Reddit reviews Samsung 256GB EVO Plus Class 10 UHS-I microSDXC U3 with Adapter (MB-MC256GA)

First of all: Screen Protector. Once it's on you never notice it, doesn't hurt to get that extra safety!

I've bought 10 games so far, and I'd say get all of these because I have enjoyed them. BOTW, Splatoon 2, Sonic Mania, Rayman Legends, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (assuming you like DBZ,) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokken Tournament DX, Street Fighter 2 Ultra, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and Yooka Laylee.

If I had to pick 3 for you to get to start out then I would pick Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I think that's enough variety to keep you busy for awhile.

A carrying is always a good thing, I'd recommend This case because it's the one I use and does its job.

Accessory wise I have joycon grips which are AMAZING when playing with one joycon.

Also, the grip it comes with is trash. Get the Power A Grip it feels A LOT better in your hands.

As for SD Cards, it depends. I have a 32GB SD card. I mainly buy physical games, The extra space is for screenshots and videos, and download only games, like Sonic Mania, Yooka Laylee, etc. If you're going for digital only then get a 256GB. Sure you won't use a ton of space now, but you might a few years down the line. Also, do NOT get the official Nintendo ones. They are a RIP-OFF! Here are some nice alternatives that will get the job done for A LOT cheaper: 32 GB 64 GB 128 GB and finally 256 GB

If you have any other questions feel free to ask OP, and other (potential) switch owners!

Quick edit: sorry that some links won't be put with the text, no idea what the issue is

3rd party.

https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-Class-Micro-Adapter-MB-MC256GA/dp/B074JKDXG3

amazon's price has been steady for months.

https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-MB-MC256GA-EU-MicroSDXC-Adapter/dp/B06XFS5657

note: OP's seller is listed on both pages, with a different price.

You should definitely look into a decent MicroSDXC card to store digital games, since many of the games worth playing on Switch are only available on the eShop. Plus, you'll want to take advantage of good sales when they come up.

Be sure to get a card from a manufacturer with a good reputation - there are a lot of phony cards out there that claim to be bigger than they actually are.

Here is a decent 128GB card for $18

Here's a 256GB card for $38

Here's a 512GB card for $71

Hope this helps!

here is a quick search result, I'd look around for sure though. Don't trust anywhere but brand name stores as there are loads of fake sd cards out there. Sandisk makes a 200gb one that goes for about 60 bucks and is a way better deal if you don't need that extra 50gb

I don't know your budget, but the best you can buy right now is one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MicroSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME256GA-AM/dp/B072HRDM55/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535945819&sr=1-1

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If you don't want to spend as much, you should get something like this: https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-microSDXC-Adapter-SDSQUAR-256G-GN6MA/dp/B0758NHWS8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535945957&sr=1-1

(Or)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-256GB-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-MC256GA/dp/B06XFS5657/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1535946112&sr=1-1

Samsung Evo Select Class 10 SD cards are the best when it comes to speed, reliability and price.

You can look at these two models as they're very close in price. Go for the one depending on your region as I've seen negative reviews stating that the MC model isn't warranted in the US.

MB-ME256GA/AM - MB-MC256GA

this is what i used for the note 8 and note 9 https://www.amazon.com/d/Micro-Sd-Cards/Samsung-256GB-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-MC256GA/B06XFS5657/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1541384584&sr=8-4&keywords=samsung+256gb+micro+sd+card

under 60 USD. Whoever said don't, DO.14000 reviews on the site.

In the past maybe but nowadays you wont notice any slowdowns if you buy a fast card like this one

It will also be cheaper and if you really want to store mostly photos and videos I think having removable storage is better overall. Only thing I dont know is the MSRP for 256gb variant but its surely wont be cheaper than microsd card

I have a Samsung 256 GB EVO Plus Card, formatted with the Official SDXC Formatting Utility from the SD Association (SPEC owners).

The SD card formatting tool is recommended by Nintendo and I believe it to be more robust than the Switch itself for large capacity cards (based on forum and reddit posts).


Note: I would not buy any Samsung SD cards unless they are purchased directly through a 1st party retailer (Amazon:Sold by Amazon, Best Buy, Staples, Walmart:Sold by Walmart, Sams Club, Costco, etc). There are very good (in resemblance) fakes on the market.

Yes, sure :)

Amazon UK link

Link to Samsung product page

Btw, I have done some testing with Atto disk benchmark. The EVO+ 256MB is faster than my Samsung PRO 64MB card. EVO+ writes at ~89MB/s, compared to 79MB/s for the PRO card. Both are UHS 3

It's a UHS 1 class 3. So the fastest you can go before the brand new UHS 3, which our SB2's do support BTW. But the BaseQi does NOT support UHS 3 at this time so there no reason to spending way more. UHS 1 class 3 is the max with the BaseQi.

I play Skyrim SE with maybe 20 mods, rocket league, GTA 5, Overwatch, and a few more random indie games. I really can't tell the load times are any lower unless I'm really trying to pay attention. They all load maybe 2-3 seconds slower, except for GTA 5 but that takes forever to load on anything.

Honestly for how many people say how bad it is, I'm not seeing it. I mean yeah it's slower than an SSD obviously but it's still way faster than a HDD.

Edit a link to the Micro SD I bought.

Hey thanks for the reply, here are the cards I've tried:

Integral 256GB microSDXC upto 100MB/s V30 UHS-I U3

Samsung 128GB EVO Plus MicroSDXC UHS-I Grade 1 Class 10

Samsung Mobile 256GB 95MB/s Class 10 U3

My original card was the 128, and then I upgraded earlier this year to the Integral 256. However, I noticed things loading MUCH slower than before (although I'm starting to think it was just a placebo...). Having formatted my 128 one I have gone back and redownloaded Smash but it's just as slow... this is why I'm wondering if it's something I've done to my Switch (or I've just forgotten that Smash was always slow to load)

I’ll check but I don’t think it’s fake: https://www.amazon.com/d/Micro-Sd-Cards/Samsung-256GB-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-MC256GA/B06XFS5657

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XFS5657/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I was looking at this listing on Amazon where the picture of the packaging shows 100 MB/s.

So not buy a brand other than SanDisk or Samsung.

Try to get a U3 card, not U1, better loading times.

Any Samsung Evo card will, they’re usually cheaper that the SanDisk.

Check this one out:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Mobile-UK-MicroSD-Adapter/dp/B06XFS5657/ref=mp_s_a_1_15?keywords=micro+sd+card+400&qid=1573362651&sr=8-15

I started with a64gb then got a 200Gb and now am getting a 512Gb during Black Friday. I think you shouldn’t get anything less than 256gb.

Would you recommend this MicroSD?

https://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-256GB-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-MC256GA/dp/B06XFS5657/ref=pd_sbs_147_2/145-1242773-1495357?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06XFS5657&pd_rd_r=73787398-192e-4983-9cdf-3d3cbd91a312&pd_rd_w=2gVqN&pd_rd_wg=NwhvK&pf_rd_p=52b7592c-2dc9-4ac6-84d4-4bda6360045e&pf_rd_r=PQ4988YQPQ5M6B29SWY8&psc=1&refRID=PQ4988YQPQ5M6B29SWY8

For affiliate links on amazon, "ref=" is the start of the affiliate link, so it and everything after it is useless.

So your link looks like;

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XFS5657/

And you can delete "ref=psdc_3015433011_t1_B06XFHQGB9"
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Back to the matter at hand, I wouldnt recommend the one via the link due to it not being sold by Samsung or Amazon. Amazon is rife with fakes and knock off cards so you want to avoid third party sellers whenever possible.

This Samsung EVO Select card is the same capacity and transfer speeds but has a lower minimum write speed, which isnt a huge issue because youre just using it with the Switch and not 4k video or intensive files.

Also, its sold directly from Amazon so you have the best possible recourse if it dosent work as intended.

Try this https://www.amazon.com/d/Micro-Sd-Cards/Samsung-256GB-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-MC256GA/B06XFS5657

Or

https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-256GB-Speed-MicroSD-Adapter/dp/B07H8M2M1G

I recommend a genuine Samsung card. Both my girlfriend and I have used SanDisk cards in the past and in both cases, the card eventually became corrupt and lost write ability. It started to give me weird error messages, seemed to start eating battery, and then I lost several pictures because it could no longer write to the phone. I don't think they play well with Samsung. Since we started using Samsung, no problems.

I currently have the 256gb card that was part of a promo with the s8. I believe it's this one:

Samsung 256GB EVO Plus Class 10 UHS-I microSDXC U3 with Adapter (MB-MC256GA) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XFS5657/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_sZTDCb2K6ANYB

People from UK, Ireland:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Mobile-UK-MicroSD-Adapter/dp/B06XFS5657

&

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter-Performance/dp/B074RNRM2B

Thanks for the heads up! is this a good card for the switch? 3 people report that the write speeds are just 10mb/s.

I was eyeing on the EVO+ by Samsung:

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B06XFS5657/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_xs_SODcAbNXPFM35

I would strongly, strongly recommend you have one. You can get by without one, but given the pressure you'll be under the last thing you need is to worry about this as well. Your iPad Air might suffice though, particularly if you have a wireless keyboard for it (Logitech generally have good ones) but in order for a tablet to be the best it can be it needs to support the Apple Pen and I suspect yours doesn't.

You can get a decent laptop for like £300 or less. HP is currently selling their HP Stream 14-cm0038na for £199 (and includes 1 year of Office 365 and 1TB OneDrive storage) which is a good deal. It's not particularly powerful (4GB RAM, and only 32GB eMMC storage but it has an SD/Micro Sd storage slot, and you can get a 256GB MicroSD for £37.98 on Amazon) but you'll be able to browse the web, write papers etc. on it. Or with the Apple Student Discount you could get a new iPad Air for £454.80 (£55.00 AppleCare+, £80.40 for the Pencil)

The main downside of not having your own is you'll be relying on access to the public ones at the university library, and particularly during exam seasons that's very far from guaranteed. Plus in general it's just really useful to have one - there's all sorts of barrier you might come up against with an iPad, especially if the public library ones are in use.

Samsung 256GB EVO Plus Class 10 UHS-I microSDXC U3 with Adapter (MB-MC256GA)