A-DATA 16 GB 350x Turbo Compact Flash Card Review

	A-DATA 16 GB 350x Turbo Compact Flash Card	1
	by Darksaber, on Sep 3rd 2008, in Memory. Manufacturer: A-DATA (1 User comment) »

Value & Conclusion

	The A-DATA Turbo Series 350x 16 GB Compact Flash Card should retail for about $150 or 100 €. This does make it an interesting choice for extremely small form factor PCs. It also replaces the 266x CF variant as the fastest card of the Turbo lineup.
	Large enough capacity to be used as a hard drive Justified price/performance Great write speed Excellent read speed Read speeds rival that of small form factor hard drives Great random access times Should be able to handle any of latest generation DSLR cameras you throw at it Lifetime warranty Requires very little power No moving parts Interesting for extremely small PCs
	2.5x - 3x the price when compared to "Speedy" series 32 GB MLC SSD SATA/IDE drives do not cost much more.
8.9	The A-DATA 16GB 350x Compact Flash card is a good step up from the previous 266x version. The write speeds have improved noticably from ~20 MB/s to almost 30 MB/s. The read speeds of around 50 MB/s are fantastic and should make it a great choice if you require the best possible read performance. The falling prices of SSD drives do limit the use of the card as a boot drive, but if you're going for for an extremely small form factor PC and are willing to overlook the GB/$ ratio for this additional performance, then the A-DATA 350x 16 GB Turbo card should be the perfect choice - especially if a 2.5" SSD won't fit into the space available.