Corsair announces 32GB Flash Voyager / Flash Survivor drives

Not that 32GB flash drives are revolutionary or anything, but they're pretty far from being old hat. Thankfully, Corsair is readying a new pair to be unveiled at CES, both of which will boast USB 2.0 connectivity and fairly reasonable price tags considering the capaciousness. Both the Flash Voyager and the über-rugged Flash Survivor will be bumped to 32GB, and both should be able to withstand the desert heat with ease. The pain? $229.99 and $249.99, respectively, and both units should be making their way out as we speak.

[Joe_Templeman @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:20PM]

Gawd I want one of these! Shame the price translates from $249 to £200....

[mattclarkie @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:00PM]

That is cheap, when a 32Gb SSD is about 4 times that. If only you could improve performance and pop it into a laptop and actually use it as a boot drive. But at that price I would bet the performace in dire.

[freakmarket @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:45PM]

Actually Transend's solid state drives are about the same price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208317

[Gremlin @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:31PM]

I would be skeptical of the performance of these two until I see some reviews. Getting this much flash memory this cheap usually means they're skimping somewhere. The 16GB model of the Voyager was significantly slower than its 8GB counterpart... Nice prices though.

[Charlie Taylor @ Jan 3rd 2008 1:48PM]

wow, that's pretty cheap, considering that a good 8GB CF card runs you about the same price as the 16GB model.

[Kiwi616 @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:01PM]

With the capacities running this large and cheap we need ratification of USB 3.0 standard ASAP. I could not imagine waiting for this to fill up!

[wakefun @ Jan 11th 2008 8:32PM]

I have to say..... I have the voyager 16gb and it is the slowest flash drive I have ever used!

[M. Cooper @ Jan 3rd 2008 2:56PM]

I actually purchased this Flash Voyager a few weeks ago. At least this model is available now. After formatting the available space is a whopping 30.2GB!!

With large files the write speed is 7MB/sec while reading is 21MB/sec. External hard drives are cheaper but not nearly as pocketable - and you don't need any cables obviously. I really like mine.

[Baba Booey @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:01PM]

Things are coming along fast. Unfortunately I have ~300gb worth stuff though(Torrents...movies...music...anime...tv shows)

[Numetheus @ Jan 3rd 2008 3:17PM]

RIAA is going to love you if they see your admittance. LOL

[matt @ Jan 3rd 2008 4:18PM]

Can you say "36 GB Eee?"

[Baba Booey @ Jan 3rd 2008 4:24PM]

Yes you can :P. But 2 16gb sdhc cards is cheaper.

[Cycomachead @ Jan 3rd 2008 9:59PM]

I was thinking that too: a 68GB Eee - Use both USB slots + main memory!