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It's been quite some time since our last SSD roundup and we hadn't seen much need for one until recently. SSD technology grew stale after saturating the SATA 6Gb/s bus, bringing mostly minor improvements in recent memory and making up for it with price...
In its PCI Express form, we would pass on the M6e. We would be interested if it were sold as a standalone M.2 socket SSD at a more affordable price. For now, the M6S and M6M offer excellent performance and reliability, putting them among our most preferred SSD choices.
There is no denying that the Plextor M6e BK is one fast SSD, especially when paired up with the PlexTurbo 2.0 software. The PCIe adapter also allows for users to make the best of M.2 SSD's which run off of your PCI lanes anyways, without the need for an...
After all the testing is done, the Plextor M6e does prove itself to be an extremely advantageous upgrade for any user without access to an M.2 slot on their motherboard, and wants to take advantage of the performance of today's latest technology moving...
One thing that has remained pretty constant since SSDs started to appear, is that the storage interface they connect to appears to struggle to keep pace with the performance levels of the SSD.The SATA2 interface was soon saturated by the SSDs of the day,...
Overall the M6e is a mighty impressive product that deserves the recognition and respect from all of us. As such I'd be happy to grant it a top pick award as this is truly next-gen performance being available now.
Again, though, we're most excited about the M.2-specific version. On the desktop, for what Plextor is charging today, there are more compelling solutions available.