04-18-2016, 11:15 PM
I'll add my 2 cents, too - I don't have my pine64 yet, and haven't had to deal with any counterfiet cards, but...
I have been working on a project setting up an email & web server on my raspberry pi 2, migrating from an old x86 PC. This was my first time doing such a project on the pi. Everything installed just fine in Linux and worked, but the webserver was noticeably slower than it was on the x86. Still usable but disappointing. Then I remembered that I set it up using an old microsd card that I took out of an old cell phone - it was an old 16GB no-name card. Worked just find, but a speed test rated it at Class 2. Meanwhile, I had a 32GB Class 10 SanDisk card sitting here still in the box. So I transferred everything onto the newer, faster card, and now everything runs as fast or faster than it did on the x86 PC.
So it just goes to show, it is worth it to spend a little extra and get a good card!
I have been working on a project setting up an email & web server on my raspberry pi 2, migrating from an old x86 PC. This was my first time doing such a project on the pi. Everything installed just fine in Linux and worked, but the webserver was noticeably slower than it was on the x86. Still usable but disappointing. Then I remembered that I set it up using an old microsd card that I took out of an old cell phone - it was an old 16GB no-name card. Worked just find, but a speed test rated it at Class 2. Meanwhile, I had a 32GB Class 10 SanDisk card sitting here still in the box. So I transferred everything onto the newer, faster card, and now everything runs as fast or faster than it did on the x86 PC.
So it just goes to show, it is worth it to spend a little extra and get a good card!