ----- BEST PERFORMANCE ---- corsair
BEST VALUE ---- Sandisk(only the U3 models)

 

[Hacker]

i bought a new kingston 4gb pendrive. tested with HDtach man....gave burst speed as 12mbps/sec. i am quite happy with that....

if u need the best then go for corsair voyager....otherwise kingston is good....got mine 4 675/-

why do you guys go for slow pen drives like kingston and transcend when you have buffalo.