Corsair Flash Voyager GTX 512GB USB 3.1 Premium Flash Drive (CMFVYGTX3C-512GB)

I bought this disk on key after a SanDisk SDCZ880-256G-G46 Extreme PRO 256GB USB 3.1 Solid State Flash Drive died within a few months of light use. I looked for the disk on key with the largest storage, good performance, and pocketability, and got all three. It isn't as fast as an SSD, but it is at least 10x faster than similar products, e.g. Kingston Digital HyperX Savage, for both large and small files, and goes into my jean's small pocket. It is large and heavy for a disk on key, but I don't notice it in my small jeans pocket. Its just solid. Price per GB, the 1TB is about the same as the SanDisk (4x storage, 4x price), and it's smaller brothers. At the moment, it costs about twice as much as a 1TB Samsung T5 SSD, which is the price of size. Its a personal preference, and that's mine. ____________ Later addition, December 2024 ____________ I have two Corsair GTX flash drives for 4+ years. I use them as semi-backups, and had terabytes written to them. Both are working as usual, starting fast, then stabilize at 80MB/s. I love how reliable they are. ____________ Later addition ____________ There's a common complaint about flash drives being that the advertised drive size is larger than the size displayed by OS such as Windows. It is a bluff by all manufacturers, so I think its worth an explanation. Operating systems display drive size with GB = 1024^3 bytes. Manufacturers advertise drive size with GB = 1000^3 bytes. The smaller GB allows for a larger number next to it. For any flash drive by any manufacturers, if the flash drive size is advertised in GB, expect the drive size displayed by the operating system to be ~7% smaller than the advertised size.

TLDR: If memory drive casing width is not an issue, get the Corsair Voyager GTX. Otherwise, if speed requirements aren't a high priority, the convenience of retractable USB jack may make the Sandisk Extreme Pro your preference. FACTORS: These days there are so many choices in USB flash memory drives, it can be daunting to decide. The two key aspects are memory size and speed. While most people look at the memory capacity, often speed is overlooked. And it's not just read speed, but write speed as well. If you load the flash memory drive with a lot of data and mostly use it to read that data, the write speed isn't as important. For faster than average write speed times, usually you do pay a premium. Dollar for dollar, the Corsair Voyager GTX memory drive is a phenomenal value, compared to the closest competitor--the Sandisk Extreme Pro. While the Sandisk also features a rugged aluminum casing, it has a capless retractable USB jack--a movable part that can break. Also, its read and write speeds are behind that of the Corsair. VALUE: For my purposes, I wanted to get a very sturdy & durable USB flash memory drive that will last me well until 256Gb becomes anemic compared to the cost of a 1Tb drive (as cost of 8Gb drives 5 years ago is about even with 128Gb today). Originally I was planning to get another 128Gb drive (I have a Sandisk model of that), but then I noticed the pricing for 256Gb had come down quite a bit. At the time of this writing the "peak value" seems to be 256Gb, as the $1/Gb change from doubling size becomes nearly flat going from 256Gb to 512Gb. Consider $50 for a 128Gb drive, then just $20 more for 256Gb, and it's clear that it makes more sense to invest in the larger drive. CASING: The Corsair Voyager GTX drive is an extremely solid device. The casing is a heavy cast aluminum alloy with steel reinforcement. I was amazed to find that the Sandisk Extreme Pro has identical weight, based on product specs, as the Sandisk is more narrow. And that is one drawback to the Corsair Voyager GTX -- it is wide. Wide enough that when plugged into a USB A socket, it will very likely overlay part of the neighboring USB socket. That could be a problem for some people. USB JACK: The retractable USB jack is a novel and convenient concept offered by Sandisk, but it does not guard against dust & debris intrusion. There is also the risk of the mechanical mechanism breaking, as it utilizes plastic parts. The Corsair Voyager GTX is completely solid state. There is the matter of the cap... and some people have complained about ease of loss. But frankly, the cap is made of the same aluminum shell and is noticeably heavy. This isn't something easily lost. If you drop it on a hard floor, you will most definitely hear the thud of impact. When cap docking, the dense foam insert makes for a nice solid friction fit. PERFORMANCE: I haven't done any speed measuring tests, but general observation is that the Corsair is impressively fast with both read & write, compared to my older Sandisk USB 3.0 128Gb drive. The Corsair incorporates a real SSD controller inside it, instead of standard USB flash memory protocol management. It does not get appreciably hot during use. PRICE: For a while, the cheapest price I could find for the Corsair Voyager GTX 256Gb was $71.99. But as of this writing, the price dropped to $5 less, while the Extreme Pro is still at $70.99. FINAL VERDICT: I'm very happy I got the Corsair Voyager GTX memory drive. It's impressively solid & I actually enjoy the heft of this device and the secure friction fit of the protective cap, guarding against moisture & debris.

I was looking for something faster than most 3.1 USB Flash Drives... and this drive DOES NOT disappoint. The drive came formatted NTFS. It has some weight - the casing is metal and the cap fits snug onto the USB Input side. This weighs about 5 times as much (without measuring exact weight) than other small metal USB Flash drives - The Samsung Metal Bar for example. The footprint of the drive is larger than all USB Flash Drives... it's wider, thicker, and longer. If you're looking for something super small, this isn't it. The casing does not get hot like other USB 3.0 and 3.1 drives. Note: If you are transferring 5000+ files / objects... you will still get SUPER SLOW speeds. I transferred a small 60MB folder from Laptop SSD to The Corsair Flash Voyager GTX ... and I was getting less than 500KB/S... KILOBYTES. I copied the same files as a zip file... and it copied so fast it didn't register the copy prompt / status. Copying large .ZIP or other compressed folders is SUPER FAST. Copying large numbers of files is still slow. FYI on the speeds... this is fast depending on the tasks you are trying to accomplish. I am very satisfied with the drive, it's cool, it's heavy / solid, and I highly recommend it.

I bought at the same time the "Samsung FIT Plus USB 3.1 Flash Drive 128GB - 300MB/s (MUF-128AB/AM)" for $22 and installed an operating system (Linux PeppermentOS) to use as a independent banking PC/drive (effectively a isolated PC where the PC would boot from it with no interaction with my normal operating system HDD). I did the same to the Samsung FIT. Both were encrypted with the same encryption password. The Samsung did more or less ok, adequate enough for basic storage. The Corsair was approximately 5x's faster and noticeably snappier to use to run an operating system off of. Banking, email, and word processing, I couldn't tell any difference with my normal system. Even the mouse moved in a very responsive manner, unlike the Samsung. I did an 8.5GB transfer from the regular HDD to each to get a comparison. Using my phone's timer, the Samsung finished in about 1 minute 40 sec, showing transfer rates of 110-120 GB/s. The Corsair crushed it with taking approximately 20 seconds, showing rates of 460 to 500 GB/s. Not sure of the accuracy of the displayed xfer rates, but the Corsair took about 1/5th the time (which compares to about 5x's the xfer rate. But to be fair to the Samsung, when i transferred a 65MB folder with 242 pictures, everything was xferred faster than I was able to open the newly made folder and click on photos. So, in that aspect was great. It was just in opening of programs and general running an operating system, the Corsair had quicker response times, a perceivable amount. The whole feel was noticeably more responsive.. Enough to make paying the additional $36 a non-issue. Also the drive, with the extra heft of the metal casing, distributed the heat very well (especially during the lengthy operating install). It seems like that would contribute to a longer life, etc. A failure would outweigh any savings with trying to pinch some change. Other reviews mentioned the size and weight as an issue. For me, the drive just sits not too far from my desktop computers, and the size makes it easier to find. :) I would definitely buy it again, in a heartbeat for this application. Extremely happy.

Amazing flash drive with incredible transfer speeds! I have been using this usb drive since 2019 and it hasn't died on me yet! Truly impressive!

This is one of the best flash drive quality-wise. The built-in quality is superb & very robust. When you hold the flashdrive, you can feel the premium vibe Data speed is average compared to a high-speed modern USB drive. It would be great if the company provide a handstring for it.

As a self employed IT Engineer, I carry a ton of digital tools for my everyday use. Not only the usual tools most techs have, but tools specific to many companies I contract services to. Many of these files are huge, and transferred extremely slow with your standard thumb drive.... though this is technically a crossover to SSD, the only "thumb" part is the USB part. However, transferring this fast is such a relief. Hopefully the video uploads properly so you can see my full side by side speed comparison, then you will KNOW just how fast it is! Just to note, it is only this fast on USB 3.0. You wont get near this speed if plugged into a USB 2 or earlier. However, while around 600+ mbps transfer on 3.0, I generally get between 15-35 on 2.0 drives, a couple times close to 100. I sometimes have issues getting it to even work on 2.0 ports, yet switch to an exact same port next to it, and it works. Perhaps dirty ports, I don't know. Like others have said, it's solid. It's not going to break if you drop or step on it. I have broken other thumbs when it's sticking out the front of a pc and bumped it. This one... you will break the usb port on the computer before you break this flash drive. I did pull it out of one pc early on and the drive got write protected and unreadable, had to format & reload all files because none of the commands for repair did any good... but this happens with any flash drive from time to time. I do use Hasleo Bitlocker on it to password protect access to it. It's possible there was a conflict there which caused it. I haven't had any problems since that one time early on. As far as price, it's a bit high @ $50 for 128 gigs. You know this thing costs Corsair mere pennies a piece, but I can't really blame them for making the money before such devices become the norm and are everywhere. Again however, just be very aware that if you use an older computer that has USB 2.0 you intend to use this on, you wont get speeds like this out of it. Make sure you have 3.0 so you won't be disappointed. Of course, you could always add something like a USB 3.0 5Gbps PCI Express(PCIe) Expansion Card like this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072LS4JH7/ which should at least get you 100mbps transfer on a pre-3.0 pc as long as it has PCI-E on it's board.

I purchased this drive about a month ago, and am very impressed with it's robust quality of build, as well as read/write speeds. So far, I've not tried loading an operating system on my drive, but my Windows 7 and 10 computers see the drive as a hard drive with a primary partition, formatted NTFS (came out of the packaging NTFS). Uncertain as to why this drive costs less than the GTX 3.0 Voyager, I called tech support to try to uncover any differences between these two drives (meaning the 3.0 GTX and the 3.1GTX). Tech support looked up the specs for me, as they are not on Corsair's website yet, and they indeed, confirmed that the only difference relates to the 3.0 USB port speeds vs. the 3.1 USB port. Of course, the 3.1 is backwards compatible with 3.0 and 2.0. So, the internal controller in both drives is identical, according to Corsair's 888 tech support line. the guy seemed to know what he was talking about, and when I asked why the 3.1 is costing less, he indicated that it's all about introducing the newer product, and gaining traction on sales. He also indicated that he would expect the 3.1 to ramp up in price to be near what the 3.0 GTX is now. So, I'm glad I grabbed one here for what is currently the going price. By the way, he indicated that we'll certainly see a migration of products to the newer USB-C protocols -- also with higher prices to come, I'm sure. I hope this clarification as to the differences and pricing of these two drives helps someone -- I was relieved to get confirmation that both drives are internally identical except for the 3.0 vs 3.1 speeds.

J'ai déjà acheté des clés USB Corsair depuis de nombreuses années et je n'ai jamais été déçu. que ce soit flash voyager GT ou flash voyageur GTR, pas le moindre problème. Très grande fiabilité

Item received as described. Great quality product. Well recommended!

Gut das 1TB Modell ist teuer, aber die Geschwindigkeit ist beeindruckend. Ich kopiere oft große Mengen von Dateien auch für Datensicherungen. Eine Sicherung beinhaltet i.d.R. zwischen 40000 bis 120000 Dateien aller Größen, auch viele kleine bei denen die Geschwindigkeit ja häufig stark einbricht. Bei meinen bisherigen Sticks (gute Qualität, i.d.R. 128 GB groß) dauert so eine Sicherung je nach Marke des Sticks zwischen 45 und 70 Minuten. Bei diesem hier ist es in 18 Minuten erledigt. Auch die Lesegeschwindigkeit habe ich schon bei über 300 MB/s erlebt, das kenne ich normalerweise nur von SSDs, die über SATA angeschlossen sind. Ich besitze auch das Modell mit 500 GB, das ist zwar auch schnell, erreicht aber nicht die Geschwindigkeit des 1 TB Modells. Wissen sollte man noch, dass der Stick recht schwer ist (Metallgehäuse; hat aber sicher den Vorteil der besseren Wärmeableitung) und breiter als ein "normales Modell", so dass bei eng beieinander liegenden Ports der Nachbarport vermutlich blockiert ist. Ich habe das aber mit einem kurzen Verlängerungskabel gelöst, funktioniert einwandfrei.

Spettacolare!!! Io la uso sui miei XDJ-1000MK2 pioneer, esportando playlist e tracce da rekordbox. Mai visto un trasferimento dati così veloce. Ha copiato 236 GB di tracce sulla chiavetta all’ incirca in 17 minuti. Diciamo che è abbastanza ingombrante, è un po’ più grande rispetto alle chiavette USB classiche. La fattura del case è strepitosa, molto robusta! E il tocco finale è il led blu all estremità che si illumina quando scrive/legge. Fa un bell effetto sui lettori pioneer. Ottimo acquisto. Lo consiglio vivamente!!

I had been looking for a usb stick of this calibar for a while and after some research I dicided to go with the Corsair 512GB USB 3.1 Voyager GTX and wow! This thing is a beast of a USB... Actually, it's more of an SSD squeezed down into the size of a USB flash drive, the build quality is instantly noticeable with be being incased in solid zinc alloy which gives it a nice weighty feel compared to the flimsy plastic usb drives we are all used to, its super fast! Ssd type speeds although when moving lots of large files in bulk I did notice a dip but it still blows all other usb drives I've used out the water, also when transfering larg bulk files it hearts up but nothing major it can still be handled no problem... Pros: It's fast, very fast, its ssd fast, its an ssd! It's ssd storage in a USB stick! It's a quality solid buil, the solid zinc alloy may actually be a heat sink! It's got 5 years warranty! Wowzers! Cons: It's expensive! (worth it imo) It's a little bulky compared to other USBs so could overlap some other usb ports on devices (I use a USB hub so no issues here) Don't lose the USB cap! (it fits snug) It heats up under load (can still easily be handled) Got a bit carried away with this review haha but hopefully some people find it helpful. Peace out nerdlings...