Mushkin announces the new Source Series solid-state drives offering performance with a cost-effective design that’s suitable for a wide variety of applications. The Mushkin Source SSDs offer a great balance of capacity, value, and performance. The Mushkin Source SSDs deliver all the must-have features that are expected of solid-state drives without the hefty price tag.
The Mushkin Source Series SSDs are ideal for mainstream computing such as gaming desktops, ultrabooks, 2-in-1 PCs, mini PCs, small-form-factor computing and others. The Source SSDs are offered in 2.5-inch form-factor and the compact M.2 2280 form-factor. The Source solid-state drives use the Silicon Motion SM2258XT controller delivering speeds of up to 560MB/s sequential read and 520MB/s sequential write. The Source SSDs are also protected by the Mushkin Enhanced Data-protection Suite (M.E.D.S.) that ensures data protection and reliability of the flash storage drive.
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
Pricing and Availability
The Mushkin Source SSD Series is available in 120GB, 240GB, and 500GB capacities and are now available in partner resellers worldwide. The 120GB, 240GB and 500GB comes with an MSRP of $39.99, $64.99 and $114.99 respectively. The 1TB variant and the M.2 form-factor counterparts will be available by April 2018.
