Plextor 2.5 inch M1S Series SATA300

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Cheap; ships with a copy of Acronis True Image.

Cons:

Doesn't support the TRIM command; average sustained writes were a mere 50MB/s.
Does not support TRIM, Garbage collection does not work as well as advertised, Pricey

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Last revision on February 10, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Cheap; ships with a copy of Acronis True Image

Reviewers Didn't Like

Doesn't support the TRIM command; average sustained writes were a mere 50MB/s
Does not support TRIM, Garbage collection does not work as well as advertised, Pricey

Expert reviews and ratings

100

The Plextor 128M1S performed better than any of the traditional hard drives we referenced, and it even held its own against a 15k RPM SCSI drive. Plextor kept the aesthetics of this SSD simple and to the point which is something I like. Its surface...

By The Best Case Scenario on May 04, 2010

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single misstep We’re not mad. We’re just disappointed. When Plextor announced in February that it, too, was entering the SSD market, we were cautiously optimistic. After all, more competition is always a...

By Maximum PC on May 04, 2010

For this test a single 8.5GB file is copied from a WD Raptor (WD740) system disk to the test disk (write to), from the test disk to the WD Raptor system disk (read from), and from the test disk to itself (read and write to self). While this test is...

By PCStats on March 24, 2010

Solid State Drives are becoming more popular as the prices drop and there is more selection. Today, there are over 50 companies making SSDs while there are only four major players in the traditional HDD market. Unfortunately, many of these...

By BCCHardware on March 16, 2010

It really looks like 2011 is going to be an interesting year for the Marvell SSD controller with so many manufacturers adopting the 88SS9174-BKK2 for its SATA 6.0Gbps compatibility and strong performance. Plextor isn't a newcomer to the Marvell...

By StorageReview on March 23, 2011

The Plextor PX-128M1S isn’t the fastest SSD on the block, but it isn’t the slowest either. Compared to models like the SiliconEdge Blue and Kingston SNVP325 it runs middle of the pack, which also means it runs significantly slower than the current...

By StorageReview on April 28, 2010

I also couldn't justify dropping $400 on the PX-128M1S. Not only does the drive lack TRIM support, but its read- and write-speed ratings are also at least 100MB/s slower than the others. The Plextor lived up to those meager ratings,...

By The Tech Report on April 14, 2010

With the PX-128M1S, Plextor has made its long awaited entrance into the solid-state drive market. While not the fastest SSD available, the PX-128M1S performed as expected throughout most of our tests. Thanks to its JMicron controller and 64MB cache,...

By CDRLabs on April 07, 2010

These new drives from Plextor offer decent performance at a good price. While we would have liked to see the top-tier optical media company come out swinging with a newer generation controller, not everyone has such resources at their disposal. ...

By PCPer on March 24, 2010

All the cool kids are playing SSDs these days. So much so that every manufacturer wants of piece of the sweet cherry pie. Even Plextor who was previously known as an optical drive/media company has a set of 64GB and 128GB SSDs available now. Too bad...

By techcrunch.com on March 17, 2010

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