Best USB Drive

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  1. SightUp

    SightUp MDL Senior Member

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    #1 SightUp, Jun 7, 2015
    What is the best 3.0 USB drive for under 15-20 dollars? I intend to put Windows on it so I presume that read speeds are the most important thing.
     
  2. sebus

    sebus MDL Guru

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    For this money ... NONE
     
  3. leebo_28

    leebo_28 MDL Senior Member

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  4. Muerto

    Muerto MDL Debugger

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    timster MDL Senior Member

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  6. SightUp

    SightUp MDL Senior Member

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  7. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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    Cant know if it's fake, better off buying from Amazon.
     
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  8. burfadel

    burfadel MDL EXE>MSP/CAB

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  9. SightUp

    SightUp MDL Senior Member

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  10. Flipp3r

    Flipp3r MDL Expert

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    Your right at looking at 16/32GB usb drives. Don't get bigger.
    I've owned a number of the sandisk extreme flash drives (bought for the speed) & have found them not to be fully compatible (for booting) on some motherboards.
    Currently using the 32GB Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB Flash drive without any issues. Has worked on everything I've plugged it into...
     
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  11. burfadel

    burfadel MDL EXE>MSP/CAB

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  12. R29k

    R29k MDL GLaDOS

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    #12 R29k, Jun 9, 2015
    @burfadel
    If you buy off Amazon and it's fake you can complain and get a refund, Amazon will step in if the seller won't, I have no idea what will happen to you on Fleabay.
     
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    XinsaneX MDL Novice

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    I'm currently using the Kingston DataTraveler G4 i think it is the model name and it's about that money.
     
  14. Stewox

    Stewox MDL Junior Member

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    #14 Stewox, Jul 3, 2015
    As people mentioned you definitely want to go with USB3.0 for a drive.
     
  15. hosting gia re

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    #15 hosting gia re, Jul 6, 2015
    USB 3.0 is approximately US $ 10 purchase is even more depending on the manufacturer if a good buy, the price may be higher.
     
  16. Rockfella

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    #16 Rockfella, Jul 10, 2015
    Windows install real fast on a USB3 flash drive on a desktop that has inbuilt (no driver needed) USB3 ;)

    Mine does. Full installation is a breeze. You'll love it :worthy:
     
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