Corsair Voyager 4GB Thumb Drive

Rob Williams · 12-05-2005, 09:14 PM

Thumb drive not providing you enough space for your needs? Corsair's Voyager thumb drives are very well respected because they are fast and very durable. This one is no exception, except that it offers you a full 4GB of space! Let's take a look at this spacious drive, and see how it stacks up to the competition.

As always, feel free to discuss the review here!

madstork91 · 12-06-2005, 01:40 PM

I dare you to give the next review < 7...

To me if the software locks up and the speed isnt what they advertise... I'm not going to like it no matter how much it stores.

The password thing is a pimp idea though.

Rob Williams · 12-06-2005, 03:14 PM

I gave the drive an 8 for a few reasons. The price is right for a drive this size, and Corsair are the first to the market with such a large drive at that price. I am also diliberating with myself on whether my computer is messing with the write speed, because another website had no issues with theirs.

Overall, I stick to my rating of 8/10, because that's what it deserves. If 2.5MB/s is that important to you, then get another drive. If you need 4GB, live with it.

06-28-2006, 01:07 PM

Actually, the 2 and 4 GB models are only rated to 9 GB/s transfer, not 13 GB/s like the 1 Gb model.

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/flash_memory.html

My problem, one that others are also experiencing, is that the write speed isnt even close to that. I'm getting 1.5 Mb/s even for a single large file.

The only way out is to reformat as NTFS rather than FAT32. In NTFS I get the rated 9 MB/s performance.

Were your measurements done under FAT32 or NTFS?

06-28-2006, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rjm

Actually, the 2 and 4 GB models are only rated to 9 GB/s transfer, not 13 GB/s like the 1 Gb model.

Actually, the 2 and 4 GB models are only rated to a write speed of 9 MB/s, not 13 MB/s like the 1 GB model.

You know what I meant...

12-05-2005, 09:14 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,926	Corsair Voyager 4GB Thumb Drive Thumb drive not providing you enough space for your needs? Corsair's Voyager thumb drives are very well respected because they are fast and very durable. This one is no exception, except that it offers you a full 4GB of space! Let's take a look at this spacious drive, and see how it stacks up to the competition. As always, feel free to discuss the review here! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

12-06-2005, 01:40 PM	#2
madstork91 The One, The Only... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: TEXAS! Posts: 1,301	I dare you to give the next review < 7... To me if the software locks up and the speed isnt what they advertise... I'm not going to like it no matter how much it stores. The password thing is a pimp idea though. __________________ .www.StorkNineOne.com

12-06-2005, 03:14 PM	#3
Rob Williams Editor in Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 8,926	I gave the drive an 8 for a few reasons. The price is right for a drive this size, and Corsair are the first to the market with such a large drive at that price. I am also diliberating with myself on whether my computer is messing with the write speed, because another website had no issues with theirs. Overall, I stick to my rating of 8/10, because that's what it deserves. If 2.5MB/s is that important to you, then get another drive. If you need 4GB, live with it. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz, ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, OCZ 8GB PC2-6400, EVGA GTX 285 1024MB Seagate 500GB, 750GB & 1TB, Pioneer 22x ODD, Corsair 1000HX, Thermalright Ultra-120, CM Storm Sniper Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Ultrasone PRO 750, Gentoo Linux (KDE 4.3.2, 2.6.31 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter Profiles: Last.fm \| Xbox Live \| Steam

06-28-2006, 01:07 PM	#4
rjm Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Voyager Write Speed Actually, the 2 and 4 GB models are only rated to 9 GB/s transfer, not 13 GB/s like the 1 Gb model. http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/flash_memory.html My problem, one that others are also experiencing, is that the write speed isnt even close to that. I'm getting 1.5 Mb/s even for a single large file. The only way out is to reformat as NTFS rather than FAT32. In NTFS I get the rated 9 MB/s performance. Were your measurements done under FAT32 or NTFS?

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