Topic: Super cheap 128GB flash drives
Ks !KansasxqvM started this discussion 12 years ago #35,709
I was shopping for some flash drives today and I saw some 128GB flash drives for $10.99 with free shipping. Price mistake or not I've got deals like this before on Amazon. I obviously can't guarantee anything here, but I ordered 2 of them myself. I'll just use them to back up some unimportant files and expand my Raspberry Pi storage, it'd be hard to go wrong at that price.
http://www.amazon.com/128GB-Swivel-Memory-Storage-Choice/dp/B00LNZHXEW
http://www.amazon.com/128GB-Swivel-Memory-Storage-Choice/dp/B00LNZHXEW
r04r joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #489,690
Oh interesting, I wonder what kind of speeds they have.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 30 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #489,692
nice thanks for the head up
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 23 minutes later, 58 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #489,694
Ye gods, it's so small! Yet it holds so much!
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 43 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #489,704
@489,690 (r04r)
They are USB2.0, so im going to go out on a limb here and say probably no faster than 280 Mbit/s.
They are USB2.0, so im going to go out on a limb here and say probably no faster than 280 Mbit/s.
r04r replied with this 12 years ago, 54 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #489,705
@previous (E)
And I'm going on a limb and say they're likely no faster than 100 Mbit/s for that price, if that even... So yeah.
And I'm going on a limb and say they're likely no faster than 100 Mbit/s for that price, if that even... So yeah.
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r04r double-posted this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #489,706
@489,694 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Micro-sd cards are more mindblowing in that aspect, imo. I have a 64gb one, and it fits on the tip of my finger and has enough storage space to hold thousands upon thousands of books.
Micro-sd cards are more mindblowing in that aspect, imo. I have a 64gb one, and it fits on the tip of my finger and has enough storage space to hold thousands upon thousands of books.
Anonymous C replied with this 12 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #489,709
TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 25 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,710
> This item does not ship to Doxville, United Kingdom
Twats.
Twats.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,712
@previous (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
Awww. That's a shame. I was going to show my dad this.
@489,706 (r04r)
:O
Technology really is kicking ass, right now.
Awww. That's a shame. I was going to show my dad this.
@489,706 (r04r)
:O
Technology really is kicking ass, right now.
r04r replied with this 12 years ago, 43 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,713
@489,710 (TTEH !JXsxEkDBLs)
D: I hadn't tried to order yet but guess it won't ship to NL either then.
D: I hadn't tried to order yet but guess it won't ship to NL either then.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,726
i'll ship one to you. just pm me your banking account and routing number and i'll send it right away.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 39 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,730
This looks tempting, but what does...
> 1PC
> 10PCS
mean?
> 1PC
> 10PCS
mean?
!OhBrie5EHg replied with this 12 years ago, 36 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,736
@489,726 (squeegee)
> i'll ship one to you. just pm me your banking account and routing number and i'll send it right away.
this, minus the stinkin banks though!
Buy two of them with bitcoin, ship to me and I ship one to you.
> i'll ship one to you. just pm me your banking account and routing number and i'll send it right away.
this, minus the stinkin banks though!
Buy two of them with bitcoin, ship to me and I ship one to you.
!OhBrie5EHg double-posted this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,737
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM replied with this 12 years ago, 20 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,738
@previous (!OhBrie5EHg)
I got one, in black since I'm boring, but I almost thought it had a sort of DRM that restricts it's use to 1 or 10 computers.
I got one, in black since I'm boring, but I almost thought it had a sort of DRM that restricts it's use to 1 or 10 computers.
cccuuunnttt !CUuNTTZV9M joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 14 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,739
Enjoy your slop then, you flash drive shaming shitlord.
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 3 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,764
@489,738 (Catherine !TGirlYJKXM)
I hope it works out for ya. The seller has an 87% positive rating it seems like a decent gamble. Speed probably won't be a deal breaker unless it's insanely slow, I'm fairly certain 100 Mbit/s is fast enough to stream 1080p and I transfer most files over network so it's no bother to have shit transferring in the background.
@previous (cccuuunnttt !CUuNTTZV9M)
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I hope it works out for ya. The seller has an 87% positive rating it seems like a decent gamble. Speed probably won't be a deal breaker unless it's insanely slow, I'm fairly certain 100 Mbit/s is fast enough to stream 1080p and I transfer most files over network so it's no bother to have shit transferring in the background.
@previous (cccuuunnttt !CUuNTTZV9M)
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Metæ joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #489,767
@OP
inb4 it's 128MB flash drive...
Edit: nevermind. All the reviews on Amazon mention a 4GB drive, so it'll be at least that much.
Edit²: now that name brand 128GB drives are under $40, maybe it's not so ridiculous after all. Moore's law continues to amaze.
inb4 it's 128MB flash drive...
Edit: nevermind. All the reviews on Amazon mention a 4GB drive, so it'll be at least that much.
Edit²: now that name brand 128GB drives are under $40, maybe it's not so ridiculous after all. Moore's law continues to amaze.
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Anonymous C replied with this 12 years ago, 2 days later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #490,171
i bought 2
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 6 days later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #491,049
Bump.
Bought two, received them today.
117GB capacity, 8MB/s write and 14MB/s read.
Not bad at all for $10.
Bought two, received them today.
117GB capacity, 8MB/s write and 14MB/s read.
Not bad at all for $10.
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 week after the original post[^] [v] #491,051
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) double-posted this 12 years ago, 4 days later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #491,554
I got these in the mail today. 119GB capacity and it took just over a minute to transfer a 700MB file. Unless I'm missing something here this is best deal I've ever got on flash drives. I'm gonna order a few more soon.Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 5 hours later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #491,607
damn thats a good fuckin deal actually
cant wait until tb hdd drop enough in price for me to make a raid out of a shitload of em even though i could do it now
cant wait until tb hdd drop enough in price for me to make a raid out of a shitload of em even though i could do it now
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 41 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #491,611
@previous (L)
I saw TB HDD's for $50 recently.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339
They were lower on Amazon at some point.
I remember some guy bought like 10 of these a few years ago and made a very small raid, like the size of an ammo box. It was pretty bad ass. I can't seem to find the project now though.
I saw TB HDD's for $50 recently.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339
They were lower on Amazon at some point.
I remember some guy bought like 10 of these a few years ago and made a very small raid, like the size of an ammo box. It was pretty bad ass. I can't seem to find the project now though.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 7 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #491,612
i got mine today
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 27 minutes later, 2 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #491,614
@491,607 (L)I remembered wrong, it was a 16TB NAS. Still very cool though. I'd like to have a 1TB dedicated NAS, but I just haven't got around to it. I've got a very mixed setup in my house with different systems in each room that needs something. Someday I'm just gonna unify everything and have a PC everywhere I need one, but money is always a problem for me. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/modding/2010/05/10/black-dwarf-16tb-nas/1
@previous (M)
Are you pleased with it?
Anonymous K replied with this 12 years ago, 2 weeks later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #494,521
Okay on second thought, fuck these.
I haven't put these to full use yet but after seeing consistent reviews that they may be spoofed or consistently faulty, I tried to load up a couple 35GB archives of smallish files to one.
Not sure what's wrong, but they're each fatally corrupted in some way. The first I loaded up only has 27 of its 35GB intact which is a lot of shit missing, and the latter won't open at all.
Funnily enough, the small set of images I had on there weren't overwritten or anything and are just fine, but these large archives don't work at all.
$20 experiment so little loss here, but they still won and got my $20.
I haven't put these to full use yet but after seeing consistent reviews that they may be spoofed or consistently faulty, I tried to load up a couple 35GB archives of smallish files to one.
Not sure what's wrong, but they're each fatally corrupted in some way. The first I loaded up only has 27 of its 35GB intact which is a lot of shit missing, and the latter won't open at all.
Funnily enough, the small set of images I had on there weren't overwritten or anything and are just fine, but these large archives don't work at all.
$20 experiment so little loss here, but they still won and got my $20.
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 46 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #494,523
@previous (K)
> $20 experiment so little loss here, but they still won and got my $20.
It's Amazon. Just ask for a refund. They'll give you a refund.
> $20 experiment so little loss here, but they still won and got my $20.
It's Amazon. Just ask for a refund. They'll give you a refund.
Ks joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 1 month later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #504,758
@previous (N)
Yup. Turns out the flash drives were programmed to show 128 GB, but are only capable of holding something like 15 GB. I contacted Amazon and got a quick refund and two free flash drives.
Yup. Turns out the flash drives were programmed to show 128 GB, but are only capable of holding something like 15 GB. I contacted Amazon and got a quick refund and two free flash drives.
Syntax joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 20 minutes later, 2 months after the original post[^] [v] #504,759
@previous (Ks)
> Yup. Turns out the flash drives were programmed to show 128 GB, but are only capable of holding something like 15 GB. I contacted Amazon and got a quick refund and two free flash drives.
LOL built in bait n switch. Stuff is going for dirt cheep. Best buy retail last week was selling 8GB for Sale: $5.99 and quick lookc and on web its still same price
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/computer-accessories/usb-flash-drives/abcat0504010.c?id=abcat0504010
SanDisk - Cruzer Glide 128GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive $44.99
> Yup. Turns out the flash drives were programmed to show 128 GB, but are only capable of holding something like 15 GB. I contacted Amazon and got a quick refund and two free flash drives.
LOL built in bait n switch. Stuff is going for dirt cheep. Best buy retail last week was selling 8GB for Sale: $5.99 and quick lookc and on web its still same price
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/computer-accessories/usb-flash-drives/abcat0504010.c?id=abcat0504010
SanDisk - Cruzer Glide 128GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive $44.99