SAMSUNG: EVO Select 128GB MicroSDXC UHS-I U3 100MB/s Full HD & 4K UHD Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME128HA)

If you're looking for a size upgrade, this is the one I use

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0887GP791/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_5NFlFbRSZHTMQ

DO NOT go below this price point, cards at this size that are cheaper WILL break on you and could potentially lead to loss of data (speaking from experience).

I love having tons of games on my 3ds, and this card is perfect for that. Holds hundreds of ds and dozens of 3ds games all at once, not to mention the thousands of smaller nes/snes/genesis/GB and GBA games it'll hold.

Unrelated suggestion, but you should find a game you think he'd be interested and include it with the card (not in the card, but alongside it). I've always wanted to do that.

Shit son, is it hammered? That's a cheap GH5!

SD cards don't have to be super crazy as long as you're not shooting all-i. Any V30 would do, and plenty of sub V30s as well. I personally have had 12+ Samsung micro SDs that have worked great for years and terabytes of shooting. If you do want all-i recording I've used Sony M cards with great success, and recently bought some ProGrades that are up to the task as well.

Lenses are going to vary with what you want to shoot and how you want it to look. Architecture, macro, product, interview, sports, music videos, they all call for different tools. You can also buy adapted for the GH5 easily and look at hundreds and hundreds of other lenses outside MFT as well if you want.

I have the 64GB version of this in my Switch and it works flawlessly. Same price for higher endurance seems like a no-brainer if you need a Micro SD card.

also 128gb for $15.99

[Switch] Samsung EVO Select 128GB microSDXC Memory Card with Adapter - $15.99 at Amazon (256GB for $24.99)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0887GP791/ref=twister_B08D89LRCB?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Highest read/write speed available for an SD card and discounted because it is only available through Amazon.

Not a good deal. You can get the Samsung 128gb evo select u3 from Amazon for $16. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0887GP791/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_dlC_qjrYFb1RGP3TA

I would say get the Samsung Evo, these work fine since it's mostly music

SAMSUNG: EVO Select 128GB microSDXC UHS-I U3 100MB/s Full HD & 4K UHD Memory Card with Adapter (MB-ME128HA) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0887GP791/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_rZytFbED11TQY

Sad cards lol Just don’t get “official” Nintendo ones. It’s a ripoff. 20 buck 128gb Samsung micro sd card

I think the point of the internal storage is, it's more there to provide breathing room for when physical-bought games have updates/patches, and to hold your screenshots and stuff. Sure it can hold a couple games, but it's not intended for an entire digital gaming library in an age where some of these games are 20GB before patches.

Also, it's not hard to check how much internal storage space is available on a device before you spend money on it. On many devices that don't use cartridges, like digital cameras or cell phones, a low internal storage space with an SD card slot has been the way of things for a LONG time.

So, okay, sure it's frustrating if you weren't expecting this, but 1. now you know to look for information like this the next time you buy, and 2. you can solve this frustration for 20 bucks

EDIT: Someone recommended a 400GB memory card. I bought a 128 and I've never run into trouble with storage space. I've had to archive a few games, but I've never had to archive a game I was still playing - just don't install new BIG games til you're done with older BIG games and you'll be fine. For reference I have Animal Crossing, Zelda BOTW, Xenoblade, Splatoon 2, Mario Maker, and a ton of indie games installed right now and I've only just started running out of space since I installed Xenoblade.

Also on sale:

• 128GB for $15.99
• 256GB for $24.99
• 512GB for $64.99

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Select-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME128HA/dp/B0887GP791

Deal link: Amazon

^^Note: ^^The ^^deal ^^may ^^have ^^expired ^^by ^^the ^^time ^^you ^^see ^^this ^^post.

It's required for game updates.

Get this 128 micro SD card for $20

$600 for a camera that's not even 4k! lol

charging you $600 for a camera that's 1080p. ouch.

$218 for a microSD card that you can get for $20.

where is the nearest switch to your cam in the basement? if the switch is on the 11th floor then i can see why you are charged $10,000. if the nearest ethernet jack is on the basement or 1st floor than you are being ripped off

The S7 supports a Micro SD card up to 256GB.

You can get a 128GB one for 6 dollars more.

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Select-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME128HA/dp/B0887GP791/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=microsdxc+128&qid=1602017504&sr=8-3

The Samsung equivalent can often be found at $18.99, currently also at $19.99.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0887GP791

>Which is annoying because my library is way too large to fit.

How large is your music collection?

I got only 9000 songs and it only takes up 50gb. 128gb micro sd card only cost $20.

It will definitely weaken the strength of the memory chips, but honestly, these things are rated for INSANE read/writes. You'd have to game 24/7 for years to start to see failures. And then it should fail intermittently not outright. Plus, you can get 128GB drives for like $20. At that point, they're practically disposable.

Make sure you get a good strong name brand like Samsung and it will hold up well to gaming.

The largest capacity for your price range.

$16 for 128gb or $25 for 256GB.

Sandisk 400GB and 512GB cards are also currently on sale for their lowest prices ever.

Obviously you may never use all of the space on something that big, but I would still shoot for the 256GB card. Digital game codes or installations are a thing because the cartridges are prohibitively expensive to produce. So lots of games will have a tiny amount of data on the cart itself and will want to install the rest of the game to the SD card.

Or "bundle"/Combo packs may include only one game on the cart and the rest will included as digital downloads. ie, The borderlands legendary collection, all of the Resident Evil collections, both of the Assassins' Creed collections, ect.

Sandisk Ultra and Samsung Evo Select are two really good options for the Switch

For non-Costco members, it's the same price per card at BestBuy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sandisk-128gb-microsdxc-memory-card-for-nintendo-switch/6103002.p?skuId=6103002

And the Samsung is slightly cheaper per card on Amazon right now ($15.99): https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME256HA/dp/B0887GP791/

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Select-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME128HA/dp/B0887GP791

ULTRA FAST READ/WRITE SPEEDS: Up to 100MB/S Read and 60MB/S Write Speeds; UHS Speed Class U3 and Speed Class 10

this is good too

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-128GB-Extreme-microSD-Adapter/dp/B07FCMKK5X/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=128gb+micro+sd+card&qid=1608446220&sr=8-8

I had a few spare 128GB microSD cards when I got a larger card for some Nintendo Switches, so that was a sunk cost. But even if you didn't have a card, let's run the numbers:

Assuming you have the HDD Adapter, the two components are ~$20, then you need an adapter to connect to your computer (~$5) and a SD or microSD card. They go on sale all the time, right now 128GB is $20 https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Select-microSDXC-Adapter-MB-ME128HA/dp/B0887GP791/ . Sometimes they are available for free, https://www.microcenter.com/site/content/flashspecialoffer2.aspx

Using SATA, you need the adapter ($25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZQ2PMR/) + a drive (let's say $20) + a way to connect it to your computer (~$10)

I haven't bought a desktop in more than 10 years (exclusively macbook pro) so all three items using the SATA approach would be dedicated to the PS2. On the other hand, the microSD cards are being produced regularly and have many uses outside of the PS2 (such as the nintendo switch or a raspberry PI)

I would recommend checking out either OpenSuse(tumbleweed version https://www.opensuse.org/ ) or linux mint ( https://linuxmint.com/ ) and try using this to emulate android https://anbox.io/ . Also for more storage since you are using a laptop with built in storage I recommend getting something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0887GP791/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_btf_t1_jZ5MFbK71MP64?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 for an upgrade since it is your only option

My verdict: This card has no speed rating other than the obsolete "class 10" rating, which is extremely slow by current standards and requirements. In fact, it's so obsolete, that an entirely new class system has since been developed and this is no longer used, other than to be there for people to know it's certified for older devices which specified the memory must be "class 10."

Here's how big of a difference it is, and how slow "class 10" is now in today's standards...

• Class speeds: "One's" of MB/s of the minimum steady stream write/save data (Class 2 = 2 MB/s, Class 6 = 6 MB/s)
• Class 10 speed = 10 MB/s
• UHS speed class: "Tens" of MB/s of the minimum steady stream write/save data (Class 1 = 10 MB/s, Class 3 = 30 MB/s)
• UHS-1 speed (U1) = 10 MB/s
• UHS-3 speed (U3) = 30 MB/s
• V speed class: Actual number of MB/s of the guaranteed minimum sustained performance for recording video / steady stream write/save data (Class 30 = 30 MB/s, Class 60 = 60 MB/s)
• V30 speed = 30 MB/s
• V60 speed = 60 MB/s
• V90 speed = 90 MB/s
• Application Performance Class: At least 10 MB/s and a minimum IOPS (input/output operations per second) for reading and writing, determining whether apps stored on an SD card can be accessed without latency and delays between operations to read and write multiple times in succession
• A1 speed = 1500 read IOPS and 500 write IOPS
• A2 speed = 4000 read IOPS and 2000 write IOPS

Here's a nice chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_card#Class

(See also Speed)

What's important about speed ratings vs speed claims is that flash memory might be capable of 50 MB/s read and 40 MB/s write speeds, but not be capable of being certified for sustained 20 MB/s write speeds (claimed 40, not even certified of 20 at a sustained rate, which is necessary for video), hence only having a class 10 rating, certifying that it's capable of just 10 MB/s sustained write speeds. In that case, it might only reach 40 MB/s write speeds for an extremely short duration, such as one tenth of a second or even 10 seconds, meaning that if you attempt to save video onto the memory, it will stop working after either 1/10th of a second or after 10 seconds. That's why the above certifications are important.

How to find a microSD card

Here's how I would approach this..

In brief:

• First, assess what the minimum requirements are, and what is wanted to meet your goal (size, speed, reliability, etc.) and explore available options.
• Second, to check this item specifically, check for reviews of other items of this brand, and check the seller reviews and ratings.
• Third, scan/analyze this item and other items from the seller using available online tools that assess the legitimacy of the ratings/reviews and also show price history.
• Fourth, check other legitimate websites that sell items like this to see if any sell it. Start with Google Shopping perhaps, then some individual stores, like B&H, Newegg, Microcenter, Bestbuy, Walmart, then also Target (and make sure it's items sold by those store, not other sellers selling through those stores.)
• Fifth, check for reviews on YouTube and search the web in general for the specific brand. See if it's bigger, more known channels making reviews of this brand. See if anyone is includes the brand in a review of fake memory cards.

In more detail:

Step 1. Consider minimum requirements and what meets your goal:

• A. Minimum write speed (U rating, V rating, Class rating)
• B. Minimum read speed (usually not an issue as it's almost always higher than write speed)
• C. Standard vs High-Endurance memory needed (things that constantly write and re-write data, like dashcams, require high-endurance memory cards as standard cards are not designed for it and will fail prematurely with the amount of writing and re-writing data required for that use.)
• D. Capacity (storage space)
• E. Consider the actual usage: if it's for a phone and you know dumping most of the contents of your SD card every year is what can work for you, and you know you typically save less than 30 GB per year of pictures and video per year, and you're getting a new phone that takes pictures and video at higher resolution, thus higher file size - say twice the size per picture and video, then consider that a you might now use 60 GB per year with your new device, so a 128 GB card would be plenty of capacity with some extra buffer. (Also consider that the phone might store other data there, so you wouldn't want to get an outdated card that is only available at much slower speeds too, so yet another reason to not get small card, like 32 GB or 64 GB.)
• F. Consider the 'sweet spot' price per GB of cards. Don't just look up one size, like 128 GB, and buy it. The prices might be nearly the same for double the size. For example, the prices (of these non-endurance microSDXC flash memory cards) could look like this:

-- 32 GB for $8 Samsung Evo Select 32 U1 only U1 speed

-- 64 GB for $11 Samsung Evo Select 64 U3 (GA price: $25)

-- 128 GB for $20 Samsung Evo Select 128 U3 (GA price: $29)

-- 256 GB for $30 Samsung Evo Select 256 * (GA price: $50)

-- 400 GB for $75 SanDisk Extreme 400 C10, U3, V30, 4K, A2 ratings

-- 512 GB for $80 Samsung Evo Select 512 (GA price: $130)

-- 512 GB for $75 SanDisk Extreme 512 C10, U3, V30, 4K, A2 ratings

-- 1 TB for $230 SanDisk Extreme 1TB C10, U3, V30, 4K, A2 ratings

(Note - these are real prices gathered on November 23, 2020, using mostly Samsung Select EVO cards for a single-brand comparison, except for a one or two options. I contacted Samsung and learned that models ending in "HA" are models made/marketed for Amazon and are identical to the models ending in "GA," with no differences other than the model number. I suppose this is just to allow Amazon a lower price and to prevent Samsung and the brick and mortar stores from losing more money from selling the identical GA models through non-Amazon stores by preventing price matching since "the model numbers are different." (That sounds pretty sketchy.) Where both models exist, I list the GA pricing at the end, and for anyone on mobile, I'll make the GA price a link to it on Amazon in case you are in a brick and mortar store and want to price-match.)

Step 2. Since there are no or few reviews, check other products of the same brand for reviews:

• A. In Amazon, click the brand link below the name of the item and narrow by category to the left to find others of the same brand and check them for reviews. Choose the products that are the most similar.

• B. For this example, this product you asked about that has no reviews is similar to these other products by the same company:

-- SUPERDUODUO 256GB Micro SD Memory Card (Class 10)

--SUPERDUODUO 128GB Micro SD Card (Class 10)

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• C. Check the ratings for the seller on the Amazon seller's page. For the example you provided, that's:

I didn't finish writing this up because it's taken a lot of time so far and I need to sleep.

To be continued... maybe..

(Maybe I'll turn this into its own post to help people shop.)