Reddit reviews Samsung 256GB 95MB/s MicroSDXC EVO Select Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME256DA/AM)

> the idea that a decent SD card is slower than a 5400 rpm HDD is laughable.

you might want to check your data again.

here is a list of micro sd card benchmarks from 2016 https://havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer/fastest-microsd-cards

the fastest micro sd card they tested managed 86MB/s sequential read and 83MB/s random read. average cards on that list, including class 10s were 50 MB/s or less.

here is an Amazon listing for the expensive Samsung EVO card he talked about in the video

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Memory-MB-ME256DA-AM/dp/B01G7L03OS/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1484358997&sr=8-13&keywords=samsung+evo+micro+sd

Samsungs own listing for the product says its capable of 95 MB/s. real world performance is likely lower than manufacturer listing, it always is.

your own link shows that the best sandisk card is rated at 95 MB/s. independent benchmarks show it lower.

here is a benchmark for a 5400rpm hard drive from 2011 - http://blog.macsales.com/11825-when-slower-is-actually-faster

it averaged at 110MB/s.

here is a benchmark for a 10000rpm hard drive, since you claim that sd cards are faster than that.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5729/western-digital-velociraptor-1tb-wd1000dhtz-review/2

it averaged at 213MB/s for sequential read

he is right. only the extremely high end microsd cards can get close to a good 5400rpm hard drive, let alone a 10000rpm hd like you claim.

turns out you are the one who doesnt know what he is talking about

Those are some nice visualizations.

I've always found the most impressive tech advancement to be digital storage, particularly flash memory and the way we keep finding innovative ways to drastically increase storage density over and over without even shrinking the die. Right now we know for absolute certain that we can increase density 250-fold over the current highest without any new innovations. The thing holding it back right now is cost.

If you trace Flash back to its roots you find it was first available as a 1MB PCMCIA card costing $350 in 1991. Since then cost per GB of flash memory has halved every 14 months without fail. If that rate continues, which seems likely (it's probably even accelerating), 64TB MicroSD cards will be under $30 within 10 years.

If that seems impossible, remember that 10 years ago the biggest MicroSD available was 2gb and cost $100.

Ray Kurzweil and his impossibly optimistic predictions

How about 256gb in the size of your pinky nail

Carrier pigeons, with training, can carry up to 75 grams of cargo.

The largest microSD card available today holds 256 gigabytes, and weighs about 0.5 grams.

So with some basic math we could assume that a carrier pigeon can hold up to 150 of these microSD cards, or 38.4 terabytes.

Judging by the reviews it is most likely a fake card. 66% of people who got that gave it a 1 star rating with negative reviews. And note the many reviews stating it is a fake card. I would return it. And the price should have been a tip off. Something like this is more along the right price for a 256 GB MICRO SD card and not $22.99.

In the end read the reviews before ordering something. And compare it to similar items. It things look to good to be true, then more than likely it is.

I got the Samsung Evo Select 256gb for $169.99.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Micro-Memory-256GB/dp/B01G7L03OS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468397446&sr=8-1&keywords=samsung+256gb+evo+select

• https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/speed_class/
  
  Ultra High Speed SD cards are measured in double digit MB/s speed times.
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Memory-MB-ME256DA-AM/dp/B01G7L03OS/
  
  This is a 95 MBps microSDXC card by Samsung it's $200 for 256GB. This is one of the faster MicroSD cards on the market. Hard drives connected via SATA II can achieve about 300 MBps.
  
  Of course if you buy the games physically then you won't have to install games to your SD cards.

The most space actually possible would be one of these and two of these

On Amazon the 256gb Evo select and 128 GB Evo select appear to be different speeds. The 256gb is labeled as U3 while the 128gb is labeled as U1. 256 Evo select is supposed to be 95 read, 90 write

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Memory-MB-ME256DA-AM/dp/B01G7L03OS/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1484848076&sr=8-12&keywords=Samsung+micro+sd

Then there is the Evo + which I have no idea what the difference is between it and the Evo select.

Oh and then with the pro line there is the pro select and the pro+, the difference between which who the fuck knows.

Like come on Samsung, have a decent comparison tool and be less confusing please

Samsung sells a great 256gb card on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01G7L03OS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468557731&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=256gb+micro+sd+card&dpPl=1&dpID=41Tu66N6mSL&ref=plSrch

Yes. Be sure to read the negative reviews. Many of the reviews also say write speeds are actually much lower than advertised.

A couple weeks ago I narrowed SD card options down to the Samsung 256GB 95MB/s MicroSDXC EVO Select. Looks overall pretty solid to me. A little pricey, but if it's me, I would pay a little more to make sure I get something actually good.

And, here is a helpful review to help spot fake Samsung SD cards.

This or something comparable: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Memory-MB-ME256DA-AM/dp/B01G7L03OS/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1487347197&sr=1-2&keywords=256+gb+micro+sd+card&refinements=p_n_feature_two_browse-bin%3A13203835011

Perhaps this is what they were referring to?

No kidding... a MicroSD card costs about twice as much as a comparable full size card...

Has this card ever gone on sale? https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G7L03OS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

I really want to switch to digital only but I can't find a good deal on this card. I may settle for 128GB.

Here is the mobile version of your link

There's going to be a lot of handwaving in this calculation, but the number is going to be huge no matter what. You can currently buy data at about 256 Gigabytes per gram on Amazon.

The solar system, from a mass perspective, may as well just be the sun. Which ends up being about 2x10^30 kg. Assuming you spend about half the energy just converting the mass into microSD cards, we are talking about 10^34 microSD cards. Which is 2.5610^36 Gigabytes

There's no great way to put this number in perspective. The closest I can come is that the NSA Utah Data Center is designed to store data on the order of ExaBytes. In those terms, the Solar system could be made into 2.56 10^27 NSA Datacenters worth of microSD cards. All data ever stored digitally was estimated at 295 Exabytes in 2011. Even if we pad that up to 1000 by 2017, we are still looking at 10^24 times more data than has ever been stored by humans.

But at least there's a small way to appreciate that number without understanding it. 10^24 happens to be the weight of the earth in kilograms. So if you can imagine just how massive the entire planet is, how many shovelfuls it would take to dig away the entire Earth, you're starting to understand just how much data we are talking about.

TL;DR: *2.5610^36 Gigabytes** worth of microSD cards. =)

Pretty sure it will be this: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Select-Micro-Memory-256GB/dp/B01G7L03OS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469754996&sr=8-1&keywords=256gb+micro+sd+card

I don't think the Samsung UFS card is out yet, so most likely this one.

It's like the second link on amazon??

Which is better this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JNGCWHU/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_pse0xbNK54E8J
Or this one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G7L03OS/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_Cte0xbWR55Y0S

200GB ok?

sandisk ultra @ amazon.ca $101

If you need 256, you could also order from B&H or amazon.com where both are pretty good for shipping to canada. b7h include taxes and customs before shipping. (or at least they try to)

a 256GB micro SD card on amazon is 200 dollars

Considering the Samsung EVO 256gb one is going for $199 on Amazon, something seems off.

Not saying we should buy this cause it's expensive as heck, but I am pretty sure this is the card that Nintendo showed during the Treehouse segment. It was definitely a Samsung 256GB something.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G7L03OS

The technology is there, it's just a matter of time at the moment. The cards (running at the right speeds) in those ranges aren't far off the market. Samsung have 256GB cards on the market at the moment. Microdia released a 512GB U3 micro sd card a year or so back as well, those they were well expensive.

I'd again ask though, how much did you think the internal memory should be?

You also seem to be overestimating the size of the games a bit. Even breath of the Wild is only in that ~15 GB (I think it's actually a bit less than that) range.

It has 32 gigs of internal storage. Breathe of the Wild should take up 40% of that.

The console is absolutely incredibly shit.

EDIT: Apparently it's upgradable. So be sure to order a microSD to make the console usable, which is frankly ridiculous.

EDIT2: First 256 gig card I could find is 200$. So 200 more dollars in order to bring the console's storage up to a bit over half of what the cheapest Xbox one S has. This console is a joke.