Mach Xtreme Technology Unveils MX-GX USB 3.0 Flash Drives

[btarunr]

Mach Xtreme Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in top performance, high reliability and user-friendly designed PC components, today unveiled GX Series USB3.0 flash drives. The MX-GX is the slimmest quad-channel USB 3.0 flash drive on the market and it will be available in worldwide retail and e-tail starting Monday, February 14th.

As PCs became increasingly powerful and able to process larger amounts of data, users needed to get more and more data into and out of their PCs. Using traditional flash drives to transfer gigabytes of data has become a time consuming process. MX-FX USB 3.0 flash drives address this need by adding a super-high transfer rate. This drive is fast, bidirectional, dynamically attachable that is consistent with the requirements of the PC platforms of today and tomorrow and its compact size makes it easy to carry. MX-GX USB 3.0 flash drive requires no separate power cable and is fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports, at USB 2.0 speeds. Its single-chip design and diminutive size makes it easy to carry virtually anywhere. The aluminum housing is also extremely durable, making it an ideal flash drive for users with busy and active lifestyles.



The MX-GX flash drive delivers best-in-class read and write speeds clocking in at up to 85MB/s read and 45MB/s write along with its ultra compact size (90mm x 18.5mm 8mm). In addition, users can download MX TurboFlash utility to optimize GX performance. Running in TurboFlash mode, the GX manages up to 25% performance improvement over the same benchmark run in standard mode.

Mach Xtreme FX flash drive comes in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flavors. All this combined with 2-Years warranty and consumer friendly pricing nominates MX-Technology GX Series USB 3.0 flash drive as the #1 choice. Market availability by February 14, 2011.

Product Details

• USB 3.0 Interface
• Quad-channel single-chip technology
• Max. Read Performance up to 85 MB/s
• Max. Write Performance up to 45 MB/s
• Power consumption: Idle up to 1.2W / Active up to 3.3W
• Shock and vibrations resistant
• Compact and easy to carry: 90mm x 18.5mm x 8mm
• Lightweight: 25g
• Certification: ROHS, CE, FCC, Windows 7
• Capacity: 8GB (MXUB3MGX-8G), 16GB (MXUB3MGX-16G), 32G (MXUB3MGX-32G) and 64GB (MXUB3MGX-64G)
• Warranty: 2-Years

[FreedomEclipse]

I dont know.....Looks kinda LONG to me. these days you got USB drives as small as my thumb. why the hell do they have to make it long enough for you to pick your nose with and not more small n compact??

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by FreedomEclipse

I dont know.....Looks kinda LONG to me. these days you got USB drives as small as my thumb. why the hell do they have to make it long enough for you to pick your nose with and not more small n compact??

Quad-channel, I guess there are 4 flash memory chips and a USB 3.0 controller... all of them take up space, where your thumb drive is just a memory chip, without the controller.