I don’t care about speed, bigger storage, or small price difference all i want is it to not start corrupting my files randomly, die really fast, be unreliable etc . i just want something to put my files on then delete em and add something else, and forget about it and have it work for atleast 10 years . I don’t really transfer a lot of big files so i don’t think the memory cycles thing is gonna be a big problem . I used to think sandisk was good as i have an old 7+ year sd which still works without any issue but recently i bought another one which started corrupting my files and stopped working on my device under a year and i’m beginning to think sandisk is not that good anymore so share your experiences and opinions/thoughts etc .

Also i don’t know where else to ask or if this is the right /c/ so feel free to let me know and i’ll take it down but don’t downvote incase i can actually get some answers .

Edit : This is probably a dumb question but does always being in a device reduce lifetime compared to being kept out of devices after putting data in it ? It is designed to be put in devices right so it shouldn’t affect it right ?

  • Huffkin
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    8 months ago

    The class rating is more about data rates though to achieve higher speeds you tend to need to manufacture to a higher tolerance.

    I tend to install a lot of these for media playback so a higher data rate to me is preferred.

    In my experince ive only known 4-5 cards to die in the last 5 years.

    Although sd cards have limits for write cycles in data sectors and theoretically have unlimited reads. When cards have failed for me in the past they are undergoing high read rates to the same sector.