1. Introduction
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Super Talent designs and manufactures DDR and DDR2 memory modules and Flash based storage devices for computers and consumer electronics. Counting 20 years of Memory Industry experience, Super Talent relies on technical research and its commitment to product development to deliver leading edge memory products to the market.
- Super DH 2GB USB Stick
The DH USB stick's aluminum body is rugged enough to keep your data safe under tough environmental conditions. The 200X version delivers breath-taking data transfer speeds in excess of 30MB per second. This award winning USB drive is the perfect mobile storage device.
- Main features
- Full compatibility with USB 1.1 and 2.0
- Capacities: 512kB~8GB
- Dual Channel Flash Memory Architecture
- Ultra-fast 200X available with 30MB/sec Read speed
- Hot plug and play. Functions like another hard drive
- Supports password protection
- No driver needed for most operating systems (Windows 98SE driver available online)
- LED indicates power, busy
- More than 10 years data retention
- Limited lifetime warranty
- Dimensions: 64.5 mm x 16.8 mm x 7.1 mm
- Retail package
SuperTalent provided us with the retail package of the SuperTalent DH 2GB USB stick. Its retail price is around ~$20.49. The retail kit is small and includes only the USB stick in a protective plastic shell.
Let's have a close look at the module.
Not much to discuss here, the device shows the capacity and the fact that it's USB 2.0 compatible. Removing the protective cap we can the USB connector.
There is a red LED at the top indicating read/write operations...
2. Tests
We fired up HD Tach v3.0.1.0 and prepared the full length tests, that will put the USB stick through its paces:
The full bench test scans the entire capacity of the module and graphs its average reading/writing performance:
The performance is very good. We had 25.0MB/sec average reading and 22.8MB/sec average writing performance.
3. Conclusion
There are so many USB sticks on the market right now that users can become very confused when it comes time to buy one. Our suggestion is simple, look for that is fastest and at the same time won't cost a fortune. SuperTalent covers that need with the DH series, which comes with an aluminum casing and very fast reading and writing speeds, at least according to the specs.
Our tests were very encouraging, since the device managed to reach 33MB/sec reading and 24MB/sec writing speeds. We would say without any doubt, that this USB stick is extra fast. It also comes with a lifetime warranty from SuperTalent, so there's no reason why this product shouldn't come highly suggested! The retail price is only US$20 and it is available in two colours, black or white, the choice is yours :-)
