USB Memory Stick V USB External Hard Drive
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Entirely depends on the quality of the USB 3 memory stick and whether the 'main system' has USB2 or 3.
Assuming it has USB2, if you buy a recent USB3 memory stick from a big brand then the memory stick would comfortably saturate the USB2 bandwidth, AND would have much faster random reads and writes than a HD.
Assuming it has USB2, if you buy a recent USB3 memory stick from a big brand then the memory stick would comfortably saturate the USB2 bandwidth, AND would have much faster random reads and writes than a HD.
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Realistically, an SSD in a USB 3 enclosure via a USB 3.0 port 
. Have found some decently fast memory sticks but pricey as the GBs go up. I have a USB 3.0 stick that does about 50MB/sec write and 80MB/sec read on USB 3 but its only 64GB, USB 2.0 hdd should do about 30MB/sec usually and vastly better price per GB. All depends on the memory stick you get, i find most usb 3.0 ones don't do claimed speed and are no better than 2.0
. Have found some decently fast memory sticks but pricey as the GBs go up. I have a USB 3.0 stick that does about 50MB/sec write and 80MB/sec read on USB 3 but its only 64GB, USB 2.0 hdd should do about 30MB/sec usually and vastly better price per GB. All depends on the memory stick you get, i find most usb 3.0 ones don't do claimed speed and are no better than 2.0
