Editors Liked
- Very fast with PlexTurbo
- Heatsink is useful
- Looks great
- Five year warranty
- Speedy data transfer rates
- Striking blackandred look
- Free RAMcaching software
Editors Didn't Like
- Not NVMe
- Expensive compared to SATA
- Inconsistent performance
Plextor M6e Black Edition PCIe
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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By MyCE
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It's time to close the review, and I will start with the my only complaint about the drive, this is not the slow write speed of the 128GB, even though I would like to have seen higher speeds, but I'm complaining about the price. If Plextor could only...
By Bit-tech.net
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PCI-E storage is still relatively new and there are few options on the market, so elevated costs are to be expected. Compared to the standard M6e standalone M.2 drive and expansion card, the M6e Black Edition is not a terrible deal. You get a much needed...
By technologyx.com
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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...
By Kitguru.net
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There is no doubt that the Plextor M6e Black Edition delivers credible performance – first impressions are positive, it is a very attractive product, and the raised red heatsink will look great set against some subtle system lighting.When we delve...
By Computer Shopper
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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…...
By thessdreview.com
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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...
By NikkTech
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First of all i need to point out that we don't consider 128GB to be enough for most people, not even for just the OS and the software one may need to install and since we also knew that this model would not perform on par with the 256/512GB variants we...
By Guru of 3D
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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...
By PC Gamer
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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...
By HEXUS.net
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PC storage-focussed companies are busy trying to carve niches in a market that has become stagnant since the widely-used SATA 6Gbps theoretical limit was achieved some time ago.Some companies opt to RAID drives and place them on a faster-connecting...
By PCPer
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Plextor has certainly pushed the fit, finish, and looks of their M6e PCIe SSD with the new Black Edition. The new color scheme does well to match newer black and red motherboards and GPUs. While it is awesome to look at, Plextor's changes were mostly...
By eTeknix
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It is always a pleasure to get an SSD in for review, and even more when it is a high-performance PCI-Express based M.2 SSD. We've previously had a look at the Plextor M6e and today it's time to take a closer look at the brand new Plextor M6e Black...
By rehwolution.it
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"Un SSD particolare ma dal prezzo elevato, il Plextor M6e Black Edition dispone di features interessanti ma che in generale crea sentimenti...
By Gamezoom.net
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Für knapp 215 Euro wandert die Plextor M6e Black mit 256GB Speicherkapazität und PCIe-Adapter über den Ladentisch. Demnach richtet sich unser Testmuster mit einem Gigabyte-Preis von knapp 85 Cent ganz klar an Enthusiasten. Käufer dieser teuren...