Plextor is finally getting its feet wet in the “gaming” market and is now unveiling its new line of PCI-Express SSD with the introduction of the Plextor M6e: a high-performance storage solution.
The Plextor M6e SSD is a PCI-e x4 card and supports driver-free AHCI. It boasts a solid 105,000 IOPS powered by a Marvell 88SS9183 with Toggle NAND flash from Toshiba. The card itself is pretty much an NGFF SSD with an interposer card.
One thing though… GREEN PCB. Ohmaigahhhhh!
Read our reviews of the Plextor M5M mSATA SSD and Plextor M5 Pro Extreme SSD.
The Plextor M6e PCIe SSD will be available January 2014, and comes in 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB capacities.
Read the official press release below for more info.
[toggle_box title=”Official Press Release” width=”600px”]Plextor (www.plextor.com), a leading developer of high-performance digital storage technology, announces the launch of the M6e, the first SSD specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of the gaming community. The M6e PCIe SSD uses a new generation of high-bandwidth components to deliver smooth, uninterrupted gameplay and excels the player to get to the next level. It combines the convenience of driver-free ACHI support with the compatibility of selectable legacy BIOS or fast UEFI boot.
The Plextor M6e delivers maximum sequential read/write speeds of 770/625 MB/s and random read/write speeds of 105K/100K IOPS. The PCIe Gen2x2 interface bypasses the SATAIII bottleneck, includes the latest server-grade multicore Marvell 88SS9183 controller with native PCI 2.0 support, and a pre-graded high performance Toshiba Toggle NAND flash.
The M6eรขโฌ™s exclusive firmware, developed by Plextorรขโฌ™s in-house elite team optimizes the drive for gaming applications and ensures stability. Plextorรขโฌ™s legendary True Speed technology is also one of the features which provide a new improved version for long-term performance stability and effective multi-tasking.
With convenient Advanced Host Controller Interface (ACHI) support, Plextor M6e owners get to experience the speed of a high-performance PCIe SSD without the need to load propriety drivers. Compatibility with legacy BIOSes allows the M6e to be used with existing gaming rigs for flexibility. Alternatively selecting the UEFI boot mode for motherboards with UEFI provides incredibly fast start-up times.
Along with performance and stability, the Plextor M6e SSD meets another key need of professional gamers: extreme reliability. In the worlds most advanced SSD testing facilities the drive was put through rigorous testing and was required to meet Plextorรขโฌ™s Zero-Failure Zero-Error mass testing standard; the result is a MTBF calculated at 2.4 million hours. For stability, every individual SSD faces an extended high-temperature burn-in test and usage simulation. Plextorรขโฌ™s strict testing and tough quality control is the reassurance of the M6eรขโฌ™s full five-year warranty and Plextorรขโฌ™s extensive support structure.
According to Zhang Yaping, M6e Product Manager, รขโฌลPlextor has built a close relationship with the gaming community so it is natural that weรขโฌ™re the first to provide an SSD that meets their specific needs. Modern games push systems to their limits; by getting data from storage to the graphics card and into RAM fast, even under heavy load, the M6e makes the gameplay experience smoother and better. Weรขโฌ™ve also optimized the M6e to perform smoothly with a large variety of games so itรขโฌ™s suitable for use by all types of players.รขโฌย
The Plextor M6e PCIe SSD will be available January 2014, and comes in 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB capacities.
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