Friday, September 13th 2013
Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe Solid-State Drive Now Available
Mushkin, Inc., an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, announced today the global availability of the powerful and highly anticipated Scorpion Deluxe PCIe Solid-State Drive.
Built with a sleek black design, the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD is a rising player that outpaces its competitors in speed and performance. The Scorpion -- equipped with Quad Sandforce SF-2281 and un-throttled IOPS -- clocks in at 2150 MB/s read and over 1900 MB/s write. All storage capacities of the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD -- which include 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, and 1920GB -- will boast just over 100,000 4K read and write IOPS as well as 1 million hours MTBF with a 3-year warranty."The Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD is a result of the desire to create and produce revolutionary components that maximize performance. We are looking to enhance and accelerate the work process -- be it for creative production or database applications," said Nicolas Villalobos, the Director of Global Marketing for Mushkin, Inc. "We are pleased to be able to add the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD to our existing line of now available innovative technologies."
Mushkin's newest addition is now available in the US at RAMExperts.com and worldwide starting 9/16 at select etailers, resellers and distributors.
Built with a sleek black design, the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD is a rising player that outpaces its competitors in speed and performance. The Scorpion -- equipped with Quad Sandforce SF-2281 and un-throttled IOPS -- clocks in at 2150 MB/s read and over 1900 MB/s write. All storage capacities of the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD -- which include 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, and 1920GB -- will boast just over 100,000 4K read and write IOPS as well as 1 million hours MTBF with a 3-year warranty."The Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD is a result of the desire to create and produce revolutionary components that maximize performance. We are looking to enhance and accelerate the work process -- be it for creative production or database applications," said Nicolas Villalobos, the Director of Global Marketing for Mushkin, Inc. "We are pleased to be able to add the Scorpion Deluxe PCIe SSD to our existing line of now available innovative technologies."
Mushkin's newest addition is now available in the US at RAMExperts.com and worldwide starting 9/16 at select etailers, resellers and distributors.
42 Comments on Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe PCIe Solid-State Drive Now Available
I'm not saying 2GB/s is not fast enough, but when you already have faster PCIe drives...well... :cool::ohwell:
And I am not talking only about gaming. Who is working with Photoshop or very large 3D assemblies like the ones from CATIA, Solid Works, etc, know what I am talking about. I have a crappy assembly of a water pump and it takes 5 minutes to load fully and is even more annoying when saving because of CPU and SSD being to slow, hehe.
Regardless of my questions they are developing SATA Express and have already developed mSATA so PCIe and SATA interfaces are heading towards collision course anyway. Not sure if we will be able to tell the difference in 5 years time.
But if you really wanted 2000MB/s you'd need something that is a true hardware RAID card as well as having some kind of onboard cache. You are probably looking at $200-250 minimum for the RAID card.
But in the end I don't see much need at all in the consumer space for PCI-E SSDs or 4-Way SATA RAID SSDs. The consumer space just doesn't need speeds that fast. And remember, this drive isn't even a consumer drive, it is an enterprise drive. The only real consumer PCI-E SSD that has been released has been OCZ's RevoDrive and ASUS's RAIDR thing.
And as long as hard earned money is involved, people can be as intense about what they buy as they want, and it means nothing more than an urge to get the most value out of the choices they make (ie, the territory that comes with a windowed PC case).