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I heard there was a 32GB Card included with the thunderbolt. The 6GB card on my Droid X was only class 4, so I replaced it with a class 10. Anybody heard anything about the speed on the card included with the Thunderbolt?
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newalker91 said:
A card of that capacity will more than likely be a Class 2. I can't see them putting anything more than that in the phone considering the price and that 32GB microSD card's are far from openly available as it is.
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It's actually class 4. :]

From what ive seen and heard is that its not neccesarily the class that determins the speed as it is the manufacturer. Sandisk from my understanding has the fastest cards out and that is in part why you pay a premium price for them. My buddy bought a 16gb class 10 , I honestly do not remember the manufacturer, and his old 8gb class 4 sandisk is way faster according to him. He was pretty pissed after finding that out.

I have a 32 gb Sandisk (class 2) in my Inc and I store all of my music and video on it.
I even have a couple of full 2 hour videos on it. I experience no lag or any other issues with it.
I have also installed the "Let's Golf 2" app from the leaked TB RUU on it and it runs flawlessly.
The only place where the speed is any issue for me is putting large files on the card, it is slow. But once the files are there the read speed is fine.
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As far as Sandisk over the last 5 years I have had 3 cards corrupt themselves and die. Usually it is within 6 months.
Since I switched to Kingston branded cards. From what I understand they are also sandisk but the batches that didn't meet standards for Sandisk themselves.
Anyway I've had this 16GB Kingston for well over a year and works faster than the Sandisk.
If any card would fail it would be running XDAndroid off the sd card like I am now.

how do you test theres cards without paying?

psycho_maniac said:
how do you test theres cards without paying?
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There are a number of benchmark software suites that do it. I like to use Sandra. And h2bench at http://www.assimilateinc.com/tools1.html

andydumi said:
There are a number of benchmark software suites that do it. I like to use Sandra. And h2bench at http://www.assimilateinc.com/tools1.html
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i couldnt download it

Whatever class it comes with will be fine for me. I just can't wait for the xtra 16gb of storage. I know for most people that 16 is plenty, but with all the roms on my 16gb card, and switching it between my fascinate and incredible plus my 5gb of music that 16gb disappears quickly. I do like having the 8gb internal of the droid x but undone ever see myself using it all until androids apps get more polished, and with polish they will grow in size very fast. I can't wait til we has a preloaded maps that can work without cell signal!!! Go tbolt!

Recommended 32GB Speedy microSD?

What would you guys recommend as a speedy and stable 32GB microSD card for the Galaxy S 4G? I was looking at the Patriot LX Series on Newegg but the relatively poor reviews concern me.

Given the pricing at this time, I'd go with an 8 GB, Class 6 card and wait for prices to drop on even the 16 GB, Class 6
32 GB or Class 10? IMHO waaaay too expensive at this time. Are you really writing that much data that often? The read speeds of even the Class 2 card that the SGS4G shipped with is comparable to Class 6 cards.
I've had good luck with the Transcend cards -- Class 6, 8 GB ~$18, 16 GB ~$55

well I am down to about 3GB on my stock 16GB class 2 card so I am definitely looking at 32GB microsd cards only.
I am honestly not particularly concerned about the price and I'd be willing to pay up to $200 for one as long as it is fast and stable. My current class 2 card is quite slow when loading applications and when looking through things like my pictures gallery which is stored on the card as well.

Go to Pricegrabber's website and input the following part number - TS16GUSDHC6-P3
16GB Transcend microSDHC going for 125.00 Class 6 device I am getting it...

nycplayboy78 said:
Go to Pricegrabber's website and input the following part number - TS16GUSDHC6-P3
16GB Transcend microSDHC going for 125.00 Class 6 device I am getting it...
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What does the -P3 buy you? The TS16GUSDHC6E card is only $55 at Amazon
Transcend's site doesn't suggest that there are tiered performance based on the suffix.

Yangorang said:
What would you guys recommend as a speedy and stable 32GB microSD card for the Galaxy S 4G? I was looking at the Patriot LX Series on Newegg but the relatively poor reviews concern me.
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I was looking at that one too... Anyone know if that brand is any good i've never heard from them before...
i'm also looking into getting a 32GB sd card but i want fast and well 32GB... i dont mind if its costly but has to be good for the job...
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Patriot is some of the best PC Ram and SSDHD's you can buy for PC's. So I would assume based on the fact it's similar tech that their microSD's would be of similar top notch quality.

heartspains88 said:
Patriot is some of the best PC Ram and SSDHD's you can buy for PC's. So I would assume based on the fact it's similar tech that their microSD's would be of similar top notch quality.
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thanks for the info man... i didnt know that...
i give you a +1 because i cant find the thanks button on the app :!
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gohere, I got one and it works good

I was lucky and just got a 16gb micro sd card from Radio Shack for 25$ yesterday. They seem to have the best sales so far.

http://www.amazon.com/Komputerbay-M...EEHI/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1307229858&sr=8-8
hows that?

Lower class means faster speeds or opposite?

Eric-1987 said:
Lower class means faster speeds or opposite?
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lower is slower

How much slower? And do you know the class of the SD card that came with the evo?

Best Buy had the 16gb Class 10 card for 49.99...Is that really a best buy or is it a sham?

Transcend
Yangorang said:
What would you guys recommend as a speedy and stable 32GB microSD card for the Galaxy S 4G? I was looking at the Patriot LX Series on Newegg but the relatively poor reviews concern me.
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I bought the Transcend 32GB Class 4 about 2 weeks ago and so far so good. It did about 4MB/s writing (upgraded from a Transcend 8GB class 6) while copying content from the older card (about 7GB of data). I watch movies from SD, move apps to SD, snap some picks and shoot videos without issues. This is all on a KG4 rom if that makes a difference.
If you are going to copy large files (like movies) all the time, a faster card might help but the Lexar's are dang expensive!
Hope this helps.
Mark

Go here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15269669#post15269669 for a lot of useful information about 32 GB SD cards.
It seems for cellphones the sandisk 32 GB class 4 card seems to be the best performing for everyday use.
I hope this helps.

I have a Wintec class 10 and to be honest, its the way to go. Nothing beats the speed.

Just received my PNY 32gb class 10 the other day, and so far its blazing fast on Whitehawkx's Valhala ROM.
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crackpot said:
Just received my PNY 32gb class 10 the other day, and so far its blazing fast on Whitehawkx's Valhala ROM.
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Glad you went with the class 10! Its a win for sure. Do an SD benchmark test and you'll be amazed at the results.

[Q] Microsd card 16 or 32GB ?

What sdcard can you recommend 16 or 32 GB? Of course I am considering only 16GB class 10 and 32 GB class 4.
I would like to know some points of view, like if it is useful to have 32GB rather than 16, how works the phone, I mean slower or normally with 32 and so on.
Thanks for your help

Well tell me this.. are you even using 16 or even 8gb of data on your micro sd card? 32 and 16 seem overkill.

Actually I have almost full my current 8GB, you know some ROMs for emulators ,some movies etc. so maybe 16 shall be ok.
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Sebalos said:
Actually I have almost full my current 8GB, you know some ROMs for emulators ,some movies etc. so maybe 16 shall be ok.
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My advice is that if you can afford to pay for a good 32gb from genuine traders, then go for a 32gb. It will save you the trouble of buying a 32gb sooner than later.
I have a 32gb on both my winmo and on my DZ. Can record without crossing everything for fear of running out of space.

YOSEFE said:
My advice is that if you can afford to pay for a good 32gb from genuine traders, then go for a 32gb. It will save you the trouble of buying a 32gb sooner than later.
I have a 32gb on both my winmo and on my DZ. Can record without crossing everything for fear of running out of space.
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Ok ,as i know the newest is 32GB class 4, so i will buy that one.
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Sebalos said:
Ok ,as i know the newest is 32GB class 4, so i will buy that one.
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Be very careful if you buy from eBay. I bought a fake, but since I had paid using paypal, I got my money back.

if you're going 32gb, then I'll be assuming you'll be putting your music library in there.
I"m also in the market for a 32gb micro sd (maybe if i can get my paws on a class 10, but that's really dropping some serious money on it [atleast for me]) since my music library is at a scant 16gigs (maybe more, but i havne't checked) so I wouldn't mind 32gb so i have lots of leeway to get my stuff in there.

There is only one question here:
Music or no music?
If you have music on your phone, go for the 32GB.
If not, I'd go for the faster 16GB.

I just bought a 32GB Class 10 Patriot card for a little over $100 at Frys .
Definitely an improvement over the 16GB Class 2 I was using . Buy the best
once and never look back IMO

id say grab a kingston 8gb class 10, just got mine for 19.99 ill wait on a 32 class 10 when they're not so obscenly priced..
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AZ2ENVY said:
I just bought a 32GB Class 10 Patriot card for a little over $100 at Frys .
Definitely an improvement over the 16GB Class 2 I was using . Buy the best
once and never look back IMO
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I have one of these too, make SURE you follow the format instructions on patriots forums otherwise the card is going to go tits up and corrupt all your data once it stores over 16GB of data. There are "issues" with newer android/wm7 phones and patriot class 10 32gb microsd cards (they admit its true). Their current workaround/fix is to format it a specific way WITHOUT LBA and with 32k clusters.
I haven't tried it yet since, I said screw it, and went back to my 16GB a-data class 6. I lost all my data on the patriot 3 times and using my phone for music is not that important.
Other people on that forum say the "fix" works though so it may benefit you to format it per the instructions if you haven't already and you are worried about data loss.
I put the 32gb patriot card in my dslite so my daughter has more games to play. She's 6 and is beyond happy with all the stuff on it now. Anyways, here are the two important threads over on patriots website for the 32gb class 10 LX card.
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6332
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http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6362

ratchetrizzo said:
I have one of these too, make SURE you follow the format instructions on patriots forums otherwise the card is going to go tits up and corrupt all your data once it stores over 16GB of data. There are "issues" with newer android/wm7 phones and patriot class 10 32gb microsd cards (they admit its true). Their current workaround/fix is to format it a specific way WITHOUT LBA and with 32k clusters.
I haven't tried it yet since, I said screw it, and went back to my 16GB a-data class 6. I lost all my data on the patriot 3 times and using my phone for music is not that important.
Other people on that forum say the "fix" works though so it may benefit you to format it per the instructions if you haven't already and you are worried about data loss.
I put the 32gb patriot card in my dslite so my daughter has more games to play. She's 6 and is beyond happy with all the stuff on it now. Anyways, here are the two important threads over on patriots website for the 32gb class 10 LX card.
http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6332
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http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6362
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Wow I had no idea ! Thank you very much for the heads up ! I will be returning
it tomorrow .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211519
I just bought that, wanted a class 10 32GB, but not for $100, that's insanely over priced.

brfield said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211519
I just bought that, wanted a class 10 32GB, but not for $100, that's insanely over priced.
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I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between the class 10 and class 6 on my g2 anyway. I DO, however, notice a difference in speed when I use the class 10 card on my ds lite. Certain games don't stutter or freeze with it.

Ok i have bought 32GB class 4 Kingston for some about 90USD. As i had been reading i have found the highest class 4 for 32 instead class 10 :/ so i was too fast.
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ratchetrizzo said:
I didn't notice enough of a speed difference between the class 10 and class 6 on my g2 anyway. I DO, however, notice a difference in speed when I use the class 10 card on my ds lite. Certain games don't stutter or freeze with it.
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Good to know, because I have an AceKard 2i and the original DS.
But if yo go to the Dev section, there is a mod to increase the cache sizes and boost read rates profoundly.

i found you a 16gb sandisk(none of that fake chinese stuff) for 25 with free shipping,im thinking of getting one cuz my 8gb isnt cutting it no more(alot of music and pics),hope this helps
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sandisk-16GB-Mi...gital_Camera_Memory_Cards&hash=item2eb39bcf19

[Q] Which MicroSD do you use??

Hi there, I just bought the Sensation and I started the research for a good Micro SD to use on it. On my previous phone (the Desire I have in my sign) I had a Sandisk 8GB Class 6 which never gave me any prob, but I'm reading here and there that with the size of the new ROMs having less than 16Gb would mean meeting a few problems when it comes to have more than a couple of nandroid on your SD, plus video & pics in HD require more & more space.....SO: I wanted to get a 16GB class 6 or 10 but I'm having quite a hard time to find a Sandisk one (I'm wondering if Sandisk even produce something like that...) and at the same time I read here & there in various forum people having some trouble with non-sandisk memory card
At this point I thought to ask all of you which card do you use and if and what problems did you experience with it(?!?)
Tried to use the search tool but couldn't find out much out of this subject...
P.S. If you choose "Other" in the poll please then specify with a post which one you use exactly!

I have the Lexar 32 GB class 10. It works perfectly fine.

Sandisk 32gb, class 4, its perfect

SanD ftw! Haha

PNY 32GB Class 10 working flawlessly.

So it looks like SanDisk wins once again anybody else?

the Kingston 32gb class 4.
Works perfect

meteor999 said:
Sandisk 32gb, class 4, its perfect
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Same one I have

i have a 32gb class 2 on oreder from ebay for $20. Does anyone think i may have isues being a class 2?

johnnywhojr said:
i have a 32gb class 2 on oreder from ebay for $20. Does anyone think i may have isues being a class 2?
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Probably not. mmmmmaybe some choppiness on hd video playback, but more than likely the only thing you'll notice is it takes longer to transfer large files too and from the card.

ProximaC said:
Probably not. mmmmmaybe some choppiness on hd video playback, but more than likely the only thing you'll notice is it takes longer to transfer large files too and from the card.
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Great to know! thank you!

Scandisk 16gb class 4

Adata 8gb class 6
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Mmmmmm...still looks like Sandisk is winning with more then half of the memory cards in use out there!
But nobody told us any bad experience so far with any memory card....anybody there who lost everything due to mem failure or who wasn't able to install a new Rom due to his cheap memory card??

Patriot Class 10 16gb
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I currently have a Kingston 8GB Class 4 running and so far no issues, been using it in my previous phone and works like a charm. I have also ordered a Memorette 32GB Class 10 from ebay, but don't know if it comes or not as there were some problems after checkout. Hope it comes in the end so I have a lot of space for all the content I would like on my Sensation

SanDisk 16GB class 4
6MB/s write, 20MB/s read. Works brilliantly, and pretty cheap off eBay.
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I used Scandisk 8GB class 4. What would you recommend?

Using 32GB class 4 sandisk. Satisfied with it and it hasn't gave me any problems. Pretty pricey though.
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I use Lexar 32GB Class 10, I bought it because of the price and the card is great, the speeds are real

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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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)?
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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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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.