[funch]

Has anyone here installed a CF adapter into a 5/5.5G iPod?

Where did you get it, and were you satisfied?

 

[warrior05]

There are several threads in regards to this. Try some searches and you will find them.

Personally, I use Tarkan's adapter and has been perfect.

 

[funch]

That's the one that I've seen the most info on, and it looks very nice.

Just dunno if I'm ready to drop 3 bills on a CF card.

 

[ericj]

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Originally Posted by funch /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's the one that I've seen the most info on, and it looks very nice. Just dunno if I'm ready to drop 3 bills on a CF card.

If you don't want to spend $300 on a 64gb CF, why not spend $70 on a 32gb CF?

 

[funch]

The price I found for a 32gb was around $300. Guess I'll have to
check again. Thanks for the info.

 

[bba1973]

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Originally Posted by funch /img/forum/go_quote.gif The price I found for a 32gb was around $300. Guess I'll have to check again. Thanks for the info.

Check newegg.com. They've got one for $74 shipped.

 

[funch]

I see that one is out of stock.

I'm also wondering if there is a great difference in performance between the cheap ones and the $300 Sandisk, and if buying one for an iPod is another
case of 'buy the best and cry once'.

 

[bba1973]

With the Sandisk, you're most likely paying for a faster write speed (I'm assuming, based on the price, that it's in their high speed line). Such fast speed essential to some professional photographers, but 3.0 MB/sec. is good enough (though rather slow) for an old iPod. Unless you're impatient and/or have to have the best, a Kingston 133x card should work fine, and it would be silly to pay $300 for a card that's somewhat faster and has the same storage space. Could you give a link so I could confirm my suspicion?

If you get a real cheap one from Hong Kong or somewhere else where counterfeitting is common, it's much worse for your money. Some of them work fine, but some break easily and can damage your equipment. They might be worth a shot for $30, but certainly not $70 or more.

 

[funch]

Will this help?
32GB SanDisk Extreme III Compact Flash Card - SDCFX3-032G-A31 - Flash Memory Store

Looks like it's on sale cheap.

If the slower speed will work, all the better.

 

[neosoul]

If you are willing to pay 200.00 plus for a card you may want to consider this one:

Pretec 64GB 64G CF Card Compact Flash Memory 233x Speed - eBay (item 200362486942 end time Aug-11-09 22:07:43 PDT)

 

[bba1973]

Thanks for the link, funch. It says it's 30 MB/second, which is much faster than the ones that are less than half the price. I'm assuming that 30MB/sec. is the best case scenario, and that it most likely is slower than that (by a slight margin) during most operations. So, yes, you're certainly paying for faster read/write speed with that card. The slower cards should work fine, but slower, obviously.

 

[aamefford]

I put one of these in a mini this week. It works perfectly:

Amazon.com: Kingston Technology CF/32GB-S2 32 GB 133x Elite Pro CompactFlash Card: Electronics

 

[warrior05]

Go to Tarkan's site. There is a list of cards that are known to be and not to be compatible.

 

[funch]

It seems like the Kingston in the best bang-for-the-buck that works well.