ADATA AN005P-64G-CGY Nobility Pro 64GB USB3.0 180MB/S Read 90MB/S Write Flash Memory Drive Grey

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I bought this flash drive several weeks ago, and was impressed with the speed copying files over USB 3.0. However, after about a month, the plastic exterior cover came off when removing it from the computer (just glued/taped on from the inside). Shortly thereafter (almost 3 months of ownership), the drive stopped being detectable by any computer.I contacted ADATA warranty service, and was told that because the casing had come off, that the drive was not at all covered.Buy at own risk, will not purchase ADATA again.

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Incredibly useful. I needed to transfer all the movies I had stored on my PS3 back to my PC, and while my PS3 obviously doesn't have USB3, my PC does and it made transfers a breeze, I filled up the entire drive with video files and I barely felt like I had to wait at all for them to transfer over to my PC. Overall a great drive, I'd definitely recommend it, for both the speed and the capacity, and the fact that it doesn't block anything next to it when you plug it in (even on a Macbook)

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So far so good, the write speeds have been from 75-90MB/s so I really can't complain. I got two of them and they're both working well.

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I am very pleased with this purchase. I did some speed tests with my USB3 motherboard, with a large movie file stored on a local drive. I was able to consistently get 90MB/sec write speed and read speeds were between 120MB/sec up to 185MB/sec. I'm totally stoked on this thing!

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Just like another review below, the end cap pops off very easily.. even if you just brush up against it. Obviously this is a design flaw. Going into the store to return this today. Guess you pay for what you get.

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It would be the perfect key to have around all the time were it not for the size.

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as advertise, using usb3.0 the transfer is very fast. The only inconvenient is the size of the stick is a bit too long, I suppose it's because of 64GB. Beside from the physical size of the stick, everything else is working as expected.

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for those who reads this, and read the previous comments complaints about "not advertized speed", those people do not understand their computer and pen drive very well, below are my reasons as to why.-Adata tested their product in their manufacture state, meaning they use their usb 3.0 controller, different usb 3.0 driver developed by different company which leads to better performance, and most people can't even grasp how much difference it would make. My G74sx usb3 port max at 130 mb/s while my Alienware m18x usb 3 port max at 210 mb/s.-Adata obviously stated their MAX speed is 180mb/s read and 90 mb/s write, which I ran with ATTO and actually got a higher speed at near 200 mb/s read and 110 mb/s write. these are BENCHMARK values.-usb drive format, NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, allocation size, each has impact on performance. NTFS is better for large file size, harsh and slow on smaller file size. FAT32 is just old, exFAT is new and generally overall better, but NTFS still top out on large file transfer (videos, zipped files) allocation size also matter, larger better for large files, 4k is better for smaller file size.-this is the last and probably most common issue with people not understand their own hardware. if people owns a hard drive and trying to transfer from harddrive to this USB Pen then they made a BIG mistake. If its single harddrive thats almost full, the files thats near the most inner platter would achieve a much MUCH slower speed due to higher access time. even the fastest harddrive (NOT SSD) rated from 210mb/s read on the most outter platter when drive is empty, while on the most inner of its platter when drive is almost full, it reads at 90mb/s, and this drive is $250-270. I'm sure the drive they use are either WD green, slow or 5400rpm for low performance, on most inner platter or even half way through the drive, it would only give 40-60mb/s max read, which is the MAX speed they'll ever get. during file transfer, whichever is the slowest bottleneck and thats that.

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Write speed is nowhere near the advertised 90mb/sec it's more like 35mb/sec for very large fife and 18mb/sec for smaller size.A 4gb video file took 120sec, far from the 48sec advertised by Adata.A 1gb folder of 15mb files took 53sec compared to my older USB 2.0 drive who took 72sec.The strap attachment hole is located where you can place the cap when removed so if you use a strap you have nowhere to store the cap.

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For that price, you can't get a better deal on USB 3.0 64GB storage. The write speed for big files is, for my part, a consistent 70-90MB/sec. On a lot of smaller files, it get down to USB 2.0 speed. Plenty of storage...On the other end, the cap always comes off. I had to add more glue cause the electronic part got separated from the aluminum casing, no big deal, but a build flaw, nonetheless.All in all, I recommend it!

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Malgré une construction de mauvaise qualité au niveau de la partie plastique, cette clef USB est quand même acceptable. Pour la vitesse c'est probablement la plus rapide du marché et rencontre les spécifications du manufacturier avec de gros fichiers. Pour le prix et sa capacité c'est une affaire à ne pas manquer lorsqu'en solde.

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Amazingly fast USB 3.0 flash drive for a great price. ADATA has become my new favourite flash drive maker. Good build quality.

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The fastest USB flash drive I have ever used. I actually have the 32GB model of this that I got on sale, and the write speeds have been as high as 90MB/s. Sometimes the write speeds are not consistent if I am writing multiple files, but if it's just one large file, it's quite good. The read speeds are really fast as well, I haven't managed to measure exactly how fast since I couldn't find a file large enough to copy from it since it copies so fast. I'm using a MacBook Pro with USB 3.0 by the way, other USB 3.0 controllers might work at different speeds. If you are only getting around 30-40MB/s you're likely running in USB 2.0 mode.I used this to create  an OS install disk, and it create d it within a few seconds and installed the OS lightning fast on a USB 2.0 machine. I think it really maxes out the USB 2.0 bandwidth.

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Good value for the surprise special price. Claims of 180MB/S Read 90MB/S Write were not even close. ADTA claims writing a 4GB high-definition video and audio files in as few as 48 seconds. My 4GB took an average of 2mins. Write speed averaged 35MB/S. My Corsair Flash Voyager claims 40MB/S. I can confirm it writes that all day long!http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=66875&vpn=CMFVY3S-32GB&manufacture=Corsair