Comments on: SuperTalent announces a 128GB, USB 3.0 flash drive

By: Rey M-Levenstein

Rey M-Levenstein — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:05:15 +0000

I was thinking of getting one of those, too.

By: Bryan M.

Bryan M. — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:11:15 +0000

I *may* get one of these:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/exclusive_first_usb_30_and_sata_60_expansion_card_will_sell_30

Benchmarks:

http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=809&type=expert

:-)

~Bryan

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:24:13 +0000

I for one as a regular consumer who loves to pimp my toys am not willing for the sake of the latest to upgrade just for USB 3 so that I can then buy and over priced flash drive. I can however see my customers who are in the graphic arts, mathematical modeling, and other such intensively large file generators who would definitely save time (time=money) with several of these devices for use in-house and to carry to an off-site location.

For my personal system I have two eight GB and 1 four GB fully encrypted and I am not using half of the total capacity.

Like you say, a 1 TB 2.5 HD is relatively cheap…… Then again, that STP28GLXWU wood grain 128 GB USB drive is really sweet and it comes in a fancy pants box! Maybe if they cast one in solid 18-Carat gold, maybe, I would prefer 24-Carat gold. Santa Clause is real, eh?

By: Jeremy Phan

Jeremy Phan — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:03:50 +0000

NewEgg.ca has the Gigabyte board (P55A-UD6) but Asus has cancelled their board: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Asus-USB-3.0-Motherboard-PC,8368.html

Chasing after the latest toys is (usually) fun, but when no one else can play with you, it’s kind of useless. Reminds me of video calling on my smartphone, an arguably gimmicky premise to begin with. :p

I’m still waiting for an Intel X25-M G2.

By: Cents

Cents — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:02:15 +0000

Intel is not the only game in town. Both Gigabyte and Asus have boards with USB and SATA 3 coming out now.

By: M. Leiderman

M. Leiderman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:03 +0000

SuperTalent will probably sell a lot of these, and NOT because anyone really needs them right now. For many techies, having the newest “toy” matters more then actually using it, much like the stereotyped serious collectors who never take their prized acquisitions out of the original wrappers. These will also make great gifts – people want their gift to be special instead of something merely utilitarian.

By: Jeremy Phan

Jeremy Phan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:40:56 +0000

USB 3.0 chipsets won’t be out until 2011 so unfortunately, there’s no point.
http://www.guru3d.com/news/usb-30-delayed-until-2011/

I’ve got an OCZ 32GB Rally2 (USB 2.0) and it’s incredibly fast (22+ MB/s). I use it with my media centre and 720p/1080p MKVs. As long as the drive can supply enough data for video, there’s really no reason to pay the price premium.