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Can anyone recommend a source for inexpensive Compact Flash, to use as SSD in X40?

Got the laptop for $3.50, (plus 15% premium) at auction. Seems intact, but needs 1.8" IDE drive (ridiculously expensive.

Getting a CF to IDE adapter. Looking for a good source for 32GB (or at least 16GB) CF that supports UDMA. The cheaper the better, provided that it will work for a while.

Didn't see anything recent in the posts. Best I've seen to date is ~$40 for off-brand 32GB.

by 75grandville
asked 4 months ago

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Based on my (admittedly quick) research, I'm unable to find anything considerably better than the price you've mentioned. I didn't look, but eBay might be worth investigating. You can get lucky there sometimes

Still, this is woot. If there's a better price out there, it'll be found

thedogma
4 months ago

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I would NOT buy memory from eBay due to the number of fakes out there.

narfcake
4 months ago

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@narfcake: I've actually had good luck the couple of times I've gotten memory from eBay. Seller reputation helps a lot in identifying a fake, and Paypal has decent protection. The one time I did get a bad deal from eBay (which ended up being that the dude was on an extended vacation or something), I contacted Paypal and got the order canceled and a full refund within two days.

Sure, there's TONS of fakes out there, I won't even try to deny that, but (at least in my experience), they're not all that hard to identify. Or alternatively, the non-fakes are fairly identifiable.

thedogma
4 months ago

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@thedogma: I agree. The best price I've seen is on eBay - http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOPRAM-32GB-32G-COMPACT-FLASH-CF-fit-CANON-EOS-30D-400D-/390214946682?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item5ada9f8f7a

Seller has ~40k feedbacks with 99.3% positive, which makes me comfortable dealing with them (if I go that route). Combined with the layers of protection via PayPal, I'd be willing to purchase from them.

75grandville
4 months ago

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@75grandville: Definitely. Even if someone's feedback is less than perfect, it's always good to investigate why they have less than 100%. Especially with high volume sellers, the vast majority of negative feedback is relatively unwarranted, and would have been resolved had the buyer just contacted them. But that's how the internet is.

thedogma
4 months ago

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