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Kind of a silly topic. I'm in the market for a cheap and reliable 32gb flash drive. Are there any performance benefits with Usb 3.0 drives? Any suggestions?

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USB 3 over USB 2? Hell yes it is definitely worth it if most of your stuff has USB 3. Kingston, Sandisk and Corsair all have some nice flashdrives.

 

 

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Kind of a silly topic. I'm in the market for a cheap and reliable 32gb flash drive. Are there any performance benefits with Usb 3.0 drives? Any suggestions?

 

Of course there is, that's the entire point of USB 3.0. 

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USB 3 is something like 4-5x the speed of USB 2 in transferring files. It's soooooooo goooooooooooood.. :D

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USB 3 completely destroys USB 2

 

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I know that in theory Usb 3 is vastly better but are there performance gains with Usb flash drives or is it just a marketing scheme?

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I know that in theory Usb 3 is vastly better but are there performance gains with Usb flash drives or is it just a marketing scheme?

That's actually a pretty legitimate question IMO. The last USB3 flash drive I bought

is about two years old and was pretty cheap (size: 16 GB), and indeed it just about

manages to reach full USB2 write speeds.

I have no idea how the situation is today though.

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I am going to buy this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-CRUZER-EXTREME-CZ80-USB-3-0-32GB-32G-Pen-Thumb-Flash-Drive-/200926906306?pt=US_USB_Flash_Drives&hash=item2ec82d47c2

 

Because: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/usb-3.0-thumb-drive-review,3477.html

                http://www.tested.com/tech/accessories/456707-best-usb-30-thumb-drive/

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The Mushkin Ventura Plus is the best one in my opinion, it's among the faster drives out there and it's fairly inexpensive.

 

Yes, the performance benefits over USB 2.0 are very real, but of course if you're not transferring large files it won't matter either way.  I carry 300MB drivers and 1GB+ benchmark programs like 3DMark around on mine, and I'm definitely thankful for USB 3.0.

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