Plextor Launches M8Pe NVMe PCI-e 4x SSD

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/29/2015 07:42 PM | source: | 3 comment(s)

Next week at CES Plextor will launch a M8Pe nVME SSD. The M8Pe is actually based on a m2 form factor over the Non-Volatile Memory Express-protocol. Basically this product would be a PCI Express add-in card with a M2 module on it.

The M8Pe will be the replacement product for the M6e. The M7e SSD series that was announced last year, have been cancelled, likely due to the releases from Samsung. With the M8Pe Plextor wants to be able to make a difference again.

The SSD will be based on a pci-express 3.0 x4 connector, it'll be capable of random 4KB reads at 270 IOPS with 150K IOPS on writes. Further performance figures have not been announced, likely pending the CES announcements.

The M8Pe will get PlexTurbo RAM-caching as addition for supplementary performance. Plextor will also be showing the M7V series of SSDs, which is a value SSD based on TLC NAND flash from Toshiba.

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Denial
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#5212412 Posted on: 12/29/2015 07:50 PM

Hopefully this will force down the costs of some of the other NVMe drives. I really want a 1TB NVMe 950 Pro but I know it's going to cost like $750 when it launches next year. Intel is still pricing it's 1.2TB drive at $1000.

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#5212444 Posted on: 12/29/2015 09:01 PM

Looks pretty cool

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#5212585 Posted on: 12/30/2015 03:30 AM

Denial, have you seen a launch date yet on the 1TB 950 Pro or an estimate like Q1, Q2, etc? I'm hoping before end of Q2; that's when the Win 10 upgrade deadline "for free" hits.

This Plextor would be a nice additional also, but like you I also need 1TB+ to make the jump. Plextor has made some nice software to cache data in RAM before writing it to the SSD. I saw it on a review somewhere--possibly here.

Either way I like the M.2 idea because you can start off with an add on card initially and when you get a mobo someday that supports M.2, you can remove the big enclosure.

Thanks

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