Testseek.co.uk have collected 104 expert reviews of the Plextor M.2 2280 M6e Black Edition PCIe and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Plextor M.2 2280 M6e Black Edition PCIe.
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The editors liked
Looks great
Impressive speeds up to 780MB/s
Increased cooling ability
PlexTurbo 2.0 software
Very fast with PlexTurbo
Heatsink is useful
Five-year warranty
Marvell controller is equally good with incompressible and compressible data
Good IOPS performance
Lovely looking product
The editors didn't like
Price could be a factor
Neutral
LEDs might be to bright for some people in some setups
But that is a matter of taste
“Plextor took their already great M6e PCIe SSD and improved upon it with a stylish new design and with improved cooling capabilities
Published: 2015-03-17, Author: Chris , review by: technologyx.com
The Plextor M6e Black Edition is a phenomenal storage choice for any enthusiast looking to up the performance in their PC, especially if you are a gamer!...
Until you own a motherboard with an M.2. slot, a product like this will be the next best thing. The sheer performance numbers you get thrown at you are impressive. However as shown, under very hefty workloads we see the performance of this unit drop hard...
Abstract: Last year Plextor released the M6e PCIe SSD, an M.2 form-factor SSD that supports data transfers over 2 PCIe lanes, not just SATA. We're on the cusp of breaking out of the SATA bottleneck that now constrains most SSDs. Unfortunately, very few motherboards...
Strong Sequential Performance, Beefy Heatsink On SSD, 5Year Warranty
Not Faster Than Last Year's Model, Small File Transfer Speeds Are Modest
The Plextor M6e Black Edition -- Find It At Amazon.ComThe Plextor M6e Black Edition hasn't hit store shelved just yet, but we're told pricing will be in-line with the original M6e, which can be found for about $1 per GB ($277 for the 256GB drive). If it d...
Good sequential performance, IOPS performance at lower queue depths comparable to high end SATA units, Cost/GB is competitive for a PCIe SSD, No driver required - uses the standard Windows Inbox SCSIPort driver, PlexTurbo 2.0 available for previous M6e mo
PCIe 2.0 x2 link not fully utilized by Marvell controller, Black Edition version priced at a high premium over the base M.2 version, Warranty VOID sticker prevents penalty-free conversion between PCIe and M.2 form factor
PROS:Good sequential performanceIOPS performance at lower queue depths comparable to high end SATA unitsCost/GB is competitive for a PCIe SSDNo driver required - uses the standard Windows Inbox SCSIPort driverPlexTurbo 2.0 available for previous M6e model...
Speedy data transfer rates, in excess of the best SATA SSDs, Striking black-and-red look, Free RAM-caching software
Expensive, on a per-gigabyte basis, PCIe x4 drives are coming this year
A jazzed-up version of a 2014 favorite, the Black Edition is a more polished M6e, and blazingly fast, even if the price per gigabyte is a touch high by 2015 standards. Read More…...
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Published: 2015-01-27, Author: Sean , review by: thessdreview.com
The M6e Black Edition is Plextor's latest and revision of the M6e. It boasts a new blacked out design that should prove to attract gamers as well as improved performance over the standard version. Prices are a bit high and availability will be low as wel...
The Plextor M6e Black Edition PCIe SSD looks like an entirely drive, but it's basically just a dressed up Plextor M6e that was introduced exactly one year ago. There have been no hardware changes on the M6e Black Edition other than the addition of a heats...
Alright, so with testing out of the way let's go ahead and wrap up on this review. As we expected from the advertised specifications, performance is pretty similar to the original Plextor M6e. Sequential performance is without a doubt the star of the show...
Abstract: The Plextor M6e is the first native PCI Express SSD we've been able to get our hands on, so we're excited to finally see what an SSD can do when it's not hobbled by the SATA interface and its 550MB/s bottleneck. Instead of SATA or a 2.5-inch device, this ...
