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A good memory card ???

Can anyone recommend a good priced 32gb card prefer class 6 or above
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leith51 said:
Can anyone recommend a good priced 32gb card prefer class 6 or above
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You beat me to it... I was gonna post a similar post... LOL
Actually if someone could point out the differences in the classes and which one is "recommended" on the DHD?? I would also like a 16Gig...
And how to check what class I have on the DHD now?
Cheers!

I can answer The class thing the higher the class the faster it reads and writes which it recommends nothing below a class 4 for hd video recording at present in got a 16gb class 6 works great just wanting more space
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And how do I know what class is my SD?

prateekgujral said:
And how do I know what class is my SD?
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if you check on sdcard the is a number in a circle thats the class of sdcard

cattleprod said:
if you check on sdcard the is a number in a circle thats the class of sdcard
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Its so small that I am unable to check LOL.. need glasses i guess..

prateekgujral said:
Its so small that I am unable to check LOL.. need glasses i guess..
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haha sounds like you might need some but how to know what class it is.
if you want a good sd card get kingston but the not cheap but they can come back a live!! as awhile ago i flashed a rom and the kingston sdcard die on me...so left it a week try it and worked!!
it was like jesus lol

cattleprod said:
haha sounds like you might need some but how to know what class it is.
if you want a good sd card get kingston but the not cheap but they can come back a live!! as awhile ago i flashed a rom and the kingston sdcard die on me...so left it a week try it and worked!!
it was like jesus lol
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yeah.. but in India its hard to find good cards as everything is duplicated easily..

prateekgujral said:
yeah.. but in India its hard to find good cards as everything is duplicated easily..
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yeah true would make it harder to now if you getting real deal, probly only way to know your getting what you ask for is import from a decent website. but you can always test the class of sd card by it transfer speed on pc as a class 6 should be able to transfer at around 6mb/sec if im right. but can your pc read/write at 6mb/sec i know mine can't lol

I'm pretty sure mine does... an i7
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I have a 32gb class 4 and its perfect for everything, not noticed any slow-downs and HD recording is fine. I couldn't find any class 6 when I was looking but no regrets getting a 4, will transfer a mp3 album in a few seconds (if that's any measure). Cost me £56. It's by integral
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leith51 said:
I can answer The class thing the higher the class the faster it reads and writes which it recommends nothing below a class 4 for hd video recording at present in got a 16gb class 6 works great just wanting more space
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The class shows the minimum read/write speed of the card as shown below
Rating Read (Mb/s) Write (MB/s) Class
13× 16.0 2 2
26× 32.0 4 4
40× 48.0 6 6
66× 80.0 10 10
It is possible that a Name brand class 6 card, could out perfom a no name class 10 card as the speeds are minimum, I would tend to avoid anything slower than class 4 as it MAY introduce lag involving SD read/write operations​

To those who have 32gb cards, what brands are they?
Contemplating between transcend and sandisk. transcend is a bit cheaper though. I just dont know anyone who can vouch for transcend.

I bought one from MyMemory.co.uk, just their own branded ones was about £52 class 4 couldn't be happier with it
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HTC website for Desire HD specs says:
Expansion slot:
* microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
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On looking up the official standards of MicroSD cards http://www.sdcard.org/developers/tech/sdhc/ it only talks about differences in speed ratings such as class 2, class 4 ect. So I assume that HTC are advertising the Desire HD as only supporting class 2 MicroSD cards. I would like to know if anyone can confirm if using the USB cable to transfer data to a PC is actually getting faster speeds using a higher class MicroSD card than class 2 standards?

HTC isn't saying that the DHD supports class 2 only it just doesn't specify. (the micro-sd 2.0 thing is completely different to what you're thinking about the 2.0 means it supports micro-SDHC not that it supports class 2 only. and about the speed difference, I have a class 2 8GB micro-SDHC and that writes at 2MB/s and reads at 4MB/s, a class 4 16GB that writes at 4MB/s and reads at 5MB/s, and finally a class 10 32GB that writes at 12MB/s and reads at 15MB/s. (All tested on my Desire HD) So there is a HUGE difference between classes 2 , 4 and 10 when copying through USB.

Hello,
what class 10 32GB do you have?
best regards huggy

It's a Kingston. I would tell you the model number but I chucked the rubbish away.

I bought a Toshiba 16gb class 4 and I am completely satisfacted in comparison with the stock (samsung) ! It's faster and more reliable !!!

wiseman95 said:
It's a Kingston. I would tell you the model number but I chucked the rubbish away.
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Not surprised you chucked it away, Kingston Class 10's only go up to 16 GB lol

[Q] Maximum SD card size?

What's the maximum SD card size for the external slot on the SGS II LTE? I'm reading 32GB but I could have sworn I read somewhere that someone was using 64GB. Can anyone confirm/deny?

32gb is the max

Well, some members of the forums have gotten a 64GB card to work.

Hes right 32 Gb is the max i dont even know if 64 GB cards exist
Sent from my Galaxy Gio

the skyrocket is not compatible with SDXC which is the technology for any SD over 32gb. I didnt try it myself, but samsung does not create drivers for SDXC in the current line of phone. So maybe some supergeek somewhere did create a driver for his phone, but it will not work with yours
EDIT: i have found video proof that a 64gb card works on the GS2 non LTE but it comes with its fair share of problem including camera app not being able to save pictures to it, very slow population of library in music app and a bunch of small annoyances

That's what I suspected - I thought I'd seen something, sounds like it's not worth the effort with the 64GB cards.
Cheers!

RacerBas said:
Hes right 32 Gb is the max i dont even know if 64 GB cards exist
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polish_pat said:
the skyrocket is not compatible with SDXC which is the technology for any SD over 32gb. I didnt try it myself, but samsung does not create drivers for SDXC in the current line of phone. So maybe some supergeek somewhere did create a driver for his phone, but it will not work with yours
EDIT: i have found video proof that a 64gb card works on the GS2 non LTE but it comes with its fair share of problem including camera app not being able to save pictures to it, very slow population of library in music app and a bunch of small annoyances
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Actually, it works just fine when you format it to Fat32 using the phone
Source: The forums, http://www.infolookout.com/2011/10/64gb-micro-sd-card-works-on-samsung.html

External SD card

hi! i want to buy a new sd-card for my s3 mini. i had a 32 GB Sandisk ultra class 10.
what kind of card do you use?
what is the maximum read/write speed for our phone? (this will help me choose between a 64 GB sdxc card or a higher speed 16 GB)
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8 GB noname

ozi5783 said:
hi! i want to buy a new sd-card for my s3 mini. i had a 32 GB Sandisk ultra class 10.
what kind of card do you use?
what is the maximum read/write speed for our phone? (this will help me choose between a 64 GB sdxc card or a higher speed 16 GB)
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If you're using maclaw's roms you can use a 64GB card.

I have a sandisk 16GB, no problem, good speed, works fine !

I have a Transcend 32GB, class 10, kind of like the one you had ozi5783. Bought it a few months ago, but if I knew then that I was going to use CyanogenMod, I would've waited a little bit longer, and bought a 64GB one. Not that I need that much space, but it would just be awesome to have... On the other hand, I guess that then I could store ALL of my favourite things (media) on it, and that's always handy.
Now, as far as I know, the stock phone supports "only" up to 32GB microSD, but like mauam said, with maclaw's roms you can use a 64GB card. Don't know if anyone tried it, though...
Btw, my card works nice and fast, no issues whatsoever... Very pleased.

Dzombache said:
I have a Transcend 32GB, class 10, kind of like the one you had ozi5783. Bought it a few months ago, but if I knew then that I was going to use CyanogenMod, I would've waited a little bit longer, and bought a 64GB one. Not that I need that much space, but it would just be awesome to have... On the other hand, I guess that then I could store ALL of my favourite things (media) on it, and that's always handy.
Now, as far as I know, the stock phone supports "only" up to 32GB microSD, but like mauam said, with maclaw's roms you can use a 64GB card. Don't know if anyone tried it, though...
Btw, my card works nice and fast, no issues whatsoever... Very pleased.
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Just to clear any possible doubt, I use a 64gb card

Well, I finnaly did a test with A1 SD benchmark, and this is the result. I use CM11 by maclaw.
Our phone doesn't support UHS speed, so I'll just buy a 64gb when I'll have the money.
I will try SD booster to see if I get different results and post some screenshots after.
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Benchmarks are made with accurate with reboot option.
This one is made with 2048kb cache
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I use a Samsung Pro 64gb uhs1.
Writing speed is about 10mbps and reading is 20mbps.
It works well on Maclaw's roms, but is not reconized on Stock rom.

I have a common 8 Gb, works fine with the Cyanogen 4.4.2. I don't think is worth buying a expensive one.

I have a Transcend 32gb and it works well specially on maclaws rom.

I'm using a Kingston 64 GB SD-XHC class 10 on Stock Rom, and even without root, I'm able to read it flawlessly :good:

I'm using a 32Gb Kingston external card and it's awesome!

I have a Kingston 8gb but I'm planning to buy a 32gb.
Does the size play role to the speed? I read that if you have an external SD card with big capacity, let's say 32gb, the speed would be slower if you compare it with an external SD card of 8gb. Is that true?

I lost my transcend 32gb class10 and I'm back to old 4gb class4 I lost many games
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Shunten said:
I have a Kingston 8gb but I'm planning to buy a 32gb.
Does the size play role to the speed? I read that if you have an external SD card with big capacity, let's say 32gb, the speed would be slower if you compare it with an external SD card of 8gb. Is that true?
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It depends on class of it not size of it like 4,6,10 obviously 10 is faster and we can use 6and 10 for expanding ram

ozi5783 said:
Benchmarks are made with accurate with reboot option.
This one is made with 2048kb cache
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I Have a Kinkston 16Gb HC Class 6 and in have 2048Kb for cache. It Works perfectly on Mclaws ROMs 10.1 & 10.2 and CM11

32GB Class 10's tend to work best for me.

h4wkst3p said:
I'm using a Kingston 64 GB SD-XHC class 10 on Stock Rom, and even without root, I'm able to read it flawlessly :good:
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64gb on stock rom? wow... first time i'm hearing this.
I have a noname 16gb right now, which works great but i am thinking about upgrading

Best way to expand storage?

Never bought a Nexus before because of the lack of a micro SD card port. I was hoping some of the most recent rumors were true about the Nexus 9 having on but no joy. I will be buyingone though because I have got to tryTegra K1 64 bit and lollipop. Anyone ever try to expand storage on the Nexus 7 2 gen? What did you use? What about a WiFi external hard drive? I am open to any and all solutions.

I use a Corsair Flash Voyager Go usb stick with 64GB storage. It burst writes pretty good, so files under 60MB get written on it pretty much in an instant.
Larger files make the drive heat up pretty fast, and after about 30 minutes the write speed is down to 25MB/s.
If you use Win, the next part won't interest you: I formatted the drive into ext4, so I can store files >4GB on it. It performs better than NTFS or exFAT (exFAT is a pain in the foot!) but a little worse than FAT32 for whatever reason.
There are other comparable products out there, like the one from TeamGroup (M132, IIRC). The differences are marginal - I bought the cheapest.

That's what I am going to use otg with my 64gb Samsung class 10 micro SD card

@MRobbo80, which otg are you going to use with your card? I have a 64gb Sandisk 10 uhs-1.
Would something like this work, http://www.amazon.com/Leef-microSD-microUSB-Connector-Android/dp/B00J2D7R20/ref=pd_cp_pc_3
Do I need to be concerned about weather the card reader/write is either a USB 2.0 or 3.0?

lartomar2002 said:
@MRobbo80, which otg are you going to use with your card? I have a 64gb Sandisk 10 uhs-1.
Would something like this work, http://www.amazon.com/Leef-microSD-microUSB-Connector-Android/dp/B00J2D7R20/ref=pd_cp_pc_3
Do I need to be concerned about weather the card reader/write is either a USB 2.0 or 3.0?
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http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Voyag...G-64GB-NA/dp/B00HVT27B8/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_3

how are you going to use this with a card? Doesn't it have it's own storage?

lartomar2002 said:
how are you going to use this with a card? Doesn't it have it's own storage?
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No need for a card. This is the OTG and the flash drive all in one

I asked because in post #3 you said you were going to use otg with your 64gb Samsung class 10 micro SD card. That is were I became confused.

lartomar2002 said:
I asked because in post #3 you said you were going to use otg with your 64gb Samsung class 10 micro SD card. That is were I became confused.
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I was not post #3

lartomar2002 said:
@MRobbo80, which otg are you going to use with your card? I have a 64gb Sandisk 10 uhs-1.
Would something like this work, http://www.amazon.com/Leef-microSD-microUSB-Connector-Android/dp/B00J2D7R20/ref=pd_cp_pc_3
Do I need to be concerned about weather the card reader/write is either a USB 2.0 or 3.0?
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No, don't be concerned. It does not matter. USB2 can, with some controllers, reach over 25MB/s, which is more than you'll have with your micro sd card.
But I would not spend more than 2 bucks on it. Aliexpress has some better offers.
They don't live for long. I used this setup for quite a while, but after 4 months tops they died.
I would go for the Corsair Flash Voyager Go. Better r/w speeds, better support, etc.
Cheers!

http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html
I use this with a 128gb microsd card.

Aredubu said:
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html
I use this with a 128gb microsd card.
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I use this too. It works great on my LG G2 and I'll be using it with my N9
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Aredubu said:
http://www.meenova.com/st/p/m3r.html
I use this with a 128gb microsd card.
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GalaxyWhy said:
I use this too. It works great on my LG G2 and I'll be using it with my N9
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Where do I buy this? any notable delays with it?

Meenova.com
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http://www.meenova.com
Came pretty quick from memory, bought mine like 6 months ago
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tyvar1 said:
Where do I buy this? any notable delays with it?
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If you do buy it, keep in mind that they're really easy to bump and disrupt the connection

Aredubu said:
Meenova.com
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GalaxyWhy said:
http://www.meenova.com
Came pretty quick from memory, bought mine like 6 months ago
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Didn't saw the purchase tab, sorry
It says speed:, 45 MB/s read, 41 MB/s write
My sd card is 80 MB/s read, 50MB/s write.

Sooo glad I came across this topic post, definitely going with the 16gb nexus 9 now considering my college budget.

MetTrax said:
Sooo glad I came across this topic post, definitely going with the 16gb nexus 9 now considering my college budget.
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How will you expand the storage?

Use a Meenova, OTG, or flash drive.
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SD cards

Recommendations would be most appreciated.

I got a SanDisk 128 GB and it has been working great so far.

The Samsung pro plus or sandisk extreme pro lines are what you are looking for. Enjoy
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I would recommend you Samsung MicroSDXC 64GB PRO Memory Card. Also other Samsung cards are great.
Very good read/write speeds.

I put a Lexar 128 GB 1000x in my MXP and it is functioning great.

I'm considering purchase of this phone - sounds like support for a micro SDcard works well, so is there any benefit to buying the 64 or 32GB internal storage models vs. the 16GB model? I can capture video and do TWRP backups to the (relatively inexpensive) SDcard, so what am I missing on a cheaper 16GB phone?
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EmperorX said:
The Samsung pro plus or sandisk extreme pro lines are what you are looking for. Enjoy
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Is the Moto X a UHS-I or UHS-II compatible host device? The extra cost of these higher-end sdcards would be wasted otherwise, correct?
Edit - I googled this topic and found this post: https://forums.motorola.com/posts/8cda627ead . In short, it confirms that the Moto X benefits from / takes advantage of a UHS-1 U3 microSD card. @EmperorX makes a good suggestion.
I still want to know if I really want to spend extra for a 32 or 64GB Moto X, given that I can buy a 32GB UHS-1 U3 card for US $15.

Both cards are UHS-I class U3
It does support uhs-1 from what I've read. We'll see, my wife's card gets here on Wed and I'll test out. Sandisk extreme pro.
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I see you've read what I read.
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UHS-1 U3 microsd card support even better in Android M
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Both cards are UHS-I class U3. It does support uhs-1 from what I've read. We'll see, my wife's card gets here on Wed and I'll test out. Sandisk extreme pro.
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If there's a good Android M ROM available yet, see about formatting it as phone-specific "internal" storage... See: https://www.androidpit.com/android-m-release-date-news-features-name#performance

bmeek said:
If there's a good Android M ROM available yet, see about formatting it as phone-specific "internal" storage... See: https://www.androidpit.com/android-m-release-date-news-features-name#performance
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That's the entire reason I went for one of these cards
Stoked on it!
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Problem
and what the maximum amount of the SD card can be used as system memory? I have a card to 64GB, and when you try to make it a system unit for a long time it formats, but it is empty and then says that the card is damaged, but if you use it like a regular card, it works fine and displays. Do not tell me what could be the problem?
device xt1575 android 6.0

how do the best microSD card options compare to internal storage (performance-wise)?
EmperorX said:
That's the entire reason I went for one of these cards
Stoked on it!
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Can you report on the relative performance of your higher-end microSD card vs. the internal storage? For example:
compare the time it takes to do a TWRP backup of the whole phone to internal vs. the microSD card
Capture full QHD video directly to the microSD card
etc.
Thanks!

bmeek said:
Can you report relative on the performance of your higher-end SD card vs. the internal storage? For example:
compare the time it takes to do a TWRP backup of the whole phone to internal vs. the microSD card
Capture full QHD video directly to the microSD card
Thanks!
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Unfortunately there was an error in shipping.... So we had to reorder and now are waiting until next week or as late as the 15th for it to arrive... Never had an issue like this with Amazon prime before.. Lmao.
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EmperorX said:
Unfortunately there was an error in shipping.... So we had to reorder and now are waiting until next week or as late as the 15th for it to arrive... Never had an issue like this with Amazon prime before.. Lmao.
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Amazon has been really dropping the ball lately. I haven't had a package come on time in about a month or two, even with "guaranteed delivery by". Lol

Soul Monkey said:
I got a SanDisk 128 GB and it has been working great so far.
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I second that

Soul Monkey said:
I got a SanDisk 128 GB and it has been working great so far.
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Yup. Anyone splurge on a 200GB card yet?
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I use a 32gb Samsung Pro+

I've got a generic 32gb class 10 and I have it as internal and its really laggy when I use Facebook, twitter etc so at the moment I just chuck my games on there. If I get a San disk extreme or pro will that eliminate the lag?
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Maybe... But don't expect it to. Internal memory is much faster than even the fastest SD card. If you must use your SD card as internal storage for apps due to space, then move low usage apps to external card and heavy use ones to internal
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blackknightavalon said:
Yup. Anyone splurge on a 200GB card yet?
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I would like to know this too. There was some user who was successfully using a 200gb card in his phone. But since then I havent read of anyone else doing it. It would be great if we could use a 200gb card in our phone. Someone who is using it, kindly give your feedback.

sarkar_007 said:
I would like to know this too. There was some user who was successfully using a 200gb card in his phone. But since then I havent read of anyone else doing it. It would be great if we could use a 200gb card in our phone. Someone who is using it, kindly give your feedback.
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Probably me, I have a Sandisk Ultra 200GB card. Works fine, no issues at all, ends up around 180GB usable. I've formatted it in both ext4 and exfat, both work fine. I did some benchmarks in another thread around here somewhere. Any questions, feel free.