Hardware [SD CARD] 32GB or more for new 3DS gamer?

tyroteki · Jun 25, 2020

Hello!
I am new here and need advice.
How big SD Card I can use to have a lot of games and have stable working 3DS?
I hear that i can use 64GB+ cards but cant find no one witch card bigger than 64GB.

P.s. any more advice what I should do on start witch 3DS?

Shadow#1 · Jun 25, 2020

tyroteki said:
Hello!
I am new here and need advice.
How big SD Card I can use to have a lot of games and have stable working 3DS?
I hear that i can use 64GB+ cards but cant find no one witch card bigger than 64GB.

P.s. any more advice what I should do on start witch 3DS?

I have a 128GB card in my 3DS's u can go up to 2TB as that's the fat32 limit

KleinesSinchen · Jun 25, 2020

There is no real technical difference between SDHC (4GB up to 32GB) and SDXC (64GB up to 2TB). The only difference is the mandatory default file system exFAT on SDXC. Many older devices are not compatible with exFAT (hence the official limit of 32GB) but will happily use 64GB and larger SDs when they are reformated to FAT32.

(Modern) Windows does not allow formatting drives larger than 32GB to FAT32 by default so use a third-party application like guiformat.

Please test any new SD with h2testw, F3 or F3X before trusting it.

Good luck and have fun!

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havocdrake · Jul 22, 2020

I recommend 250GB if CFW. If you're an adventurous one - do 512GB but read below first:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/997614-nintendo-3ds/76202798

Shadow#1 · Jul 22, 2020

Michael18751 said:
Also larger capacity SD cards tend to be slower.

Not true anymore

Nemix77 · Jul 22, 2020

havocdrake said:
I recommend 250GB if CFW. If you're an adventurous one - do 512GB but read below first:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/997614-nintendo-3ds/76202798

I have a 128GB SanDisk Ultra myself and only use half of it, I can't even think of how I can make use of a 512GB card on the 3DS.

Are there even enough games WORTH playing to fill up 512GB on the 3DS?

Shadow#1 · Jul 22, 2020

Nemix77 said:
I have a 128GB SanDisk Ultra myself and only use half of it. I can't even think of how I can make use of a 512GB card on the 3DS.

Are there even enough games WORTH playing to fill up 512GB on the 3DS?

Roms for emulators

havocdrake · Jul 22, 2020

Shadow#1 said:
Roms for emulators

And animes, and moflex 3D encoded movies.

Shadow#1 · Jul 22, 2020

havocdrake said:
And animes, and moflex 3D encoded movies.

And every official theme

Nemix77 · Jul 22, 2020

But we're talking old school roms right so they can't be that big in size although it can add up if you want EVERY single game out there.

I mean if I don't plan on playing the game, I won't have it on the system at all even though I always buy a bigger micro SD than my calculations (games I want to play).

No need to waste time, flash space and money but that's just me.

havocdrake · Jul 22, 2020

Nemix77 said:
But we're talking old school roms right so they can't be that big in size although it can add up if you want EVERY single game out there.

I mean if I don't plan on playing the game, I won't have it on the system at all.

No need to waste time, flash space and money.

I want to see Woody in 3D.

Shadow#1 · Jul 22, 2020

havocdrake said:
I want to see Woody in 3D.

Unzips his pants

Nemix77 · Jul 22, 2020

Welp, it's OP's wallet so he does what he wants with it.

Shadow#1 · Jul 22, 2020

Nemix77 said:
Welp, it's OP's wallet so he does what he wants with it.

Then if that's the case why this thread?

Nemix77 · Jul 22, 2020

I think OP wanted to know if a SD card bigger than 64GB is possible on the 3DS and an answer was given.

On the same thread, someone randomly recommended a 256GB/512GB card not even knowing how many games OP intends to install or if he's using it CFW.

It just bothers me a bit that's all.

It's kind of like asking if an I can upgrade my GPU and get randomly recommended a GTX 3070 Super or GTX 3080 Ti without even knowing what I'll be using it for.

lone_wolf323 · Jul 22, 2020

Nemix77 said:
I think OP wanted to know if a SD card bigger than 64GB is possible on the 3DS and an answer was given.

On the same thread, someone randomly recommended a 256GB/512GB card not even knowing how many games OP intends to install or if he's using it CFW.

It just bothers my a bit that's all.

It's kind of like asking if an I can upgrade my GPU and get randomly recommended a GTX 3070 Super or GTX 3080 Ti without even knowing what I'll be using it for.

I mean, why not? Bigger cards can hold more, esp if OP decides they wanna get ahold of more games at what ever time. Its a pain when you have a crappy card of like 8 or 16gb and not having the space ya want.

Nemix77 · Jul 22, 2020

Bigger cards still moderately expensive but I guess you're right not my money.

Shadow#1 · Jul 22, 2020

lone_wolf323 said:
I mean, why not? Bigger cards can hold more, esp if OP decides they wanna get ahold of more games at what ever time. Its a pain when you have a crappy card of like 8 or 16gb and not having the space ya want.

True I could not install much when I was on 64GB card was really pissing me off

godreborn · Jul 22, 2020

64kilobytes allocation size with 128GBs or larger or else you'll have a screwed of gameboy advance virtual console.

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