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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
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Will It Run?
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Mushkin

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price |
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MemoryC | $246 | $0.480 | In Stock | $246 | Buy |
About This Product
The Mushkin Tempest is a 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface. It offers typical PCIe Gen3 performance, suitable for general computing and light gaming. At its price point, it competes with other entry-level NVMe drives, providing faster speeds than SATA SSDs but slower than current PCIe Gen4 options.
Verdict
βA budget-friendly NVMe SSD for basic use and system responsiveness.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,300 MB/s
Sequential Write
2,200 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
256 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.46 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
3 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
NAND Type
3D NAND
DRAM Cache
No
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