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Usb 3.0 max speed on usb 2.0

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Hello,
I need to know what Usb 3.0 flash drive on the market has the best performance (w/r speed) on a usb 2.0 connection. Thanks

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Any USB 3.0 flash drive that can run at about 40Mbyte/sec or more will perform the same on a USB 2.0 connection, since that's what USB 2.0 maxes out at (in theory it's 60MByte/sec but in practice the highest data rates you see are in the high 30's/MByte/sec).

I've been using Patriot Memory's "Supersonic" USB 3.0 drives on my USB 3.0 ports and they run at about 75MByte/sec write speed and over 100MByte/sec read speed:

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=58373

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