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	This Item PNY 1TB PRO Elite USB 3.1 Flash Drive - 400MB/s	Recommendations PNY 1TB PRO Elite V2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Flash Drive – 600MB/s, Gunmetal	dummy PNY 64GB Turbo Attaché 3 USB 3.0 Flash Drive 3-Pack,Grey	dummy SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO USB 3.2 Solid State Flash Drive - Up to 420MB/s, Durable Aluminum Metal Casting - SDCZ880-1T00-GAM46	dummy PNY 64GB Turbo Attaché 3 USB 3.0 Flash Drive 5-Pack, Silver	dummy PNY 512GB PRO Elite V2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Flash Drive – 600MB/s, Gunmetal
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Price	Currently unavailable.	-15% $109.99 List: $129.99	$17.99	-47% $147.99 List: $279.99	$29.99	-27% $54.99 List: $74.99
Delivery	—	Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14	Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14	Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14	Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14	Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14
Customer Ratings	4.72,167	4.8490	4.648,126	4.74,449	4.648,126	4.8490
Portability	4.9	4.9	4.5	4.8	4.5	4.9
Easy to use	4.7	4.7	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.7
Storage Capacity	4.6	4.7	4.3	4.6	4.3	4.7
Durability	4.1	4.5	4.1	4.4	4.1	4.5
Value for money	4.1	4.6	3.9	4.2	3.9	4.6
Sold By	—	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	Amazon.com	Amazon.com
memory capacity	1 GB	1 TB	64 GB	1 TB	64 GB	512 GB
write speed	250	500 MB per second	10x	380 megabits per second	10x	500 MB per second
read speed	400 megabytes per second	600 megabytes per second	—	420 megabytes per second	—	600 megabytes per second
hardware interface	usb3.0	usb3.2 gen 2	usb3.0	usb3.0, usb2.0	usb3.0	usb3.2 gen 2

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Summary

Read Speed

‎400 Megabytes Per Second

Connectivity Technology

‎USB

Flash Memory Type

‎USB Flash Drive

RAM

‎1 TB

Other Technical Details

Item model number

‎P-FD1TBPRO-GE

Hardware Platform

‎PC, Mac

Item Weight

‎1.06 ounces

Product Dimensions

‎0.74 x 0.38 x 2.2 inches

Item Dimensions LxWxH

‎0.74 x 0.38 x 2.2 inches

Manufacturer

‎PNY

ASIN

‎B07KCYNT7X

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

‎No

Date First Available

‎November 1, 2018

Additional Information

Customer Reviews

4.7 2,167 ratings

4.7 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#2,997 in USB Flash Drives

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Amazon.com Return Policy:You may return any new computer purchased from Amazon.com that is "dead on arrival," arrives in damaged condition, or is still in unopened boxes, for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. Amazon.com reserves the right to test "dead on arrival" returns and impose a customer fee equal to 15 percent of the product sales price if the customer misrepresents the condition of the product. Any returned computer that is damaged through customer misuse, is missing parts, or is in unsellable condition due to customer tampering will result in the customer being charged a higher restocking fee based on the condition of the product. Amazon.com will not accept returns of any desktop or notebook computer more than 30 days after you receive the shipment. New, used, and refurbished products purchased from Marketplace vendors are subject to the returns policy of the individual vendor.

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Lightning Fast Speeds for Maximum Performance

Featuring a read speed of up to 400MB/s and a write speed of up to 250MB/s, and transfers up to 80x faster than USB 2.0
USB 3.1 Gen 1 Technology for When it Matters Most

Speed, expanded capacity, and extreme performance. Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 devices
Create Extra Space with Expanded Storage

Capacities of up to 1TB to store your largest files including movies, professional quality HD & 4K photos and videos, & more

Create More, Store More, and Share More

Ideal for the most demanding applications, such as photo and video editing, gaming, and more

Compatible with multiple devices

Use across Type-A equipped devices inluding PC and mac desktops & laptop computers

	Attaché 3 USB 2.0 See Details	Turbo Attaché 3 USB 3.0	Elite USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-C	Elite-X Fit USB 3.1	Elite-X USB 3.2	PRO Elite USB 3.1 See Details
Customer Reviews	8,908	48,126	314	9,413	274	2,167
Price	—	$19.99	$105.53	$54.99	$39.99	—
Ideal For	Entry Level Store & Share	Everyday Store & Share	Everyday Store & Share	Advanced Store & Share	Advanced Store & Share	Professional Store & Share
Primary Applications	Basic Applications	Everyday Applications	Everyday Applications	Advanced Applications	Advanced Applications	Demanding Applications
Interface	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1	USB 3.1 Gen 1
Connector	USB-A	USB-A	USB-C	USB-A	USB-A	USB-A
Read/Write Performance (up to)	--	10x faster than USB 2.0*	130MBs read, 30x Faster*	200MBs read, 10x-30x Faster*	220MBs read, 100-150MBs write*	400MBs read, 180-250MBs write*
Available Capacities	16GB-128GB**	32GB-256GB**	64GB-512GB**	64GB-512GB**	64GB-512GB**	256GB-1TB**
Compatible With	PC&Mac desktops, laptops& more	PC&Mac desktops, laptops& more	PC&Mac Computers&MobileDevices	PC&Mac Computers & Car Stereos	PC&Mac desktops, laptops& more	PC&Mac desktops, laptops& more

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* Based on PNY internal testing; performance may be lower depending on the host devices and user’s settings and configurations. Speed quoted for USB 3.2 Gen 1/ USB 3.1 Gen 1/USB 3.0 devices. Speed is based on PNY standard USB 2.0 (3MB/s) write speed. Performs at 2.0 speeds when used with 2.0 devices.

**For Flash Media Devices, 1 megabyte = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes. Actual useable capacity may vary. Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage.

Product Description

The PNY PRO Elite USB 3.1 Flash Drive is built for speed, boasting not only expanded capacity but also exceptional performance, making it the ideal solution for extreme users working with the largest files and most demanding applications. With read speeds of up to 400MB/s and write speeds up to 250MB/s, the PRO Elite USB 3.1 Flash Drive is up to 80x faster than standard PNY USB 2.0 Flash Drives. The PRO Elite is designed with both performance and convenience in mind, and is the perfect solution for transferring and storing large documents, high-resolution photos, and HD videos quicker and easier than ever before. It is compatible with USB 3.1 Gen 1/USB 3.0 equipped PC and Mac desktop and laptop computers, and backwards compatible with USB 2.0.

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USB Flash Drive

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4.7 out of 5

2,167 global ratings

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Customers like the quality and capacity of the flash drive. They mention that it's made to last, has good memory and that the storage capacity is fantastic. That said, opinions are mixed on speed and performance.

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164 customers mention139 positive25 negative

Customers like the quality of the flash drive. They say it has a good solid and sturdy case, is reliable, and is made to last. Some mention that the case is a nice high quality cast aluminum case, and the key ring slot is sturdy.

"...Size is perfect, easy to carry in the pocket. This flash drive is made to last. Great value for the money. Highly recommended!" Read more

"...Feels like a solid (heavy) little drive. I own multiple PNY 2.0 drives, and have never had an issue with them...." Read more

"This thing is outstanding and the price is unbeatable. I'm getting ~400MB/sec reads and ~200MB/sec writes with large files. Outstanding speeds...." Read more

"...This flash drive is very good, but I cannot recommend it be purchased at full price, and don't expect to keep the advertised speeds for long." Read more

80 customers mention68 positive12 negative

Customers like the capacity of the flash drive. They say it has a fantastic storage capacity, can hold a lot of songs, and is reliable. Some mention that it's perfect for extremely large engineering files and a high-capacity thumb drive.

"...This was a great choice. Storage capacity is good enough. Data transfer speed is great. Size is perfect, easy to carry in the pocket...." Read more

"...The amount of data it can hold is an astounding 512GB...." Read more

"...The first part is this flash drive. The 512 GB is enough space and more to carry all of my various documents...." Read more

"...470Gb, this flash drive is still a very good value and offers an amazing amount of storage in a very small package...." Read more

201 customers mention133 positive68 negative

Customers are mixed about the speed of the flash drive. Some mention that it has excellent read speeds, while others say that it starts to deteriorate with poor read/write speed.

"...This was a great choice. Storage capacity is good enough. Data transfer speed is great. Size is perfect, easy to carry in the pocket...." Read more

"Disk came very fast, it is small (you can put two side by side if you have two USB connectors)...." Read more

"...after about three months of use, I noticed that the speed of the drive started to deteriorate...." Read more

"...Outstanding speeds. The drive is not overheating, either, which I was worried about after reading some of the reviews on here...." Read more

137 customers mention91 positive46 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the flash drive. Some mention it performs very well, while others say it's disappointed in the performance. Some say it works well as a Ventoy boot drive, while other say it randomly fails and drops speed to zero.

"...Works very well.Attention: do NOT measure speed on USB2 connectors - it will be slow...." Read more

"...The amount of data it can hold is an astounding 512GB. Great for performing "manual" data backups or storing full length movies on so you don't..." Read more

"...Was not handling that well so I used it for my own stuff, I have to use adapter so I can plug it in It look like it is bending off, it works fine..." Read more

"...drive holds a TB (922 GB usable), and the files copied are all good, usable, uncorrupted files...." Read more

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Mr K

Quality Flash Drive

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 512GBVerified Purchase

I travel a lot and need something for data storage. I did not want to compromise on the data transfer speed and the product quality. This was a great choice. Storage capacity is good enough. Data transfer speed is great. Size is perfect, easy to carry in the pocket. This flash drive is made to last. Great value for the money. Highly recommended!

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2022

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 1TBVerified Purchase

By far the fastest 3.0 drive I've owned to date. My solid state OS drive is the only drive that can send files to the flash drive at it's maximum write speed. My mechanical drives all averaged about 140MB/s sending speed, and the flash drive was barely flexing. Many files were in excess of 9GB, but its temperature never concerned me.
Feels like a solid (heavy) little drive. I own multiple PNY 2.0 drives, and have never had an issue with them. I went with PNY, because they haven't let me down yet. A Lexar 3.0 drive on the other hand, would write files that when transferred, were corrupted. It's the only drive I've ever seen do that.
Capacity is exactly what I was expecting. A true genuine 1TB.

Finally! A 3.0 drive that actually WRITES at 3.0 speeds!!!

Only con I can think of, is the price dropped $15 shortly after purchase.
Now (few hours after review), I'm noticing throttling and heat on another PC. Ambient temp is higher, but I'm leaning toward a port issue.

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Lev S.

Fast - 330 MB/s read and 140 MB/s write for big files (movies), 230 MB/s write for short tests.

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2016

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 512GBVerified Purchase

Disk came very fast, it is small (you can put two side by side if you have two USB connectors).
It came formatted as MS DOS, write speed for big files ~140 MB/sec, read - 330 MB/sec.
Also tested on Windows computer - same speed.
Blackmagic disk test on Macbook: 220 MB/sec write, 330 MB/sec read.
I eventually reformatted it into ExFAT, because some of my files are more than 4 GB. Works very well.

Attention: do NOT measure speed on USB2 connectors - it will be slow.

Attention: be careful about formatting fast flash drives on a Mac using Mac Disk Utility.
Depending on the version of your OS X it may make your flash drive much slower, and may make it unreadable on Windows computers.
This is not a problem with this drive, but a generic problem between Macs and Windows - google for "How to Remove an EFI System Partition or GPT Protective Partition". I suspect that some reviewers didn't know about these types of issues when complaining about the speed of the drive. But there is nothing wrong with the drive - as long as you know how to use it.

If you need to reformat it to ExFAT or NTFS - better use Windows computer.
Or on Mac use the old version of Disk Utility (which comes with Yosemite) in Debug mode to show all hidden partitions.
And make sure that you don't create a EFI partition.

69 people found this helpful

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Small Fry

Extremely fast and cheap USB storage

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 512GBVerified Purchase

This thing is outstanding and the price is unbeatable. I'm getting ~400MB/sec reads and ~200MB/sec writes with large files. Outstanding speeds. The drive is not overheating, either, which I was worried about after reading some of the reviews on here. It's getting warm to the touch, but that's all. I did format it to NTFS because the exFAT system can't handle large files well. Amazon shipped this drive to me in Canada for cheaper than it was selling for on their Canadian website. I just had to wait a little longer for it. Overall I'm extremely happy with it for this price. The metal build on it is also quite nice and I like the sliding mechanism on it. You can't lose the cap that way. People worry about the PNY brand, but AFAIK only four companies manufacture the nand memory for these drives worldwide, Micron, Intel, Samsung, and Toshiba. All quite reputable. I think people hold Sandisk to too high of a regard. I've never had a PNY drive fail. Good luck finding a Sandisk at this price.

3 people found this helpful

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Me_Myself_and_I

Slows down after 3 months of use

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2023

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 256GBVerified Purchase

I bought this flash drive to use as an all-in-one drive for data backups, software installations, windows recovery, etc. between various workstation laptops and desktops. I was impressed by the advertised speed of up to 400 mb/s read and write. The drive is sleek and sturdy, and the retractable design protects the connector well.

For the first few months, the drive performed as expected. I was able to copy files quickly and smoothly. However, after about three months of use, I noticed that the speed of the drive started to deteriorate. It dropped to around 200 mb/s read and write, which is still decent but not what I had paid for.

This flash drive is very good, but I cannot recommend it be purchased at full price, and don't expect to keep the advertised speeds for long.

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Rich Reel

They keep getting faster

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2022

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 1TBVerified Purchase

I've purchased 3 of these. The first that I purchased when they first came out was very slow, but 1TB and small size made it worth it. The most recent from a month ago is very fast. Now I have it all (capacity, small size, fast)!

On all of these, I wanted it to fit into my wallet (see photo) so I removed the case. I cut it off with a Dremel tool. The case is a nice high quality cast aluminum (not plastic) case, but was too big for my needs. I have no problems with heat whatsoever reading and writing 100s of GB in one go. Do be careful handling a bare unprotected PC board though!

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Theresa B Hurd

Rugged, high capacity USB "stick"

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 512GBVerified Purchase

This USB "stick" is ruggedly built and has a slide over end on it to protect the end plug when not in use. The amount of data it can hold is an astounding 512GB. Great for performing "manual" data backups or storing full length movies on so you don't clutter up your hard drive.

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 512GBVerified Purchase

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Tracy Anderson

Item as advertised

Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2021

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 256GBVerified Purchase

Compact, fast, and sturdy.

Cliente Amazon

Tiene toda la memoria ofertada

Reviewed in Spain on January 28, 2023

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 1TBVerified Purchase

Para archivos personales

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Bernd W.

Leistungsdaten und Produkt überzeugen bei noch unbekannten Hersteller. PNY 3.1 256GB, P-FD256PRO-GE

Reviewed in Germany on October 19, 2022

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 256GBVerified Purchase

The media could not be loaded.

Auf der Suche nach einem schnellen Stick habe ich die gänigen Portale durchsucht. Richtig überzeugend waren die bekannten Hersteller leider nicht, sowohl vom Handling als auch von den Leitungsdaten.
Auf dem Portal SSD-Tester aus Österreich bin ich durch die guten Punkte im Score-Vergleich auf den Stick gestoßen, da liegt er derzeit (19.10.2022) auf Platz 5 u.a. hinter dem TeamGroup Team C212 256GB, Kingston DataTraveler Max 256GB und Corsair Flash Voyager GTX 256GB.

Mir gefällt natürlich die schnelligkeit von dem Stick, angegeben mit Lesegeschwindigkeit von 400 MB/s und einer Schreibgeschwindigkeit 180 MB/s. Auf dem Portal getestet mit einer Schreibgeschwindigkeit 419 MB/s und Lesegeschwindigkeit 290 MB/s. Meiner hat im Auslieferungszustand, also gerade erst erhalten) 450 MB/s und 280 MB/s. Er ist bereits ab Werk mit FAT32 formatiert.

Beim CrystalDiskMark-Test mit 1GB wurde er etwas mehr als Handwarm, also top. Tatsächlich ist die Slider kappe aus massivem Metall, das finde ich ja mal großartig! Wird dann also auch noch gekühlt bzw besser Wärme abgeleitet. Nichts aufgedruckt, sondern gelasert sollte lange halten. Slider funktioniert stramm aber gut, sodass das Stecken nicht behindert wird. LED fehlt, aber was solls...
Lieferung über AgentOrangeShop dauerte 2 Tage und Luftpolsterumschlag mit ülicher Produktverpackung, Gesamtpreis 46,06€. Made in Taiwan! Hoffe meine Fotos und das kleine Video sind nützlich.

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Antonio

Buona chiavetta USB

Reviewed in Italy on January 4, 2022

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 1TBVerified Purchase

Dopo alcuni mesi di utilizzo anche intenso non ho rilevato alcun problema, direi che date le prestazioni e il buon prezzo merita di essere presa in considerazione accanto a prodotti di marca ben più nota.

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philou

Perfs allucinantes

Reviewed in France on September 4, 2019

Pattern Name: FLASH DRIVEStyle: 512GBVerified Purchase

Cette clé respire la qualité. Déjà en main on sent que ça n'est pas du plastique.
Quant aux perfs, je n'avais jamais vu ça auparavant.
Je fais du 300 Mo/s en lecture sous Linux (en ExFAT) à destination d'un SSD NVMe.
En fait comme j'ai 128 Go de mémoire et que Linux mets en cache au fur et à mesure, un fichier de 10 Go est lu entièrement, même avant d'être écrit en totalité.
En l’occurrence la lecture ne m'a pris que 36" pour les 10 Go, plus 1" pour terminer l'écriture sur mon SSD après un sync.
Du jamais vu !

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Brand	PNY
Memory Storage Capacity	1 GB
Hardware Interface	USB 3.0
Special Feature	Retractable Connector
Write Speed	250 Megabits Per Second

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Lightning Fast Speeds for Maximum Performance

USB 3.1 Gen 1 Technology for When it Matters Most

Create Extra Space with Expanded Storage

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Compatible with multiple devices

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