Kingston reveals 1TB USB flash drive

[QuintonB]

Kingston 1TB USB 3.0 flash drive

Kingston has unveiled its DataTraveler HyperX Predator 3.0 USB flash drive with a capacity of up to 1TB

 

[Budza]

R15k for 512GB- hectic!

Cool tech, I wonder how long it'll be until these are commonplace

 

[Fudzy]

Coming to an intersection near you...

 

[Crowley]

R15 000 for a flash drive?


You would swear it has an Apple logo somewhere.

 

[Maverick Jester]

Hmmm, Kingston... have had some dodgy flash drives from them.... Imagine a 1TB flash drive failing

 

[Seriously]

Could work well with the new high speed USB3.0 spec

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/495500-USB-3-0-gets-double-speed-boost

R15 000 for a flash drive?

:eek Not! I don't feel so well anymore!

 

[TJ99]

Could work well with the new high speed USB3.0 spec

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/495500-USB-3-0-gets-double-speed-boost



:eek Not! I don't feel so well anymore!

Even in currently available drives, the flash memory itself is usually the speed bottleneck, not the USB interface. Current USB can transfer much, much more than the 40-50MB/sec the average USB 3 drive copies at.

 

[abandonallhope]

Even in currently available drives, the flash memory itself is usually the speed bottleneck, not the USB interface. Current USB can transfer much, much more than the 40-50MB/sec the average USB 3 drive copies at.

If by "current USB" you mean USB2, then it most assuredly can not transfer "much, much faster". USB2 is 480mbps.

 

[Maverick Jester]

If by "current USB" you mean USB2, then it most assuredly can not transfer "much, much faster". USB2 is 480mbps.

True. USB 3 does not copy at 50mbps

USB may be able to copy at 480mbps, but the flash drive cannot write at that speed, so I suppose it will still be as slack as it currently is...

EDIT: Ok, I bothered to read the article write speed is pretty impressive in its own right...

 

[elL0L]

Will this work with NTFS formatting?

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Will this work with NTFS formatting?

Assume it will work with most modern file systems.

 

[TJ99]

If by "current USB" you mean USB2, then it most assuredly can not transfer "much, much faster". USB2 is 480mbps.

Yes, that's why I said USB 3. That's also why I said "average" as there are USB3 drives out there that are a lot faster, but I've never seen anyone using them in real life because they're insanely expensive.

 

[kooldude]

Ouch that price.....

 

[abandonallhope]

Yes, that's why I said USB 3. That's also why I said "average" as there are USB3 drives out there that are a lot faster, but I've never seen anyone using them in real life because they're insanely expensive.

Fair enough. I had ext hdd's in mind, USB3 does help substantially more with them.

 

[Keegan]

Hmmm, Kingston... have had some dodgy flash drives from them.... Imagine a 1TB flash drive failing

Imagine dropping it and not able to remember or recover from where you dropped/lost it...

 

[Seriously]

EDIT: Ok, I bothered to read the article write speed is pretty impressive in its own right...

 

[Bundu]

Ouch that price.....

I remember buying a 1GB stick in 2003? which cost R3700 :wtf:

 

[WaxLyrical]

We just someone like Sandisk to bring it out at half the cost and it will eventually sell for an acceptable price.

 

[JimboBob]

Does that mean my 2GB stick is redundant?!

 

[ponder]

R15 000 for a flash drive?
.

Yeah carrying a 1TB 2.5" external drive around really does not seem like such a inconvenience at that price. Hell you can even get a external SSD for cheaper.