Plextor M8Se 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD review

Posted on: 05/22/2017 12:29 PM

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Remmber when DDR was toping 2000MB/s speeds ? back then i remember we were dreaming if HDDs could one day achieve such speeds...

Posted on: 05/22/2017 01:59 PM

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Hrm

Makes me want to film a Christmas tree flashing set to this music. Weird video.

Posted on: 05/22/2017 02:48 PM

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Stupid question, is there a difference between an NVMe SSD drive like this one and the ones we simply use in the NVMe slots that recent MBs have???

Posted on: 05/22/2017 02:54 PM

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Nope.

This is an option for older MB that do not have M.2 slot

Posted on: 05/22/2017 02:56 PM

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Nope.

This is an option for older MB that do not have M.2 slot

Ok, thanks!

Posted on: 05/26/2017 11:44 PM

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Not bad pricing but i dont think i`ll be trading in my new Samsung 960pro 512gb i recently bought for £245 which is capable of 3500+ mbs seq read

Posted on: 05/31/2017 01:20 AM

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Nope.

This is an option for older MB that do not have M.2 slot

So this means that someone "would" have to "Make sure that in BIOS all x4 PCIe lanes have been assigned to the M.2 slot"? It seemed to be something that would only affect a user of the M.2 version not the Pci-e version.

Also, what do you think would be a good test of longevity? I thought that maybe a "smart" type barrage of data on an ssd and extrapolate an expected lifetime based on the slightest of changes from a new drive......might give a usuable reference point, since even though other tests have shown a ssd's reliability, its still a point of contention for many folks - still.

The numbers are happily suprising considering the price point and as a onetime plextor guy, I had one of their cd burners - yeah, cd burner - i'm glad to see that they are still revelant. Shows that numbers arent the whole story since just taking the read's dont show that in mixed usage and where it counts the drive shines. Loading an Os and keeping up with the performance leaders like Samsung was really suprising from plextor. Hope the price comes down even further so Plextor can again be a name we look for

Posted on: 05/31/2017 03:33 PM

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So this means that someone "would" have to "Make sure that in BIOS all x4 PCIe lanes have been assigned to the M.2 slot"? It seemed to be something that would only affect a user of the M.2 version not the Pci-e version.

Also, what do you think would be a good test of longevity? I thought that maybe a "smart" type barrage of data on an ssd and extrapolate an expected lifetime based on the slightest of changes from a new drive......might give a usuable reference point, since even though other tests have shown a ssd's reliability, its still a point of contention for many folks - still.

The numbers are happily suprising considering the price point and as a onetime plextor guy, I had one of their cd burners - yeah, cd burner - i'm glad to see that they are still revelant. Shows that numbers arent the whole story since just taking the read's dont show that in mixed usage and where it counts the drive shines. Loading an Os and keeping up with the performance leaders like Samsung was really suprising from plextor. Hope the price comes down even further so Plextor can again be a name we look for

Research the board will be best bet.

Some boards assign 4x CPU lanes to M.2 slot while others can assign 'only' 2 lanes via PCH.

Of course this will cut down available bandwidth in half.. 32GB/s > 16GB/s.

at 2x you can expect a max throughput of 1600-1800mb/s which is still fine.

Unless the M.2 SSD is burning hot I don't see any reason to worry about longevity.. They will outlast their useful cycle, i.e. by the time it goes bad, there will be much faster products.

But you can run basic smart tests and advanced smart test(can take 5-10m) which should be plenty of statistics to look at.