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Mushkin Enhanced Callisto 40 GB Solid State Drive MKNSSDCL40GB-DX (Black)

Mushkin Enhanced Callisto 40 GB Solid State Drive MKNSSDCL40GB-DX (Black)

date : October 31st, 2011

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Intel Core i7-2600K Processor 3.4GHz 8 MB Cache Socket LGA1155

4195OIZrk2L. SL160 Mushkin Enhanced Callisto 40 GB Solid State Drive MKNSSDCL40GB DX (Black)

  • Read speed up to 280MB/sec and write speed up to 270MB/sec
  • Optimized to provide reliable and quick data flow.
  • Shock-Resistant Designed for continued reliable function in a laptop, netbook or notebook computer.
  • TRIM Support when used with compatible operating system
  • SandForce SF-1200 Controller

Meet Callisto, the latest SSD from the most prestigious name in performance computing With a massive leap in Input/Output Operations per Second (IOPS) over previous-generation SSDs combined with the industry’s most stringent quality-control standards, Callisto delivers more.

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  1. Brian J. Lewis "brian" // October 31st, 2011 at 3:48 am
    3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Very Fast SSD, December 16, 2010
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    Brian J. Lewis “brian” (Allen, TX) –
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    This review is from: Mushkin Enhanced Callisto 40 GB Solid State Drive MKNSSDCL40GB-DX (Black) (Personal Computers)

    This unit comes with a no accessories, you’ll need an adapter tray to fit like the SILVERSTONE SDP08 to fit your computer case.
    If you are upgrading a notebook/netbook you won’t need anything but the drive.
    Wanted to increase the performance on a netbook from the conventional 160gb.
    Performance is very good, even on the low powered Atom Netbook
    Linear Read Middle : 123.5MB/s, Random Read : 127.3MB/s, Buffered Read : 123.3MB/sec, Average Read Access: 0.12 ms
    What really makes it scream is when its connected to a more updated desktop computer with ICH10 chipset
    Linear Read Middle : 235.7MB/s, Random Read : 267.6MB/s, Buffered Read : 235.5MB/sec, Average Read Access: 0.06 ms
    These numbers better than my X25-M Intel 160gb SSD, my Kingston 128gb SSDNOW, and my Crucial 256GB M225 SSD.

    40gb and 60gb performanced the same. Both using the 340 Firmware. Currently recommending these units for all my installs/upgrades.

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  2. madscientist // October 31st, 2011 at 4:45 am
    2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    excellent upgrade, January 4, 2011
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    At least twice as fast as a standard drive. Faster than my RAID setup with two Samsung Spinpoint F3 drives. 40 gigs is just big enough for Windows 7 and a few programs. For the price, it’s almost a no brainer. It’s probably the single most effective upgrade you can make if you aren’t using a SSD already. If you have a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P motherboard like I do, Windows won’t install on it unless you disable SMART monitoring in BIOS. At least until a new BIOS is released (I have F14k installed). This might work for other Gigabyte boards as well. Make sure you enable AHCI too. After Windows is installed, load all of your drivers EXCEPT for the AHCI driver (Intel Rapid Storage), then run Mushkin’s firmware update utility (available on their website). Run it with administrative rights or it won’t find your drive. After that you can install the Intel AHCI driver. Then run the Windows Experience Index assessment. Windows will change some settings automatically to accomadate the SSD.

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  3. Anonymous // October 31st, 2011 at 5:25 am
    2.0 out of 5 stars
    It was fast but it crashed after 3 months…, June 11, 2011
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    Chris Eberhart (Fort Myers,FL) –
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    Goind SSD is for sure the way to go! it was faster no doubt! but this drive crashed today after about 3-4 months of use. Use by my wife on her laptop which is not much use… I am trying to find out what my options are. I bought the cheapest 40GB SSD drive so i’m not surprised, but I should at least get a discount on my next one.

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