Buffalo America has quitted flash memory business altogether after an infringement lawsuit filed against the company by Sandisk, but that didn't stop the Japanese division from rolling out exciting new flash memory gadgets. Here's Buffalo SHD-PEHU3 - the latest SuperSpeed USB SSD in almost the same glossy black plastic case as its hard drive sibling. Unlike the HDD version, the Buffalo USB 3.0 SSD is built to rake in money and to impress early adopters in mind. Nearly all models carry a jaw-dropping price tag, from $281 for 64GB to $476 for 128GB and $1075 for 256GB.
One Grand Gets you a Buffalo 256GB USB 3.0 SSD Flying at 240MB/s
 
If you have the dose, then the USB 3.0 SSD will give you up to 8 times better performance than with a, eh, USB 2.0 equivalent. There's even a piece of software called Turbo PC that squeezes every last drop of performance out of USB 3.0. The result is a 240MB/s bus-powered shockproof external storage, weighing a mere 66g. To put this into perspective, copying 1000 800KB of JPEGs will take just 8 seconds, at such speed not even other first gen. USB 3.0 hard drives can rival. We simply just fall in love with the Buffalo SSD, though we treasure our hard-earned pennies even more.