Testseek.com have collected 124 expert reviews of the Plextor 2.5 inch M5 Pro Series SATA600 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Plextor 2.5 inch M5 Pro Series SATA600.
May 2013
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The editors liked
The Plextor M5 Pro solid-state drive (SSD) offers fast performance and comes with useful accessories and software
New 19nm NAND flash
Excellent performance
Five year warranty
Price
The editors didn't like
The drive doesn't include a USB-SATA adapter
And its pricing is not known at the time of the review
When Plextor launched the M3 and M3 Pro they were very excited about their reliability data. Now some of that data is coming out, but this time with the M5 Pro. Plextor claims they took 400 M5 Pro SSDs and stressed the drives for 500 hours. According...
Published: 2013-11-04, Author: Abbas , review by: tbreak.ae
Abstract: Solid State Drives have become quite common- especially with notebooks. If you are looking to get a nice boost in speed, upgrading your hard drive to an SSD would probably be the best option. Today we compare two 256GB SSDs that are based on the SATA3 sta...
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Published: 2013-10-25, Author: Mark , review by: skratchwizpc.net
Excellent all round performance, Third generation Marvel Controller, 5 year warranty
Enthusiast price tag, Lags slightly in boot times
The expected performance from the M5 Pro is 540Mb/s read speed on both the 128Gb and 256Gb drives, with the write speed dipping slightly on the 128Gb to 330Mb/s and an impressive 460Mb/s with the 256Gb drive. The benchmarks results pretty much weighs u...
Solid performance, Leading MySQL enterprise 48 & 64 threads results, Acronis TrueImage HDD migration software included, 7.5 mm thin--Ultrabook compatible, Supports TRIM, 5-year warranty
More expensive than comparable drives, Not as fast as other high-end drives (which are more expensive, though)
The Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB SSD is available online for $246. Solid performance Leading MySQL enterprise 48 & 64 threads results Acronis TrueImage HDD migration software included 7.5 mm thin--Ultrabook compatible Supports TRIM 5-year warranty More expensive...
Abstract: When SSD makers want to emphasize their advantages, they often talk about how much engineering resources they put into their products. A typical SSD has three basic constituents: flash memory, controller and firmware. Not all of the firms engaged into ...
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Published: 2013-01-20, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
Perhaps the thing we like most about Plextor is their commitment to improving their product and sticking with components that they know and trust. We can't tell you the number of times we have received e-mail from our readers who were very upset that our...
The M5 Pro has been a big success for Plextor, and with the Xtreme firmware, the company is looking to continue this momentum into 2013. The big question is, does this free firmware update live up to the hype? Does it really take the M5 Pro's performa...
Published: 2012-12-10, Author: Kristian , review by: anandtech.com
It's always great to see manufacturers improving their existing products but the 1.02 firmware for the M5 Pro doesn't really change its ranking. It provides minor tweaks to random IO performance but when looking at the big picture, the changes are fairly...
