Experience with Mushkin SSDs, esp. Reactor 1TB?

[GreenMeters]

Seriously looking at the Mushkin Reactor 1TB SSD, $360 is a really appealing price point for 1TB MLC. Anyone have any experiences with this product, or Mushkin SSDs in general?

Was originally looking at an 850 EVO, but with the 840 speed issues returning even after the "permanent" FW fix, not sure I trust TLC or Samsung in general until more data comes in.

 

[lehtv]

I found two reviews of the SSD, both positive:
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-rev...tb-high-value-high-capacity-ssds-become-norm/
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/68...iew-amazing-price-good-performance/index.html

It looks pretty good for the price. However, you could get two half size Crucial drives instead. Crucial MX100 512GB $175 x 2 = $350, cheaper than the 1TB Mushkin drive.

 

[Hellhammer]

I'll have a review out next week, but so far it's looking very good in terms of performance too.

 

[GreenMeters]

Thanks for the links, lehtv!

And that's great news, Hellhammer. I saw a comment on one of the SSD articles that an Anandtech review was in the works, can't wait!

In general, what is Mushkin's reputation for SSD reliability? Though it may be tricky to do apples-to-apples here, since it looks like this is their first use of the Silicon Motion controller rather than the Sandforce they'd been using.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Thanks for the links, lehtv!

And that's great news, Hellhammer. I saw a comment on one of the SSD articles that an Anandtech review was in the works, can't wait!

In general, what is Mushkin's reputation for SSD reliability? Though it may be tricky to do apples-to-apples here, since it looks like this is their first use of the Silicon Motion controller rather than the Sandforce they'd been using.

There is always a limit to time spent researching "best options/bang-for-buck". For "large capacity," I'd chosen first the 840 Pro, then the MX100 by crucial.

When I needed a 60GB SSD now used as a caching drive for my 500GB HDD, I only looked at the throughput specs, customer reviews and price when I clicked "checkout" for a Mushkin Chronos. I don't have any problems with it in that application, but you'd want other opinions for using one as a system/boot disk and the larger models. I know nothing about the "Reactor."

 

[Essence_of_War]

Interesting sidenote, it looks like the Mushkin Reactor uses the same controller as the new Crucial BX100