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(53 customer reviews) 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Fast and durable,
November 15, 2011 Christopher Dube (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager USB 3.0 Flash Drive CMFVY3S-16GB (Personal Computers)
Just received this and quite impressed compared to previous USB2.0 drives I have owned. The case is made from a grippy, rubbery material that seems very durable. Most flash drives are quite rugged, but the main cause of failure is the case splitting in half where it snapped together, which can't happen with this guy.
CrystalDiskMark shows sequential read at 80 MB/s and sequential write at 20 MB/s over USB 3.0 (see my product image). These speeds were confirmed during file transfers. Speeds over USB 2.0 were 35 MB/s read and 20 MB/s write, still much faster than most USB2 flash drives.
I don't know what the previous reviewers were doing (none of those reviews are very specific anyways), but this is a very speedy drive.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Fast USB drive with a solid warranty,
December 19, 2011 mhnstr (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair 32 GB USB 3.0 Flash Voyager (CMFVY3S-32GB) (Personal Computers)
I have used Corsair USB flash drives in the past and have been very pleased with their durability and reliability. I chose the 32 GB USB 3.0 due to its fast read and write speeds which are advertised as a maximum sequential read speed of 80 MB/s and a write speed of 40 MB/ s. The write speed is faster than the less expensive Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager USB 3.0 Flash Drive CMFVY3S-16GB version and the faster write speed is a good reason to choose the 32 GB USB 3.0 drive instead of the 16 GB version.
Note that there are two 32 GB USB 3.0 drives available. This model (CMFVY3S-32GB) is smaller than the slightly less expensive Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager USB 3.0 Flash Drive CMFVY3-32GB and...Read more
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Update your drivers and format as NTFS!,
February 17, 2012 Acontius "Acontius" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Corsair 32 GB USB 3.0 Flash Voyager (CMFVY3S-32GB) (Personal Computers)
On the USB 2.0 drives, I noticed no difference or even saw a slighly slower transfer rate if I formatted as NTFS.
This USB 3.0 flash drive is different. I went from 15 MB/s to 22 MB/s solid with writes just by changing the formatting. I think I should be getting a higher write-speed, but even with the latest NEC drivers, that's the best I'm getting with a 7.2 GB folder holding 903 files (a mix of .jpg, .CR2 and Photoshop files).
Note that on some smaller folders of around 500 MB, I do get write speeds of 30MB/s. It is on the larger folders where the speed drops down and averages out to 22 MB/s.
As for reads, well, it is blazingly fast at 80 MB/s for that large folder full of files.
Some of the benchmark software may be useful for comparing brands, but rarely do I see real-world speeds match the benchmarks. This is why I am writing this review, to give a more realistic report on how much gain you will get with USB 3.0 flash drives...Read more
