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Help me pick a USB 3.0 flash drive

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Help me pick a USB 3.0 flash drive

I keep seeing deals pop up and now that it's Black Friday I think I want to get one.

The problem is, everytime there is a thread on a flash drive people always say it sucks because write speed or read speed sucks.

Can someone point out which are the top 3-4 drives to get? I will be using it for the odd file transfers here and there, I won't be mounting stuff on it and running it real time or anything like that. But with that said I don't want a crap drive either. Reliability FTW.

Thanks!
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I got a decent deal from tiger direct ... 32 GB patriot, USB 3.0 for 32-34 $?
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I heard they are horrible for reliability
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Slawek wrote: I heard they are horrible for reliability
That is news! What source did you get that from?

Flash technology was supposed to be insanely reliable. Remember the BC hangglider guide that swallowed the SD card of the video after he killed a lady due to his negligence? The police waited for him to pass the card and retrieved the evidence in tact.
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Adata USB3.0 Titanium Grey... decent speed for BOTH USB2 and USB3.0.. 32GB were sold out in NCIX... might want to try CC

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