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MicroSD speed comparison addition – Samsung Pro Plus 512GG MB-MD512SA/EU (WHL #96F1)

Small addition to the pool of WHL #96 and WHL #100 MicroSD card tests – a new 512GB whopper, called the Samsung Pro Plus.

Unlike with the last purchase of a new largest-ever card for me, the 256GB Samsung EVO Plus, this time I’m not running out of space on the largest disk (used for backups). Instead, it’s more down the usage chain for older ones. Specifically, in my camera – ever since I started filming my runs on Tesla Beach Buggy racing, I’ve had the problem of full memory cards at the end of the day, or worse – during the day. […]

29th June 2025 6th July 2025 By Bzzz In 1 Comment

MicroSD speed comparison – genuine cards and a Chinese fake (WHL #96)

Since I don’t want to become the BigClive of the text blogging world, I pretty much have to stop rambling about fake flash drives (NVMe, SATA SSD, USB drives and SD cards) from China. Clive himself knows that too much ozone content makes his audience yawn ;)

So, as Easter (read: the couple holidays around it) is a great opportunity to run some backups and digitally clean up the place, here’s a quick speed test comparison on the history of MicroSD cards. It all started with my troublesome RPi4 having high iostat values all the time, leading to a new card for my laptop backup drive, which in return handed down his MicroSD to the Pi. […]

31st March 2024 29th June 2025 By Bzzz In 2 Comments