Need A 512 GB USB Stick Or USB Type-C SSD Enclosure? Patriot Has You Covered

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You wrote: "The Supersonic Mega comes in 128, 256 and 512 GB capacities for a reasonable price of $49.99, $89.99 and $229.99, respectively"
I already have 128GB usb flash drive,
Just about 4 weeks ago, in Costco, I bought Lexar 128GB 3.0 usb for $24.99.
So, my question is:
What is so special about 'Supersonic Mega' 128GB for almost twice price of $49.99 ???
Is it faster?
Is it cuter?
Is it Longer?
What or How it is better?!
Thanks
-VJO


 


These units run on the 3.1 standard, which is double the speed of 3.0. Which is likely what you are running.
 
#vladimirorlovsky,
Usb 3.0 should have same transfer speed as usb 3.1 gen1, so your reply is kinda misleading.
USB 3.0 is now called USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Speed up to 5Gbps)
..... USB 3.1 is now called USB 3.1 Gen 2 (Speed up to 10Gbps)
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Gam3r01's question still deserves a proper answer = )
 
The real key boils down to the flash and the controller. You should run a few cursory benchmarks on your USB stick and see how the performance compares to the Patriot offering. I made sure to mention "reputable" competitors, simply because there are many many vendors that will ship horrible flash that is not fit for use in pretty much anything. this flash will fail quickly, but they sell it at cutthroat prices. Most of the time a good indicator is the performance, particularly with sustained write workloads.
 
Well I sort of don`t get this, if they made a bridge board from sata to usb. 3.0 and 3.1 spec using the same controller chips they are actually using on the usb flash drives.

Would the read and write through put be the same, as the flash drive on it`s own.
And if you could do that why not just buy a Samsung SSD drive, put it in an external housing. And you have 500Gb of storage at about £100 less than buying something for £300. Is it not the controller chip as much as the quality of the flash ram that determines the read and write speeds at sustained write loads.

Im sure people would pay for a external sata drive housing with a bridge board able to do this for a decent price.
 
Well I sort of don`t get this, if they made a bridge board from sata to usb. 3.0 and 3.1 spec using the same controller chips they are actually using on the usb flash drives.

Would the read and write through put be the same, as the flash drive on it`s own.
And if you could do that why not just buy a Samsung SSD drive, put it in an external housing. And you have 500Gb of storage at about £100 less than buying something for £300. Is it not the controller chip as much as the quality of the flash ram that determines the read and write speeds at sustained write loads.

Im sure people would pay for a external sata drive housing with a bridge board able to do this for a decent price.
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I've already done this using a SIIG USB 3.1 enclosure that Fry's had free AR during Black Friday week. I put in a 480 GB Patriot Blaze SSD ($100 AR at Fry's during the same period) and tried it out with a freshly built Z170 Core i5 system with a Samsung 512 GB M.2 x4 drive. The results are pretty amazing once you do the math and determine what the actual possible maximum is for the combination. Copying over USB 3.1 to the Samsung was the best combination thanks to the combination of maximized SATA-III reads and the fantastic write speed of the Samsung.

In a few years it will be the norm for a fraction of the cost but for now it's quite remarkable. It will get better as native USB 3.1 flash controllers appear to overcome the limits of SATA but at lower cost than the upcoming U.2 drives. At least in theory. It remains to be seen if vendors will see this as a big enough market to pursue.
 


These units run on the 3.1 standard, which is double the speed of 3.0. Which is likely what you are running.
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yes we all know 3.0vs3.1, however his question still stands unanswered because in a gddr5 world gddr3 is still being used and while the 64bit bus gddr5 version is kicking arse over it's 128bit bus gddr3 brother in thruput as evidenced in the low end video cards specifically the gt730 i think you see what he's getting at is the 3.1 stick using ddr3 on a 64 bit or 128 bit bus or is it gddr4 on a 32 bit or 64 bit or 128 bit bus?
lack of specifics means they are hiding something on purpose and it is not for the consumers benefit.
 
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