USB sticks, speed and quality

Destination · 5 Sep 2015 at 09:36

Looking to pick up a couple of USB sticks, around 64GB.
Has anyone any recommendations?

Noticing that

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FL-149-KS&groupid=701&catid=1913&subcat=2467

and

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FL-164-KS&groupid=701&catid=1913&subcat=2467

are both available for around the same price.
Is one faster than the other? Which is better?
Are rival makes superior?
I know little to nothing about USB sticks, except the ones I have make 10-11mb/sec when transferring large files.

tamzzy · 5 Sep 2015 at 09:48

i'd go with these instead. the kingston ones have slow write speeds.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FL-056-CS&groupid=701&catid=1913&subcat=2467

Destination · 5 Sep 2015 at 09:54

tamzzy said:
i'd go with these instead. the kingston ones have slow write speeds.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FL-056-CS&groupid=701&catid=1913&subcat=2467

I had looked at that but I was somewhat concerned that the advertised speeds might be utter lies on the part of OcUK.
They seem to be the potential interface speed rather than the potential disk speed.
Unformatted Capacity: 64GB
Max Read (USB 3.0): 85 MB/sec
Max Write (USB 3.0): 70 MB/sec
Interface Type: USB 3.0
Shock: 40G
External Dimensions: 70mm x 24mm

Has anyone got such a stick, does it perform remotely close to these advertised speeds?

tamzzy · 5 Sep 2015 at 10:09

lol. you're right. just a quick google on the rainforest and the write speeds are as bad as the kingston drives.

personally i have the sandisk cruzer extreme and that definitely does what it says on the tin. >100mb read *and* write speeds

Destination · 5 Sep 2015 at 10:22

ah-ha, that's good info, sandisk cruzer extreme, thank you

anyone have any other suggestions?

NoNameNoNumber · 5 Sep 2015 at 12:13

I've had 2 Corsair 64s fail on me. I'm now using the Kingston you linked to in the OP and so far cannot fault it. Looks nice too

On Holiday · 5 Sep 2015 at 12:21

I also have a SanDisk CruZer Extreme. The speeds are great.
Can't go wrong with SanDisk or Kingston for memory.

Destination · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:09

Thanks.

CrixxzeH · 5 Sep 2015 at 17:28

Always used SanDisk or Kingston.

Prefer Kingston for reliability.

dacads · 5 Sep 2015 at 18:00

Kingston here, I find a good site is http://usb.userbenchmark.com

Can also check HDDs and SSDs

Destination · 5 Sep 2015 at 19:45

That's an excellent site, I do like the way it ranks on many different stats.
Very good thank you.

defoerate · 7 Sep 2015 at 09:22

I can also vouch for the sandisk cruzer extreme, I have the 64 gb version and it's very fast even when using in my computer's usb2 slot.

It has one annoying thing and that's the slide out port which doesn't feel solid. I would have preferred a cap on type.

Devious · 18 Oct 2015 at 20:43

Sorry to resurrect the thread but I'm in the same boat. I want a fast 64gb stick that won't break within a few months.

All the fastest sticks seem to be cheap and plastic and the nice metal ones are slow.