Are 2 CDJs and 1 DJM worth it?

[SlvrDragon50]

If something says USB 3.0 on the specs, I would expect it to perform significantly than USB 2.0 speeds. There also seem to be several complaints around about the build quality on that "fantastic deal".

makar1: I don't know how much time you spend on tech stores... but just because USB 2.0 says 30 MB/s, if you actually run tests USB 2.0 rarely ever reaches those speeds.

As you've noted already, not all USB 3.0 are the same, and not all USB 2.0 are the same. You can pay an arm and a leg for the best USB 3.0 out there, or you can be smart and pay 0.50 cents per GB and get a nice 100 read USB 3.0.

[makar1]

makar1: I don't know how much time you spend on tech stores... but just because USB 2.0 says 30 MB/s, if you actually run tests USB 2.0 rarely ever reaches those speeds.

As you've noted already, not all USB 3.0 are the same, and not all USB 2.0 are the same. You can pay an arm and a leg for the best USB 3.0 out there, or you can be smart and pay 0.50 cents per GB and get a nice 100 read USB 3.0.

I'm performing a benchmark on my external hard drive through USB 2.0 right now. The minimum transfer rate is 31.9 MB/sec.

I'm not saying you need to go for the top performing drive; 100MB/sec is more what I'd consider acceptable performance for USB 3.0. But the Lexar drive suggested earlier can only manage 40MB/sec which is very poor for a USB 3.0 drive.

[kooper1980]

I'm performing a benchmark on my external hard drive through USB 2.0 right now. The minimum transfer rate is 31.9 MB/sec.

I'm not saying you need to go for the top performing drive; 100MB/sec is more what I'd consider acceptable performance for USB 3.0. But the Lexar drive suggested earlier can only manage 40MB/sec which is very poor for a USB 3.0 drive.

But how long would a track take to load at these specs? If 40MB/sec means a track takes 1 second to load rather than 1/4 of a second i'm not going to lose sleep. I can spare an extra 3/4 sec per track.

[makar1]

Decent write speed is worth having for copying tracks onto USB, especially if you have to do it twice. And Rekordbox doesn't allow you to continue browsing until a transfer is complete.

[SlvrDragon50]

I'm performing a benchmark on my external hard drive through USB 2.0 right now. The minimum transfer rate is 31.9 MB/sec.

I'm not saying you need to go for the top performing drive; 100MB/sec is more what I'd consider acceptable performance for USB 3.0. But the Lexar drive suggested earlier can only manage 40MB/sec which is very poor for a USB 3.0 drive.

External hard drives are different from flash drives. External hard drives are better at posting the benchmark speeds than flash drives.

[makar1]

External hard drives are different from flash drives. External hard drives are better at posting the benchmark speeds than flash drives.

Reviews for the Sandisk drive I mentioned earlier give a transfer rate of 30MB/sec on USB 2.0

My SD card benchmarks at around 26MB/sec, but that's just on a generic SD card reader which is bottlenecking it.

Edit: While we're on the topic of flash media, never buy anything from Ebay except from outlets of reputable stores. And only buy direct from Amazon rather than their 3rd party sellers.

[Shishdisma]

I'm 100% positive that even if you added around 25 tracks a week to your library, the difference between the fastest write speed on the market and normalized budget rates would be something like 5 extra minutes on the initial library write. You guys are being ridiculous, read/write speed marginalizing gets you exactly fuck all.

[makar1]

The two drives mentioned in this thread have maximum sequential write speeds of 37 and 117 MB/sec respectively. A generic USB stick is usually below 20 MB/sec. Would you consider that marginal?

If you don't mind waiting for your tracks to load or copy then by all means go for the cheaper offerings.

[mdcdesign]

I'm 100% positive that even if you added around 25 tracks a week to your library, the difference between the fastest write speed on the market and normalized budget rates would be something like 5 extra minutes on the initial library write. You guys are being ridiculous, read/write speed marginalizing gets you exactly fuck all.

Just ignore him. He argues with everything I says regardless of a) whether or not it matters, and b) whether or not anyone else agrees with him. I'm starting to just view it as white noise, kinda soothing.

[makar1]

Would you prefer if I just agreed with everything you said? You always seem to leave the discussion when facts are used against your argument.