Mushkin SSD's any Good?

Hi All: I have always purchased Western Digital Black HD's in the past. They have served me well. I know nothing about SSD's. I'm building a new computer @ the end of summer & I'm collecting parts now.

I have always bought Mushkin RAM & again, no problems. I think the gold standard is the Samsung 850 Pro. I want a 1TB drive & the Samsung is a tad expensive for my taste. Here's the link for the 1TB Mushkin @ $339.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...6596&cm_re=mushkin_ssd-_-20-226-596-_-Product

I'm wondering if any of you have a Mushkin SSD & do you think it's a solid purchase? Any insight would be appreciated.

I was looking at the same exact SSD. Not sure how good this unit is. Anyone know how reliable these SSD's are?

Performance looks a little last year (not that you'd notice anyway) but it will still make your WD Blacks look like flint tools in comparison so if the price is good against others of its size then go for it.

daglesj: Thanks brother. Looks like I'll score this SSD then. I don't need super high-end. I received a 10% off coupon from NewEgg this morning. So $305.99 with free shipping & no sales tax works for me.

you get the highly rated/ loved crucial ones for same price. Look at MX200 m500 m550 for the going price. They might be cheaper or more given the sale,

This is the perfect game drive. Games aren't mission critical and 1TB is more than enough to not have to play the "is this game important enough to me to load fast" game.

look who makes the controller and read up on it.
for some of these drives it doesn't matter who is stamped on the front.

I just made my first SSD purchase, the Mushkin Striker. I did some reading up, and both the Reactor and the Striker seem to use high quality, synchronous, Micron NAND. http://www.poweredbymushkin.com/ind...ves/1175-striker-reactor-eco-what-to-buy.html

The Reactor and Striker use sync NAND, there is a review of the Reactor at the SSDReview
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-rev...tb-high-value-high-capacity-ssds-become-norm/

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Seems like everyone is jumping on the Silicon Motion SM2246EN bandwagon. What I found interesting is that Mushkin's Reactor seems nearly identical to Crucial's BX100. Though I did read that Crucial claims that they custom wrote the firmware for theirs. Other than that ...

Mushkin's Reactor combines the SM2246EN with Micron's latest 128Gbit 16nm MLC NAND, and this is actually the first time I've encountered a non-Micron/Crucial SSD with Micron's 16nm NAND.

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/8949/mushkin-reactor-1tb-ssd-review

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9144/crucial-bx100-120gb-250gb-500gb-1tb-ssd-review

the BX100 has a lot more potential as is powered by Silicon Motion's SM2246EN controller. Crucial/Micron worked closely with Silicon Motion to develop the firmware for the BX100, so the firmware is unique to Crucial and we won't be seeing it in any other SM2246EN based drive.

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Edit: I'm not sure if the BX100 has an extra feature regarding saving data in case of power failure that the Reactor might lack.