On counterfeit SD cards
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(04-18-2016, 11:15 PM)psychedup Wrote: So it just goes to show, it is worth it to spend a little extra and get a good card!

Of course. But the funny thing is: You don't need to spend more money to get a 'good' card. You just have to realize how the SD card market works. There are brands that buy cheap NAND dies and questionable controllers on the spot markets, that invest in marketing a lot and sell you cheap/unreliable stuff for twice the price.

And there are just a few manufacturers where you get quality. And if you start to realize that a Pine64 or any other SBC is not a digital camera but some sort of a computer you also start to realize that the 'speed class' is mostly irrelevant when you buy cards. 

Pine64 is limited to ~22/23 MB/s sequential speed anyway (as most other Allwinner SBC) and the most important performance factor is random I/O. So take care that you choose cards that show high random I/O performance especially with small record sizes that are from one of the few manufacturers that build their retail products from both their own NAND chips and own controllers: http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic...rformance/

And directly after purchase always check the card. There is no alternative to it since you never know what you bought (see above). It's easy and worth the efforts.


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On counterfeit SD cards - by tkaiser - 04-18-2016, 02:56 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by jl_678 - 04-18-2016, 07:47 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by tkaiser - 04-18-2016, 08:27 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by psychedup - 04-18-2016, 11:15 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by tkaiser - 04-19-2016, 04:49 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by Shady2tree - 04-21-2016, 11:28 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by androsch - 04-21-2016, 12:13 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by Shady2tree - 04-21-2016, 01:30 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by androsch - 04-21-2016, 01:33 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by Rhymoore - 04-21-2016, 01:51 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by pine.tree - 04-21-2016, 04:57 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by ab1jx - 01-04-2020, 05:24 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by ZuzanOlszew - 04-29-2020, 06:39 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by bcnaz - 01-04-2020, 06:22 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by zaius - 01-05-2020, 01:14 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by DrYak - 01-05-2021, 05:19 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by diodelass - 05-30-2020, 01:59 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by zer0sig - 08-25-2020, 11:26 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by Luterman - 02-21-2021, 08:31 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by barray - 03-04-2021, 11:25 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by biketool - 06-28-2021, 12:25 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by bcnaz - 08-03-2021, 07:40 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by biketool - 08-04-2021, 11:43 AM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by moriel5 - 05-18-2022, 01:52 PM
RE: On counterfeit SD cards - by stuartiannaylor - 10-10-2022, 10:08 AM

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