Dietpi: NewEgg Deal...

[rhkean]

http://promotions.newegg.com/neemail/guerrilla/LP/16-Jul/index-landing_wave_27.html

Qty: 3 U1 - uSD - 16Gb $10.99 + $2.88 shipping

@Fourdee not sure if you can take advantage of this
@xenfomation
@k-plan

soooo.... totally abusing the Issues functionality of github here.... :laughing:

[Fourdee]

not sure if you can take advantage of this

@rhkean HMRC (the tax man) can take advantage of this if I was to buy one. lol

I personally use for all DietPi testing (excluding the Odroids, due to EMMC being miles faster):

• Sandisk Extreme 16GB UHS 3.
  
  
  
  • 45MB/s~ write speed.
  
  
  • 90MB/s~ read speed
  
  
  • £10.50 on amazon uk:
    
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-Extreme-microSDHC-Frustration-Packaging/dp/B013P1M49A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469788948&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+extreme+16gb+microsd
  
  

I have 3 of those cards in use for roughly 8+ months, they take a hammering but still work as if new.
I've tried various "generic, China town" cards , most caused filesystem corruptions or completely broke after a few weeks.
I also noted that the cheaper cards tend to have a much thinner gold plating contact, which wears out very quickly in a testing environment. Samsung has the most gold plating if I remember correctly, its visually embossed.

^^ I got carried away there "the life of a SDcard" lol

[rhkean]

I use Samsung Pro's on my "production" systems. On my test setups, unless I'm doing a performance or speed test, I use cheaper cards.

I have several ADATA uSD cards that have survived multiple phone generations and are still going strong now that I've moved them to my SBC hobby. :smile: