Mushkin TRIACTOR-3D - 1TB Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - 2.5 Inch - SATA III - 6Gb/s - 3D Vertical TLC - 7mm - MKNSSDTR1TB-3D

I bought this to replace the SSD system drive that came with my computer. That drive was smaller and full. The swap wasn't trivial (at least not the way I did it), but once it was complete I not only had more space but my system seemed to be running much faster. I used EaseUS Todo Backup to upgrade my system drive, so I didn't lose anything. The non-trivial parts were 1) there wasn't a way to tell it to put all the new space in the main partition, that had to be done manually with a drag and drop interface that was made a little tricky because some of the partitions were too small to really show up on the display so I had to move my mouse very carefully in order to find and drag them, 2) I originally tried to build the new drive with it plugged in via a USB 3.0 adapter, but the resulting drive wasn't bootable, plugging it directly in using a SATA port on my motherboard and letting the software reboot and copy standalone solved that problem. It seemed that the problem had to do with Secure Boot not accepting the drive when I tried it the other way. None of those issues had anything to do with the drive, just my own inexperience at doing this kind of upgrade, and likely my inexperience with the software. Once I muddled through this, I was very happy with the result. The disk has been running for close to two months, and I have had no issues with it at all.

These drives are still expensive compared to spinning ones, but my previous (spinning) drive was failing and I decided to take the plunge. This SSD was so small and light that I thought the package was empty (I'm sure the same is true for other brands). Looks nice (black metal with the sticker as shown). Functions great so far. Boot time is a little faster (but not as fast as others have reported, Windows 10 likes to take its time...). But once the computer starts, everything is faster. I have a very high spec machine and I was kind of disappointed that it felt so slow with Windows 10 compared to other operating systems I had used on the same hardware, but with this SSD things are snappy again. Very fast response times. I also have an Oculus Rift and I can confirm that this made a huge difference in load times during games.

Installed this into my PS4 Pro after losing my Seagate Hybrid. Real benchmarks can be found online from a variety of sources, and those note a difference of only seconds on drive operations. I'm surprised at the impact of those seconds. Booting even from a powered-off state is painless, and wake-up from sleep is nearly instantaneous. Load times for games and transitions have dropped noticably. It's overall a more enjoyable experience for console gamers. I highly recommend this drive if you can deal with the 1 terabyte size. The 2TB version costs almost as much as the console itself, and not everyone wants to deal with an external drive conversion.

Incredibly fast, super easy install and very satisfied. I put the drive into an MSI i7 gaming computer used for graphics and video editing with 3 monitors connected. The install literally took less than 10 minutes with a total of 4 screws on the cover and 4 screws on the drive. Using a fresh Windows install DVD, a USB 3 SATA adaptor to copy files needed off the old drive (which I'm not putting in a separate case for back-ups and storage of offline graphic/video assets) made the process fast and painless.

This upgrade moved my boot time from 8 to 10 minutes to a 1 minute boot. The laptop performance is much crisper. I cloned a mechanical 512GB Toshiba drive to this 1TB TRIACTOR-3D with Acronis True Image clone tool. PS use the clone from a PE boot disk and not inside windows. You will avoid issues going that route. I have a desktop that I installed a Mushkin chronos SSD in 2013 and it is still going strong. Boot time with that beast ( Intel i7) is 30 seconds. Think of the time saved when waiting to connect and work. I'll never own a mechanical drive for a boot device again.

I had used a Reactor 1TB drive in the past with no problem. This one was nothing but problems. Put it on a USB adapter and 3 computers had trouble seeing it. Finally my Macbook Pro saw it, so attempted to use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the drive in the laptop. It ran a couple hours and then disconnected without finishing. Very slow writes, was actually slower than a 160GB mechanical drive. It finally copied, but would not boot. I sent it back and replaced it with a Crucial MX300 drive that worked with no problems. I think I just got a bad Triactor drive. I noticed that when I plugged the cable into the MX300 that is fit a lot tighter than it had on the Triactor. I probably just got a bad one...

Purchased four of these between August and November 2017. Three of them seem to be fine, but the fourth is already showing a Reallocated Sectors count that's climbing each day. Going to pull the flaky one out of use and see how well Mushkin stands behind their product.

I have had no problems with Mushkin SSD's, and this one is no exception. I have 5-6 Reactors and this is my 4th Triactor. Samsung has gotten all the hype for speed (well deserved), but really when you're talking real world utility there's certainly no measureable difference.... I buy Mushkin because it's less expensive still than most of the big brands and they work just fine, even if my boot increases by 1-2 seconds. I build for a living, so my personal computers have M.2 PCIe SSD's...and only 2 of them are Samsung Pros (RAID purposes). Seriously, the speed is a valid way to measure and compare 2.5 in. SSD's but pay at least as much attention to how long they last.. day to day builds will still keep getting these or OCZ's, depending only on which is cheaper at the time...just like I use in builds for people I know and care about. Platter drives are still important for back-ups because even as SSD's get better and longer lasting, there's still a chance of them just quitting. I've only had 2 drives in memory that have completely failed (y'all, we're talking about 30 years of building computers now) before they should have, and I had back ups for both...up and running again within half an hour. When the manufacturers manage to regain touch with the common folks and prices drop even further I'll start buying 2 of these at a time with a 4Tb 7200 rpm platter for each new build.

Este SSD, es una gran opción, tanto por su precio como su calidad. Lo tengo instalado en un equipo Gamer Aorus (genérico) y arranca el Windows 10 Profesional en 10 segundos. Obvio, no en todos los juegos se le puede sacar jugo a un SSD (como en los MMO), pero, en los juegos de un solo jugador es 100% eficiente. Los tiempos de escritura y lectura son excelentes.