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Plextor M3 Series True Speed SATA600

Based on 10 reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

7
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros

Strong performance.
Affordable (by the standards of solid-state drives).
Includes five-year warranty.
The 2.5-inch Plextor M3 solid-state drive (SSD) supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and helps improve the overall performance of the host computer a great deal.

Cons

Somewhat inconsistent on intensive tasks.
The Plextor M3's performance is slightly slower than some of its peers.

By uk.hardware.info on August 07, 2012

You buy a 64 GB SSD because you'd like to add an SSD to your computer for as little money as possible. Now that 128 GB models are becoming affordable, the choice seems obvious. But if you want to assemble a cheap (office) PC or have another scenario...

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By AnandTech on April 05, 2012

Plextor as a brand has been around for quite a while, but most of our long-time readers are likely more familiar with the name as a purveyor of optical drives (especially 8-15 years back when optical drive performance actually mattered). For our...

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By MyCE on March 29, 2012

Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points below:Positive:Smooth operation as a system drive. Excellent sequential reading and very good writing performance. Very good 4K random I/O performance at low queue depths. SATA 6Gbps...

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By Pureoverclock on March 27, 2012

As we've said before and will continue to hammer any chance we can get, the single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional platter-based hard drive. Using an SSD in your system will make such a massive difference that you'll want...

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By Expreview on March 21, 2012

Several months ago we have conducted test on Plextor M3 series, maybe many people consider its writing capability has a large gap with that of M2P, actually M3 series are used to replace M2S series, while the real successor of M2P series should be...

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By PC Mag on February 29, 2012

An outstanding value and a good performer, the Plextor PX-256M3 compares favorably with more expensive solid-state drives (SSDs) from more established storage companies....

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By Computeractive on February 24, 2012

A quick SSD at a reasonable price, although even faster models are available from other companies...

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By cnet on February 11, 2012

With good performance and friendly pricing, the Plextor M3 makes a great replacement drive for any laptop or desktop...

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By TechRadar on February 06, 2012

Plextor's new drive is a rather impressive offering. It may not be the fastest kid on the block, but it's powerful enough and that price tag makes it a pretty attractive choice too. Follow TechRadar Reviews on Twitter:...

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By Expreview on November 28, 2011

The biggest difference between Plextor M3 series and M2P is the changed 24nm MLC NAND, and therefore SSD’s capacity can be more large. In this point, it’s much close to the variation between Micron C300 and M4. Moreover, the problem arisen...

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