Wanted: USB Storage

buddy

Wanted, info on a bargain portable usb storage like those pens/keyrings 128MB or higher preferable.

MarkR

Got my 128 mb one from ebay for about 30 odd euro. USB 1

stereo_steve

Komplettt are doing a nice one,

€125 before delivery.

256Mb but its also a radio and an mp3 player!!!

USB1.1

buddy

Yeah - Komplett have a nice 128MB one for 44e - but charge 9.80 for delivery - sounds a bit much for something small and light.

Compustore have one on their site for 55e but when I dropped in today the guy showed me one for 65e and when I asked if it was their cheapest he said it was

RicardoSmith

I think USB 2.0 is worth paying a bit more for as its massively faster than 1.1. Though having a music player and a radio on the same device would be v.handy.

buddy

I picked one up in PC World for 55e yesterday - 128MB USB 2.0

Same as komplett but without the wait really - they had nice radio-mp3-storage ones but were over 100e and I didn't feel the need.

RicardoSmith

All the radio-mp3-storage ones I've seen are usb 1.1 too

ozmo

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
I think USB 2.0 is worth paying a bit more for as its massively faster than 1.1. Though having a music player and a radio on the same device would be v.handy.

Some info: Sanda Benchmarks attached for two 1.1 and two 2.0 usb drives.



(Note: Y Scale is a Log scale - not Linear)

RicardoSmith

Something wrong with the second USB2 drive there. Its very slow.

ozmo

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
Something wrong with the second USB2 drive there. Its very slow.

Thats what I thought - but these are some of the built in comparisons that came with Sandra.

My Medion USB 1.1 benched faster than many of the USB 2.0 drives for smaller files
(sorry - not shown in that graph). But at big files even the worst USB 2.0 is min four times faster.

There do seem to be some cheap and slow usb 2.0 drives out there.:dunno:

buddy

Originally posted by ozmo
There do seem to be some cheap and slow usb 2.0 drives out there.:dunno:

Strange - gits.

Mine plugs in directly and there's also a cable with it - is that for USB 2.0 or in case you can't insert it directly? Didn't notice a speed difference between using it or not.

ozmo

Originally posted by buddy
Strange - gits.

Mine plugs in directly and there's also a cable with it - is that for USB 2.0 or in case you can't insert it directly? Didn't notice a speed difference between using it or not.

You only get Usb2.0 speeds of course if your laptop/pc has Usb2.0 ports. Otherwise it runs as 1.1
Cable is just an extension to save you getting behind the pc.

How long does it take you to copy a large file (eg 4mb)??

buddy

Not long, copied over 110MB in around a minute.

Took 3 mins to copy that onto my Laptop.

Fabritzo

That's running at usb1 then, usb 2 should do it in well under a min., only new laptops seem to have usb 2. I'm told it's faster than firewire too.

hottrash

i have a 512mb usb 2.0 stick i will sell you for 120

RicardoSmith

Originally posted by hottrash
i have a 512mb usb 2.0 stick i will sell you for 120

v.interested in this. What make and model is it? Any pics?

buddy

Originally posted by Fabritzo
That's running at usb1 then, usb 2 should do it in well under a min., only new laptops seem to have usb 2. I'm told it's faster than firewire too.

Damn, it is a new Laptop though - only got it last September.

ozmo

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2790323001&category=51074

NEW PQI 512MB 2.0 USB Intelligent Stick

GBP 70.00 + 5 P&P Worldwide.

33 available - 10 hours left.

That looks like a bargain if you are in the market for one.

BigEejit

Or if you wont be carrying it everywhere ... you could pick up a usb 2.0 case (€25 delivered) and a laptop drive (I got a 40GB drive here in boards for €60 or €65) ... it works perfectly ... problem is that most computers are usb1.1 ...so copying a movie on to it takes ~10 minutes ... copying on to the new laptop at work takes ~1 hour because dell are muppets (new work laptop bought in November last year)

hottrash

if you want to see my add for the usb stick go to classifieds/for sale/sale of the century

i hope this is ok with the evil admin putting a signpost to my ad
if not im sorry mr admin