Any good deals on 2 - 4 GB CF cards?

[norbl]

Even adding the per cent off coupons, etc., I can't get the price down to what some people are bragging about. Is Dell still the best deal or are there other recommendations.

[0gopogo]

Here in TX we have to pay Sales Tax when ordering from Dell. Last night I could have ordered the Kingston 4GB CF for $204, I think, including tax and shipping, after e-coupons. That was a good price, IMO, but I'm not interested in that card. Nevertheless, I thought that price was quite tempting.

So what price would be worth bragging about?

[FlyACL]

I just got a 2GB "High Speed" CF form NewEgg.com about a week ago for just under $100 shipped. Thought that was ok.

[Nemo8683]

Here are a couple of good deals I found ,but they are currently otu of stock right now. You can still put your email on thier list and they will email you when the product gets restocked.
4GB Hitach--http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=13G1768-U&cpc=SCH&srm=0
5GB Seagate--http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ST650211CF-U&cpc=SCH&srm=0
4GB Sony--http://www.flash-memory-store.com/sony-4gb-microdrive.html

[0gopogo]

I just got a 2GB "High Speed" CF form NewEgg.com about a week ago for just under $100 shipped. Thought that was ok.

Any price under $50 per 1gb of high speed flash mem is very much "ok" in my book. Which brand did you get? Care to benchmark it in a card reader?

[FlyACL]

It was a 2GB CF Elite Pro 50x form Kingston. I got it for my DSLR camera. Works great! Here is the link -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820160033

It's $105.95 right now. Still a good deal. I can benchmark it, but you will have to point me in the right direction as I have never really done that much. See ya~

PS - The 4GB one of the same kind is only $212 ->http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820160034

[cec]

I got the price down to $187 for Kingston Elite Pro 4 GB Compact Flash Card at Dell. Use the following e-coupons.

$20 off $150: FVTQ0LS4CPMX9P
25% off selected flash memory: CVMKVJVQSJP492

[norbl]

Here are a couple of good deals I found ,but they are currently otu of stock right now. You can still put your email on thier list and they will email you when the product gets restocked.
4GB Hitach--http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=13G1768-U&cpc=SCH&srm=0
5GB Seagate--http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ST650211CF-U&cpc=SCH&srm=0
4GB Sony--http://www.flash-memory-store.com/sony-4gb-microdrive.html

I think those are all hard-drive units. I want solid state flash memory.

[norbl]

I got the price down to $187 for Kingston Elite Pro 4 GB Compact Flash Card at Dell. Use the following e-coupons.

$20 off $150: FVTQ0LS4CPMX9P
25% off selected flash memory: CVMKVJVQSJP492

Thanks. Good price with the coupons.

[velomane]

I got the price down to $187 for Kingston Elite Pro 4 GB Compact Flash Card at Dell. Use the following e-coupons.

$20 off $150: FVTQ0LS4CPMX9P
25% off selected flash memory: CVMKVJVQSJP492

Anyone in Canada get these to work at dell.ca ? No joy for me.

[comptonOG]

Free shipping makes this 1GB $37.95 a warm deal. SHipping kills memory deals for me personally.

Kingston Technology 1GB CompactFlash Card
Buy.com price: $47.95
FREE BUDGET SHIPPING
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate (expires 10/22/05)
$37.95 After Rebate
Link here

[0gopogo]

It was a 2GB CF Elite Pro 50x form Kingston. I got it for my DSLR camera. Works great! Here is the link -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820160033

It's $105.95 right now. Still a good deal. I can benchmark it, but you will have to point me in the right direction as I have never really done that much. See ya~

PS - The 4GB one of the same kind is only $212 ->http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820160034

Adam, SanDisk use HDBench to derive their performance numbers. This program tests a card like a hard drive. It is freeware. An English version for the download can be hard to find. I have a link to one such site here. (Scroll down until you see the HDBench link in the left column. Click it, then locate "HDBENCH Ver3.40 beta6" on the next page. That section has the download link.) The file size is around 250kB, the file name hdb340b6.lzh. Yes, it is packed with LHARC. I do not know if WinZip can handle this. PowerDesk Pro 6 does. There is also a lha.exe for Cygwin. TugZip handles LZH and other formats, has a GUI and is free. It looks like a nice free WinZip replacement.

So, if you can be bothered, download the hdb340b6.lzh file and unpack it into a new directory of your choice. That completes the installation. Launch hdbench.exe to see a window similar to the one shown by the first link. The disk/card test is in the bottom row. Choose the card reader partition in the first combo box. Then choose a test size in the other combo box. Click on the bottom left icon to start the test. I usually run the test with sizes of 1MB, 2, 4, 8, 10, 50, 100MB to see how a card handles different file sizes. The results are "Read", "Write", "RandomRead", "RandomWrite", in kB/s.

[FlyACL]

Well that took some doing. The first page was in Japanese! Thank you Google! Anyway, here you go...

1MB - Read=7074 Write=6390 RandomRead=7062 RandomWrite=2566
2MB - Read=7074 Write=6234 RandomRead=7074 RandomWrite=2146
4MB - Read=7074 Write=5454 RandomRead=7074 RandomWrite=1970
8MB - Read=7173 Write=5756 RandomRead=7080 RandomWrite=2047
10MB - Read=7196 Write=5795 RandomRead=7116 RandomWrite=1967
50MB - Read=7169 Write=5893 RandomRead=7091 RandomWrite=2716
100MB - Read=7154 Write=5903 RandomRead=7076 RandomWrite=1915

Take care....

[0gopogo]

Thanks for the numbers. I assume the card is formatted with FAT16? Anyway, this is by no means a slow card, about on par with my 1GB 60x/66x SimpleTech and RiData SD cards. Nice numbers, which card reader do you use?

[FlyACL]

Under the properties it just shows FAT as the file system. I format it in my carmera as that is what I use it for. The card reader is a cheap Free After Rebate deal I got online. iRock 9-in-1. Works good....