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  • November 20, 2020 at 8:18 am #63701
    johnbarryjohnbarry
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      I was browsing for a 56-128GB SD Card

      I came across these (below) are such capacity capable of holding, are they any good, would I waste money.

      400GB

      1024GB

      Cheers
      John

      November 20, 2020 at 9:08 am #63704
      Dave RiceDave Rice
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        I would avoid them, the brand is “Genericca”. Probably fake.

        November 20, 2020 at 9:12 am #63706
        Dave RiceDave Rice
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          Meant to have said the Amazon’s choice is always a good bet. In this case for 128GB it’s an Integral Class 10 for £13.95.  There are some San Disk with faster speeds for a couple of quid more, but if it’s for putting in a phone or camera you’ll not notice the difference.

          November 20, 2020 at 9:18 am #63708
          johnbarryjohnbarry
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            Thanks Dave

            I will avoid them, thanks for the tips I will look it.

            Cheers
            John

            November 20, 2020 at 10:13 am #63710
            Ed PEd P
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              Just one comment – Amazon are pretty good with refunds so you would not waste money if the cards do not work at all or did not hold that capacity. However the biggest danger would be if you loaded the card up with data.images and they corrupted at a later date. I’d go with Dave’s recommendation as data corruption can be a bigger pain than losing £25.

              November 20, 2020 at 4:29 pm #63719
              keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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                I have found that when buying generic but so called good quality at a given size and its a couple of quid cheaper than a true brand that the size is often smaller and just enough to be real annoying.

                November 22, 2020 at 12:55 am #63745
                The DukeThe Duke
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                  If youre getting them from Amazon, day one load up a high gb file, then check it’s speeds. If it  passes it will work forever, however if it falls short Amazon will swap it

                  Or just look at the Amazon reviews, they usually won’t do u wrong

                  Rule of thumb of course

                  November 22, 2020 at 4:39 pm #64060
                  DrezhaDrezha
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                    I’d been recommended to run h2testw on new microSD cards before use to ensure that they are the correct size.

                    "Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett

                    November 22, 2020 at 6:35 pm #64064
                    johnbarryjohnbarry
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                      Thanks for the added input.

                      I did get the one off Daves link, well almost – I doubled it and went for the same but 256GB so far so good. It all went on and I hope it’s still there (as Ed says) when I need it. I have had past experience with larger ones going corrupt, they have been off Amazon but 3rd party and Amazon won’t help. As a rule I stick to Sandisk 8-to 128GB I did want a 512GB but can’t chance it on chepos, sandisk 512 out my price range.

                      I am tempted to try this  or the 1024 but will they last.

                       

                      but

                      As suggested

                      Cheers
                      John

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