This particular drive is sturdy with a hard wearing case designed for rigorous use. They have however manufactured a fast USB perfect for gamers on platforms such as PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360 or general use.
HyperX are known for their gaming range of products such as RAM, SSDs and Headsets. HyperX 256GB Savage USB 3.1 Memory Stick Flash Drive. This USB memory stick is ideal for storage of large, data hungry files such as 4K video. Available in 128GB and 256GB capacities this particular flash drive range offers high capacity mixed with high speeds. SanDisk 256GB Extreme Pro USB 3.1 Memory Stick Flash Drive.Īt the time of writing, this is SanDisk’s flagship USB flash drive with SSD technology boasting read speeds of up to 420MB/s and write speeds of up to 380MB/s. The time taken to transfer this data comparing these 2 drives would be tangible.
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Imagine a USB 2.0 128GB USB flash drive full of data with read speeds of around 20MB/s compared to a 128GB USB 3.0 flash drive with read speeds of around 100MB/s which would be industry standard for current USB 3.0 drives. USB 3.1 & 3.0 flash drives are fully compatible with all legacy USB ports such as USB 2.0 but they simply will not operate at their respective speeds but limited to the capability of your USB port drivers.
USB 2.0 speeds are currently on phase out as the more capacity we desire, then the faster USBs we need to move data around and the USB 2.0 speed drives simply don’t cut it on the higher capacities. USB flash drives have evolved over the years from USB 1.0 and 1.1 to current USB 3.0 and 3.1 generations. USB flash drives are still the “go to” tech tool for transporting mass amounts of data quickly, conveniently and easily.
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