[Q] MicroSD Suggestions

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Do you use a MicroSD? What kind? I'm shopping for one and can use some suggestions... From cheap to expensive... Preferably cheap (;

16gb or 32gb

Class rating, I'm not sure. Are there any consideration for this on the tablet?

Ordering from NewEgg so if you have a link for one there, post'em.

Don't go too cheap. With stuff like this you do get what you pay for to some extent.

Sandisk, Patriot, Kingston, PNY, Sony etc are all brands I've had luck with. At present I've got a 16GB PNY. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820178378

I got it for a higher price a while back, but no problems here in my Gtablet, A500, PC or either of my 2 laptops, one of which runs Debian 6.0

I get mine from Amazon, since I get free 2 day shipping with Amazon Prime. Picked up a Sandisk for a little over $56.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WGJYCY

Is there a difference between SD and SDHC? And what about class?

Heres what im looking at-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...47&Tpk=microsd

2x32gb for 80'ish which seems like a good deal to me considering 1 goes for near 70... or am i reading that wrong... wife could use one for her hand me down archos 101.

Originally Posted by gammaRascal

Is there a difference between SD and SDHC? And what about class?

SD is limited to 2GB, SDHC was the newer standard, supporting up to 32GB. SDXC is the newest, but I don't think there is a micro form factor yet and I don't imagine our devices have SDXC controllers in them. I may boycott SDXC for using proprietary exFAT as the recommended filesystem too.

Class is a speed based thing. Class = minimum write speed in MB/s(technically a multiple of 8Mbps). So Class 2 = 2MB/s. Class 10 = 10MB/s. Write speeds. Keep in mind reads will be faster usually.

Awesome, thanks for that concise explanation.

Does the tablet have a maximum class rating? Will it bottleneck on class 10? I'm looking at the class 6 as a minimum.

Well, maybe class 4... I just want to store my music on it and have it as some extra storage. Class 4 should be fast enough, eh? I wont be moving apps to it - ill keep those on the primary storage. But for playing music, accessing pictures, class 4 seems like it would fast enough for that.

Thoughts?

Folks,

Also, I have been using SDHC's and microSDHCs for a while now and it
has been my experience that sometimes there a little incompatibilities.

Even good brands sometimes don't seem to work for some reason.

I'm saying, pick your best choice, but that doesn't GUARANTEE it
will work. Need a little good fortune also!!!

Rev

Okay, I'm ordering:

Kingston 16GB Micro SDHC Flash Card w/USB Reader Model MRG2+SDC4/16GB

$32.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-195-_-Product