What Brand & Model of SD Card do you Suggest? SanDisk? PNY? Kingston? Others?

[DalTXJim]

I'm thinking of purchasing either a 32GB or 64GB for the Note 3's we have on order. SanDisk has "Ultra" / "Extreme" / "Extreme Pro". While the Extreme Pro seems to be a bit overkill, does anyone have a suggestion on whether to use Extreme vs Ultra? How about some of the other brands? Are they worth looking at also? Costco has a 64GB PNY Professional X at $50, but I'd like some feedback on PNY. Thanks for any suggestions/comments!

EDIT: If SanDisk is having a problem with their 64GB cards, then perhaps I will go with Samsung, to see how they hold up. Anyone have suggestions for a REPUTABLE online company to purchase them from?

 

[titaniumSS]

I've always used Sandisk. I've only had one compact flash (5+ years old) and one micro sd card fail on me over numerous years. The micro sd that failed was from the notorious batch of bad 32/64GB ultras produced that were used in the S3. If our Note 3's are capable of 4k video then I would say Extreme, if you're not worried then I'd say you're fine with an Ultra, that's what I'll be sticking with (I already use a 32GB Ultra micro SD). PNY I would put second and Kingston below them. This is coming from experience in digital photography for years.

 

[thymeless]

I've used a lot of Sandisk 32 gigs in my tablet with no trouble. I've had a little trouble with PNY and Patriot. I have a Sandisk Ultra 64 gb drive I am preloading in anticipation of my Not3. I got the Ultra at Costco.

 

[Raptor007]

I would highly recommend NOT getting SanDisk, I would recommend getting Samsung microSD and get the 64GB its around $50-60 and worth the extra storage. The SanDisk is the same price point but I have had way too many issues with their memory these days and warn users away from them. From thumb drives to a 64GB microSD of theirs that constantly fails on me cause corrupted data.

 

[Haalcyon]

Do we know if the Note 3 will be UHS-1 compatible. A SanDisk Extreme at full speed would be quite nice. My 64GB Extreme has proven to be a lot more durable than my SanDisk Ultras.

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[conanheath]

I would highly recommend NOT getting SanDisk, I would recommend getting Samsung microSD and get the 64GB its around $50-60 and worth the extra storage. The SanDisk is the same price point but I have had way too many issues with their memory these days and warn users away from them. From thumb drives to a 64GB microSD of theirs that constantly fails on me cause corrupted data.

Agreed. I've had sandisk in all my Samsung tablets with no issues. But tried 3 different sandisk 64gb cards in S4 and had nothing but problems with mount/UN Mount, corrupt files and lost files. Installed a Samsung 64gb and haven't had any problems since. If you are going to purchase card just for note 3, I would suggest getting Samsung. Save yourself a headache. If you have a sandisk already, try it but beware.

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[Raptor007]

The SanDisk 64GB has been the most problematic of all their memory cards I have when using them in my Samsung devices. Not sure what the issue is,but corrupted data has always followed shortly after formatting and use.

 

[gollum18]

I've never had problems with pny sdcards, they perform quite well, and are a reasonable price.

I agree as well, it seems that Samsung devices have major problems with sandisk sds.

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[Haalcyon]

I've never had problems with pny sdcards, they perform quite well, and are a reasonable price.

I agree as well, it seems that Samsung devices have major problems with sandisk sds.

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It seems Samsung and the Sandisk Ultra series micro SDs don't get along so great. ...but the Sandisk Extreme has been great in S4 and Note 8.0.