Hello fellow ozBargainers!
I think this is the cheapest 512gb microsdxc card option available at the moment?
I might be missing something … or people do not trust Lexar?
I have purchased from PC Byte before with no issues.
Will try this in my WM1A walkman and Switch.
For speed? Any Portable SSD leave these in dusts.
For size? These leave any SSD in dusts.
For ants? Portable drives are 3 times too big for them.
Do we measure speed in size
Yes add 1000 more for another 512gb.
Thanks. Bought two.
My biggest concern is that 512gb on a single Micro SD card is a lot of eggs in one basket.
People said the same about 1MB hard drives.
612 KB of memory ought to be enough for anybody. :-)
The use case of micro sd cards are significantly different to hard drives so I don't see what your point is. Most micro sd cards are used to record data on portable devices, with photos and videos probably being the most common. If you are using micro sd for archiving then there are far better options.
You wont find many people who take photos or videos and backs them up immediately. Most consumer level devices dont allow you to back up on the fly. If you lose this - either physically or due to card failure, it will hurt
The use case of micro sd cards are significantly different to hard drives so I don't see what your point is.
They both store data. The can both fail.
You wont find many people who take photos or videos and backs them up immediately.
Many consumers don't backup the contents of their computer's drive regularly either, and they're often a lot larger than 512GB.
If you lose this - either physically or due to card failure, it will hurt
No different to a hard drive then, really.
And from your earlier post:
My biggest concern is that 512gb on a single Micro SD card is a lot of eggs in one basket.
Yes but with 4K resolution video and the higher frame rates devices are recording at these days, the "eggs" might be a lot larger than they used to be, so a bigger basket doesn't necessarily hold that many more in many instances.
@dm01: A good use case for this is adding storage to devices like the Microsoft Surface range of laptops, most of which only have 1 USB port but with a microsd card slot.
I'd hate to cart an extra ssd around.
Yikes! Imagine all the files you can store!
17?
I heard 18
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I heard 18+
I have this one bought from China cost about $95 six months ago, works perfectly for my switch console. Write speed around 70MB/s and read speed around 90MB/s, but if you do a full disk write, the speed will be a fluctuation between 40MB/s to 70MB/s due to the temperature.
It's kind of scary how hot these tiny cards get when you transfer 50gb
any 512gb usb drive around this price?
Not probably.
Most people just shouldn't buy large capacity USB flash drives anymore, SSD is many times faster and allows simultaneous access.
True story here,bought a few 64GB of these from amazon 2.5 years ago. With 6 months span, they invariably failed in drone, phone and camera. It went from not writable to not readable. Although amazon refunded the whole lot, the loss of footage was invaluable.
Maybe it was just a one-off bad batch. Make sure you check and back up regularly.
They were Lexar 633x ones?
yes
Good to know - thank you.
Lexar is no more. Its now just a brand for a Chinese OEM.
Really couldn't see myself touching that brand ever again, it was reliable whilst under Micron..not sure anymore.
I have no issues with Samsung cards.
imagine storing 512 gb of data then losing the tiny thing
Looks to be $139+$9.9 delivery +1% PayPal surcharge on pc byte website, good deal op.
Ps: any idea when eBay is getting back onto the Cashback game? They aren’t paying out at the moment. Also, a good buy for those that got their free eBay plus membership from the recent promo, it gives you free returns.
Shopback was doing 10% for one day only.
any thoughts on using this as an extra hard drive on my laptop. i.e. use the SD card slot in my laptop. What would be the best to store on it? Can i run programs off it?
That’s currently what I do. My MacBook Air came with just 128gb, so I got one of those sd cards that sit flush to the laptop body and chuck a microsd in it. Currently I have a 200gig microsd, will be happy to upgrade to 512 at this price. It’s great to use as warm storage.
Amazon - SanDisk Ultra 400GB microSDXC - $91.75 Delivered. (Cheapest I could find)
Didn't know how to put the URL for it to be allowed in comment here.
This ones a 512gig. Even by your pricing, Your price per gb is almost the same as op’s. In that case I’d go with op’s as bigger cards tend to be more expensive.
Also this Lexar claims to be an A2 card
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SanDisk-16GB-32GB-64GB-128GB-200…
This seems to be a good price as well, and more reliable
"Sandisk Ultra" and "reliable". Pick one.
I know. All my SanDisks are dead. I barely even use them.
Same. Had a 64gb SanDisk die. Bought a new 128gb one. It also died. Went to use the RMA replacement 64GB card, it died after a week.
Gave up and bought a Samsung, which was noticeably faster and has been running for years now.
I was looking at putting 512gb micro sdcard in one of these
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/JEDX-Ubox-Mini-WiFi-Wireless…
But not sure if it can connect to a pc network (creates its own hotspot, works with android/apple via app and plugs into USB port of laptop).
Anyone got any idea for something simialr (cheap mini file server?), nothing fast needed, just work (txt/doc) files, etc.
That will fit alot of StarTrek/SG-1 eps on my phone.
Just received today, some older colleagues couldn’t believe how this little chip could hold 512 gigs. I got a write speed of 80 and read speed of 90 MB/s. Solid purchase imo. Lifetime warranty too.
Thanks for the deal op.
6 months from now, there will be 1TB micro ad cards by the look.
Who needs a portable drive….