Mushkin 2.5 inch Reactor Series SATA600

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Pros:

MLC flash, High sustained sequentialwrite performance (but not as high as on the two largercapacity models)
Low cost, Acceptable performance, Better than a hard drive, Notebook battery life
Price, Good overall performance, Available in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB versions, 3 year warranty

Cons:

Mounting screws would have been nice to see in the package
Doesn't compare to other models on the market in price or performance

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Last revision on January 10, 2017

Reviewers Liked

MLC flash, High sustained sequentialwrite performance (but not as high as on the two largercapacity models)
Low cost, Acceptable performance, Better than a hard drive, Notebook battery life
Price, Good overall performance, Available in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB versions, 3 year warranty

Reviewers Didn't Like

Mounting screws would have been nice to see in the package
Doesn't compare to other models on the market in price or performance
Performance under heavy use and client workloads
No extras or accessories

Expert reviews and ratings

When it comes to performance the Mushkin Reactor was easily able to keep up with many of the high-performance drives we have tested in terms of read speeds, although the write speeds were a bit lower, they were still consistent and obviously much faster...

By ThinkComputers on June 15, 2015

The Mushkin Reactor offers 1TB of capacity at a low price point. Performance numbers are up there with the best of them and in consistency testing it has done well. If you are in search of a new high capacity SSD, definitely add the Reactor to your...

By thessdreview.com on December 16, 2014

The Mushkin Reactor 512GB performs as advertised and carries a certain quality and performance that Mushkin has shown! The price is on point and you cant argue with the results. If you are looking for a SSD that wont disappoint give a glance Mushkins...

By funkykit.com on January 09, 2017

Let's see where the Reactor 1TB falls in the grand scheme of things. We distill the overall performance rating using an older SATA SSD as a baseline. To compare each drive, we then take the geometric mean of a basket of results from our test suite....

By The Tech Report on May 13, 2016

When a company promises a good performance and a lot of capacity for a small price, I get sceptical and I'm sure that it's the same for most of our readers. The Mushkin Reactor promises these things, and it keeps what it promises. We saw a drive that...

By eTeknix on February 20, 2016

We like Mushkin's Reactor series as a whole, but find the smallest model less exciting than the two larger units. The Reactor 256GB just doesn't deliver the same value. We don't feel like we're getting more than we're paying for, so the overall shiny,...

By Tom's Hardware on February 04, 2016

If you just want to get entry level SSD performance and don't want to spend a lot of money, the Reactor 512GB is a good way to get flash in your...

By Tom's Hardware on June 25, 2015

My biggest criticism is the fact that Mushkin doesn't offer any lower capacities. In the end, a 1TB SSD will still set you back by over $350, which is why the majority of people are more interested in 128-512GB SSDs. As I mentioned on the introduction...

By AnandTech on February 12, 2015

Dass die Mushkin Reactor keine neue Leistungsreferenz bilden wird, war zu erwarten. Dennoch schlägt sich die SSD sehr ordentlich und liefert eine Leistung auf dem Niveau vieler SATA-SSDs der aktuellen Generation, deren Leistungsunterschiede in der...

By ComputerBase on December 22, 2014