Mushkin Announces New "Source" SSD Product Line

Raevenlord · Mar 22, 2018

Mushkin Enhanced MFG, an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance computer products, is announcing the Mushkin Source Series, a new line of solid state drives (SSDs) for the retail, e-tail, system integrator, and channel markets. The Source Series features a powerful, yet cost-effective design suitable for a wide-range of applications.

"The market has never been more ready for SSDs," says Brian Flood, Director of Product Development for Mushkin Enhanced MFG. "With the ultimate balance of value, capacity, and performance, the Source Series leverages all of the great benefits expected from an SSD without breaking the bank."

Source SSDs are ideal for mainstream computing - from gaming desktops and notebooks to mini-PCs (NUCs) and everything in between. Offered in 2.5" and M.2 2280 form factors, the Source Series is an excellent choice for almost any system. Source SSDs are available in 120GB, 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacities and can achieve max sequential performance of up to 560MB/s read and 520MB/s write. Each Source SSD is protected by M.E.D.S. (Mushkin Enhanced Data-protection Suite) ensuring valuable data is protected and is backed by a 3-year warranty to ensure peace of mind.

Key Features

Capacities: 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 1TB
Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258XT
NAND Flash: Equipped with 3D NAND flash
Max Sequential: 560MB/s read / 520MB/s write
Max Random 4K: 75,000 read IOPS / 81,000 write IOPS
Available Form Factors: 2.5" and M.2 2280
Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
MTBF: 1.5 million hours MTBF
Warranty: 3-year warranty with free technical support

Availability
Mushkin 2.5" Source SSDs are available now at Newegg.com, Amazon and other online retailers. The M.2 version is scheduled for release in April 2018.

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m&m's · Mar 22, 2018

Hope to see a review of this, the Crucial MX500 is currently leading the performance per dollar and price per GB charts but these Mushkin Source are selling for even cheaper.

eidairaman1 · Mar 22, 2018

I remember them for Redline DDR, their compatibility was better than kingston and Corsair for value ram, I'd like to see them Compete with Crucial, Samsung, and Intel in the Consumer SSD Market

mab1376 · Mar 22, 2018

eidairaman1 said:
I remember them for Redline DDR, their compatibility was better than kingston and Corsair for value ram, I'd like to see them Compete with Crucial, Samsung, and Intel in the Consumer SSD Market

I'm still using my Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe SSD from 2011.

Hood · Mar 23, 2018

Mushkin source 500GB is now the cheapest 2.5 500GB SSD on Newegg ($114.99), and even cheaper on Amazon ($109.99). It's specs are similar to Samsung 860 Evo, which still costs $150. I would like to see a benchmark comparison between Samsung, Crucial, and Mushkin, now that the competition is driving prices down, and the others have had time to catch up with Sammy's superior specs. I loved the responsiveness of my 850 Pro back when it was the fastest SSD around (before PCIe, M.2, and NVMe drives arrived).

lexluthermiester · Mar 23, 2018

m&m's said:
Hope to see a review of this, the Crucial MX500 is currently leading the performance per dollar and price per GB charts

They also lead the estimated durability/lifespan charts.

peche · Mar 23, 2018

m&m's said:
Hope to see a review of this, the Crucial MX500 is currently leading the performance per dollar and price per GB charts but these Mushkin Source are selling for even cheaper.

crucial ones are ultra reliable, i currently running a 64GB m4, decent speeds, bought in 2012 or so

m&m's · Mar 23, 2018

lexluthermiester said:
They're also lead the estimated durability/lifespan charts.

Yeah but it wouldn't stop me from buying the Mushkin if the price is right and it seems to be the case.

peche said:
crucial ones are ultra reliable, i currently running a 64GB m4, decent speeds, bought in 2012 or so

Mushkin drives are reliable too. They might not be a very known brand but they make quality stuff.

peche · Mar 23, 2018

m&m's said:
Mushkin drives are reliable too. They might not be a very known brand but they make quality stuff.

the ram they make is reliable enough, despite being cheap some places but expensive on some others, like mine, here is a medium / high priced brand in several stores...

regards,

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Mushkin Announces New "Source" SSD Product Line

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