I am actually considering to get a 1tb Crucial MX500 for around 140 USD (unfortunately thats the cheapest I could find in the country I am living in atm) to replace all my USB Flash drives.
Last year when I replaced my last 1tb HDD with a 1tb Samsung 860Evo ssd I discovered how much faster the transfer speeds of the ssds even connected to a usb/sata adapter when compared to USB flash drives.
Other than the faster read and write speeds the prices of the USB flash drives seem to HIGHER than a high quality ssd with almost the same capacity:
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-250GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0764WCXCV
https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-256GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00S5V5PTC
I heard for long term storage both the USB flash drives and SSDs need to be powered on like once (?) a year to retain all the data stored on them so I assume there doesn't seem to be any reason for anyone to get a slow USB flash drive in 2019,
or am I wrong??
Last year when I replaced my last 1tb HDD with a 1tb Samsung 860Evo ssd I discovered how much faster the transfer speeds of the ssds even connected to a usb/sata adapter when compared to USB flash drives.
Other than the faster read and write speeds the prices of the USB flash drives seem to HIGHER than a high quality ssd with almost the same capacity:
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX500-250GB-NAND-Internal/dp/B0764WCXCV
https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-256GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00S5V5PTC
I heard for long term storage both the USB flash drives and SSDs need to be powered on like once (?) a year to retain all the data stored on them so I assume there doesn't seem to be any reason for anyone to get a slow USB flash drive in 2019,
or am I wrong??