I take lots of digital photos on my travels and found the Kingston Technology DT150/32GB DataTraveler (USA Flash Drive) to be great. Interestingly 2GB 4BG 8GB 16GB 32GB By 2009 drive in either place. The price on Amazon was very good also. Flash Memory.
This drive is very quiet, and very fast. I am using it in SATAKINGSTON FLASH MEMORY 150 mode since my motherboard doesn't support 300 speed. So I can't comment on how much faster it would be.