I don’t care about speed, bigger storage, or small price difference all i want is it to not start corrupting my files randomly, die really fast, be unreliable etc . i just want something to put my files on then delete em and add something else, and forget about it and have it work for atleast 10 years . I don’t really transfer a lot of big files so i don’t think the memory cycles thing is gonna be a big problem . I used to think sandisk was good as i have an old 7+ year sd which still works without any issue but recently i bought another one which started corrupting my files and stopped working on my device under a year and i’m beginning to think sandisk is not that good anymore so share your experiences and opinions/thoughts etc .
Also i don’t know where else to ask or if this is the right /c/ so feel free to let me know and i’ll take it down but don’t downvote incase i can actually get some answers .
Edit : This is probably a dumb question but does always being in a device reduce lifetime compared to being kept out of devices after putting data in it ? It is designed to be put in devices right so it shouldn’t affect it right ?
Ok i never fully understood how classes worked . Do they only increse speed which i don’t care for ? Or do they increase cycles and life ? If so why don’t they just tell you that or make the long life sd’s the standard, why sell a cheaper ones ? like everyone buying an sd is counting on it lasting right ? People like me who just goes to a shop buy an sd with the storage we need and get out don’t think about classes or anything .
In my experience it kind of means both. You get more speed obviously, but that comes with better quality materials and control processes at the manufacturer. People expect the $5 SD card to corrupt eventually, they get more upset when the $40 card does.
I’d be actually willing to pay more if it does increase lifetime . I think my old sandisk which was not even that pricey is on its 8th year idk why it is lasting that long maybe because its always not in a device like my new ones ? Does that matter ?
The class rating is more about data rates though to achieve higher speeds you tend to need to manufacture to a higher tolerance.
I tend to install a lot of these for media playback so a higher data rate to me is preferred.
In my experince ive only known 4-5 cards to die in the last 5 years.
Although sd cards have limits for write cycles in data sectors and theoretically have unlimited reads. When cards have failed for me in the past they are undergoing high read rates to the same sector.