Plextor M5M 256GB,

Size, price, speed

The device either works great or is temporarily losing track of blocks. Some times it works great and other times I can not boot because this or that file "can not be found" (never the same file two times in a row). Some times it runs for days, other...

Size, price, speed

The device either works great or is temporarily losing track of blocks. Some times it works great and other times I can not boot because this or that file "can not be found" (never the same file two times in a row). Some times it runs for days, other...

7.2 TB written in the past year. Still 100% health per CrystalDiskInfo

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Very fast ; Slim design ; Reliable

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Excellent SSD, very fast, windows loads in seconds, my computer games load quickly as well. It's been working perfectly without a glitch for about 8 months now. I use it in my Alienware 17 laptop

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Very, very reliable SSD (that is the main reason why I chose it) ; Speeds are good enough for me ; Seq. Read: 492.1 MB/s Seq. Write: 399.4 MB/s ; 512k Read: 363.0 512k Write: 372.2 ; 4k Read: 21.87 4k Write: 34.95 ; 4k QD 32 Read: 300.6 4k QD 32 Write:...

Not the fastest m-sata drive around, Intel and Samsung are the leaders when it comes to speed ; Only 237GB usable after installing Windows 8.1 ; It doesn't appear to have a built-in temperature sensor but it runs cool

This drive is awesome. Low power consumption when not in use (the lowest I have found), speedy read/write, and a ton of storage for a tiny footprint

Price is obviously high, but for a drive released in June/July with specs like this, it's well worth it

First of all, it now comes with two screws! I read the previous review that mentions no screws included and was trying hard to find those M2X3mm screws. Apparently Plextor is listening to its customers, a good sign ; Drive installed in a few minutes,...

Does not come with any instruction, manual, or even a short guide (for upgrading firmware, using tools etc)

Worked perfectly in the StarTech SAT2MSAT25 2.5in SATA to Mini SATA SSD Adapter enclosure. Was detected immediately when first connected to my system externally. Wish I'd gotten to do more with it than that

Failed immediately while having a drive cloned to it. Was locked, unable to be firmware-updated, initialized, formatted, or secure erased. Plextor's own PlexTools stated the drive was dead. Possibly bricked. Details below

Lots of space in a tiny form factor, no extra software needed for TRIM, fast drive for compiling software, detects as standard drive in my Lenovo T430s without any hassle at all

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