drunkenfool
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I was looking online for a bigger USB pen drive and found a 64GB one rated at 210x, but it gave no MB/s rating. I did a google search and found an interesting article about the speed rating on CDs which I understand, then it goes to say that the speed rating on DVDs is different due to a hihger density of information per revolution. My question is though, how do they rate a solid state drive that has no moving parts? What is the standard of 1x in these terms?
Here's the article that I read...
http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/cd-recordable/5-22-How-fast-is-1x-What-are-CAV-CLV-PCAV-and-ZCLV.html
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Sam
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Would it not be the speed at which your USB port runs at?
USB 1.1 = 1.5Mbit/sec > 12Mbit/sec (183 kilobytes/sec > 1.4 megabytes/sec)
USB 2.0 = > 480Mbit/sec (57 megabytes/sec)
[1 Megabit = 122 kilobytes]
[Edited on 20-02-2009 by Sam]
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Pablo
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Yes , also depends what speed the USB stick can read write @. If you want fast then go OCZ Rallye or Rallye2
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Would it not be the speed at which your USB port runs at?
USB 1.1 = 1.5Mbit/sec > 12Mbit/sec (183 kilobytes/sec > 1.4 megabytes/sec)
USB 2.0 = > 480Mbit/sec (57 megabytes/sec)
[1 Megabit = 122 kilobytes]
[Edited on 20-02-2009 by Sam]
It may be limited by the speed of the USB, but the 210x speed rating still doesnt make much sense to me on its own. 
[Edited on 20-02-2009 by drunkenfool]
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Sam
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Link to product you were looking at?
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Leighton
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On my CF cards for my camera the "210x" means that it is 210 MBS but that is for the CF cards i think it could be similar here.
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drunkenfool
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http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Memory+Portable/SD%2Fmini+SD%2Fmicro+SD/Patriot+64GB+Xporter+Magnum+(210x)+?productId=34278
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liamC
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Madness to think that the USB stick in that link has over 9 times as much memory my first computers hard drive did. 
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