[Naturecannon]

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We've been waiting to get our hands on a USB 3.0 flash drive for a while, but if you listen to Patriot that may be a bad idea. Seems Patriot has been running into a problem with the current batch of SuperSpeed controllers. The chips are great but they run a little too hot to be in really tiny devices like flash drives. Patriot, a veteran in the memory and flash memory world, probably knows what it is talking about. Strangely though, none of the other vendors bringing USB 3.0 flash drives to the market have mentioned this heat problem.

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I know Patriot let a bad batch of SSD's slip out of their hands and they were sold for 5 months and have been leaving a trail of failed drives left and right.

Curious to see if it is truly Patriot or all vendors with this USB 3.0 problem.

 

[Blameless]

Should make the casing a heatsink.

 

[SkillzKillz]

Everything reminds me of my 16GB Patriot Xporter that was stolen. That thing was my baby

 

[T3h_Ch33z_Muncha]

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Originally Posted by Blameless Should make the casing a heatsink.

this... just a shallow casing of metal fins, like the ones on dominators, just smaller.

 

[M3T4LM4N222]

I agree w/ the posts above. Little heatsinks would fix this problem.

 

[Whitepants]

Not only would heatsink casings work, but that would look freaking awsome!

~Whitepants

 

[T3h_Ch33z_Muncha]

then we can stick a TRUE on it and OC it to over 9000 GHz

 

[nardox]

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Originally Posted by T3h_Ch33z_Muncha then we can stick a TRUE on it and OC it to over 9000 GHz

No you will need a DICE pot on the thumb drive, and volt-mod the USB connector

 

[mrscott]

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Originally Posted by SkillzKillz Everything reminds me of my 16GB Patriot Xporter that was stolen. That thing was my baby

Everything?

 

[MC-Sammer]

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Originally Posted by SkillzKillz Everything reminds me of my 16GB Patriot Xporter that was stolen. That thing was my baby

I felt bad when I lost the cap to my eXporter flash drive, I can only imagine how bad you must feel.

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Originally Posted by Blameless Should make the casing a heatsink.

I second this motion

 

[forgot_to_order_a_quad]

Lets OC our USB stick!

 

[quentin]

If they make the case a heatsink, I foresee many RMAs due to people dropping this little bugger and damaging the chip. You ever tried dropping your CPU with a true mounted on it? Not good for the chip!

 

[Lord Xeb]

e_e Current USB 2.0 flash drives get a little warm.... This could be an issue

 

[cubanresourceful]

Can I cook with it?

 

[theCanadian]

Aluminum casing like the OCZ Rally Drives.