1TB flash drive in SA for R14,000

[maximus]

1TB flash drive in SA for R14,000
In the world of flash drives, the Kingston HyperX Predator is king
Staff Writer February 10, 2015

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/118531-1tb-flash-drive-in-sa-for-r14000.html

You may be walking around thinking your 128GB flash drive is just the bee’s knees, but we have some bad news – it isn’t.

If you really want to impress, then the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator is the way to go.

With 1TB of storage and USB 3.0 capability, the flash drive is selling for a shade under R14,000 in SA and comes with a 5-year warranty.

The Predator’s basic specifications are listed below.

Read/write: 240/160 MB/s
8-channel design
Zinc alloy metal casing
72 x 27 x 21mm

For those who have not set aside R14,000 for a 1TB flash drive, there are other, less expensive options available to you.

Kingston also makes a 512GB version of the Predator which you can pick up for just over R6,400.

If Kingston is not your brand of choice, then the Corsair Voyager GS 512GB is available, also coming in at just over R6,400.

SD Cards

High-capacity flash drives aren’t the only expensive mobile storage options available in SA.

The camera-focused Lexar 64GB Professional XQD Card sells for a tidy R6,599 at Takealot, followed by the Lexar 256GB Professional 600x SDHC Card for R5,689.

For those on a budget, the SanDisk 64GB Extreme Pro UHS-II SDHC Card will only set you back R3,599.

 

[Teezy_F30]

i remember when we bought a 128mb flash drive .. that was R400 probably 10 years ago ... and that was massive back then ...

 

[maximus]

i remember when we bought a 128mb flash drive .. that was R400 probably 10 years ago ... and that was massive back then ...

Yeah and in probably 10 years time, this would cost like R200 haha

 

[Webmaster]

Very nice. Or you could get 17.5 x 1TB hdd's. Depends if you travel or not :rollsmile:

 

[tcal69]

wait 3 months and see what the price will be then:rollsmile:

 

[QikNish]

I remember playing Test Drive of these disks. On a monochrome screen.

With no bond or car payments to worry about. LOL!!!!!

 

[ChefDJ]

I wonder what the equivalent cost would be in the States or Singapore or Taiwan etc?

 

[Webmaster]

$849.99 on Amazon or Newegg.

 

[maximus]

$849.99 on Amazon or Newegg.

@ R11.64 = R9893.88

 

[Webmaster]

Still expensive. Imagine loosing one. I've lost 100's...

 

[ChefDJ]

$849.99 on Amazon or Newegg.

@ R11.64 = R9893.88

My point exactly.

So what's the tax percentage we pay on this stuff?

 

[Chucky]

Still expensive. Imagine loosing one. I've lost 100's...

+1

was just about to say this is an easy way to literally loose 14g's

 

[Chavoos]

Ridiculous. Portable 1TB HD is small enough for me at 1/10th the cost.


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[Ratslaaf]

Dion Wired has a 2tb portable drive for R1200 on special. No power adapters, just runs of lappy power and has USB3

 

[GPGrobler]

I don't mind this, where can I get a 128GB flash drive? Average price?

 

[maximus]

I don't mind this, where can I get a 128GB flash drive? Average price?

Takealot selling a Sandisk Cruzer Glide 128GB for R763

 

[GPGrobler]

So 500GB external HDD cheaper than this per GB, pointless then in purchasing a flash drive, unless you are really very hung up about size of the unit in relation to storage space.

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Imagine the crims finding out about the present value of this flash drive and you having three or four of these at your house or business ... I would also guess that just like myself, most of my fellow fanatics have not actually "lost" flash drives, but that they have more likely been stolen.

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I remember playing Test Drive of these disks. On a monochrome screen.

With no bond or car payments to worry about. LOL!!!!!

Happy memories bud, or Buck Rogers, Leisure Suit Larry and Space Quest, I can't even count how many times my Roger Wilco died during his Quests :roflol: