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Corsair Survivor 32 GB
| Caractéristiques | |||
| Memory Size | 32 GB | ||
| USB | 2.0 | ||
| Write speed | N.C. | ||
| Read speed | N.C. | ||
| Extra features | - | ||
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| Accessories | Lanyard, USB Extension |
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Régis Jehl
Test date: July 24, 2009
Test date: July 24, 2009
An all-terrain drive
What sets this model apart is its so-called "all-terrain" aluminum shell, which makes it water- and shock-resistant. The Survivor is an almost unbreakable drive, but also a fairly bulky one, at 3 inches long and 3/4 of an inch in diameter. This drive is for you only if you're a road warrior or if you leave your USB key in the bottom of your backpack, under your books.
This drive is cousin to the Survivor GT 8 GB. It has the same imposing, all-terrain design (see inset) as the previous model, but its capacity has been quadrupled to 32 GB. Also, the "GT" suffix is absent, which would imply that the performance of this 32 GB offering will lack when compared to the 8 GB GT version.
Somewhat disappointing speeds
The Survivor's competitor is the OCZ Rally 2 32 GB. And where speed is concerned, the Rally 2 is the winner. The Corsair's write speed topped out at 12.5 MB/s, compared to 13.8 MB/s for its opponent. Filling up the keys with four 8 GB movies took 43 minutes with the Survivor and 39 minutes with the Rally 2.
The rankings are the same for read speeds, with 21.1 MB/s for the Corsair and 25.7 MB/s for the Rally. But those are still good results, and they put this drive right at the average.
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Durability
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Read speed
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Write speed
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Size
The Survivor will definitely win some fans because of its durability. As for speed, the results were mixed, with good results for reading but write speeds that were only average.
