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I have been using Samsung's "fit" line of USB flashdrives for several tasks where I need a very small form factor USB drive that barely takes up more space than the port itself, these specifically:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D7Q41PM
They have been great so far. Reliable, good speeds, don't get too hot, and a good price. Problem is, even the 256GB are starting to become too small for a few of the projects I am using them for, and Samsung does not make a 512GB version.
I tried looking up others, and the only ones I found were by Sandisk, PNY, and Teamgroup. I have no experience with Teamgroup but I have had poor experiences with Sandisk and PNY's flashdrives before. And from reading the reviews on Amazon, I don't appear to be alone in that. On top of both the PNY and Samsung ones apparently being prone to having the casing break, they also run very hot... especially the Sandisk which has apparently burned out some USB ports. They are also slow if the screenshots of CrystalDiskMark in the reviews are anything to go by. I am not expecting NVME speeds, but they are much slower than my current Samsung drives (Many of the user screenshots showed a laughably slow random 4K speed of around 0.01-0.02MBs, my Samsung 256GB drive does around 8.5-9MBs), especially at random 4K writes (and the PNY one is pricy to boot). Considering that I will be handling multiple files that are several gigs and I will need to transfer my 256GB drive to the 512GB one when I get it, these are worrying concerns.
I know these are cheaper USB flash drives and not NVMEs, but some of these are laughably slow while apparently becoming too hot to touch and a threat to your system from the heat if you use them a lot.
I tried to bite the bullet and look for non-slim full size USB drives... but it was mostly the same vendors. Samsung apparently does not even make a full size 512GB drive. The only additional vendor was Micro Center of all things which I am sure is just a rebranded one, and it's advertised speeds are even slower (though in some user tests in CrystalDiskMark tests it was much faster??? But still just barely hitting 1MB/s in 4K random). There are Gen2 drives... but those are mostly USB-C only and expensive, and most of the ports I will be plugging them into are just going to be Gen 1 anyway, as well as USB-A.
Are there no options for a decent 512GB flashdrive? Especially a slim/Fit style one? Surprised Samsung is not making any considering their 256GB slim one, the highest capacity they offer, is a mere $20 now.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D7Q41PM
They have been great so far. Reliable, good speeds, don't get too hot, and a good price. Problem is, even the 256GB are starting to become too small for a few of the projects I am using them for, and Samsung does not make a 512GB version.
I tried looking up others, and the only ones I found were by Sandisk, PNY, and Teamgroup. I have no experience with Teamgroup but I have had poor experiences with Sandisk and PNY's flashdrives before. And from reading the reviews on Amazon, I don't appear to be alone in that. On top of both the PNY and Samsung ones apparently being prone to having the casing break, they also run very hot... especially the Sandisk which has apparently burned out some USB ports. They are also slow if the screenshots of CrystalDiskMark in the reviews are anything to go by. I am not expecting NVME speeds, but they are much slower than my current Samsung drives (Many of the user screenshots showed a laughably slow random 4K speed of around 0.01-0.02MBs, my Samsung 256GB drive does around 8.5-9MBs), especially at random 4K writes (and the PNY one is pricy to boot). Considering that I will be handling multiple files that are several gigs and I will need to transfer my 256GB drive to the 512GB one when I get it, these are worrying concerns.
I know these are cheaper USB flash drives and not NVMEs, but some of these are laughably slow while apparently becoming too hot to touch and a threat to your system from the heat if you use them a lot.
I tried to bite the bullet and look for non-slim full size USB drives... but it was mostly the same vendors. Samsung apparently does not even make a full size 512GB drive. The only additional vendor was Micro Center of all things which I am sure is just a rebranded one, and it's advertised speeds are even slower (though in some user tests in CrystalDiskMark tests it was much faster??? But still just barely hitting 1MB/s in 4K random). There are Gen2 drives... but those are mostly USB-C only and expensive, and most of the ports I will be plugging them into are just going to be Gen 1 anyway, as well as USB-A.
Are there no options for a decent 512GB flashdrive? Especially a slim/Fit style one? Surprised Samsung is not making any considering their 256GB slim one, the highest capacity they offer, is a mere $20 now.
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