Plextor M6e Black Edition PCIe

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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…...

-- As reviewed by Computer Shopper

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Last revision on December 20, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Very fast with PlexTurbo
Heatsink is useful
Looks great
Five year warranty
Speedy data transfer rates
Striking blackandred look
Free RAMcaching software

Reviewers Didn't Like

Not NVMe
Expensive compared to SATA
Inconsistent performance

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Expert reviews and ratings

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 MyCE on September 27, 2015

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 Bit-tech.net on April 15, 2015

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 technologyx.com on March 17, 2015

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 Kitguru.net on February 19, 2015

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 Computer Shopper on February 09, 2015

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 thessdreview.com on January 27, 2015

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 NikkTech on June 07, 2015

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 Guru of 3D on March 10, 2015

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 PC Gamer on February 18, 2015

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 HEXUS.net on February 17, 2015

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Plextor M6e Black Edition PCIe

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