Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P)

4 reviews

Jun, 2013

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We have collected and analyzed 1 expert reviews and 3 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 80/100 and users rate it 73/100. The average review date is Dec 7, 2012. We have compared these reviews to 28976 reviews from other Solid-State Drives. Last update: Jun 19, 2013.

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Expert review by: Joel Hruska (pcmag.com)

Plextor PX-256M5P

Historically, Plextor has been known for its optical drives, not solid-state storage. The company first made a name for itself in the early days of CD and DVD burning, when the quality of drives and blank media could vary enormously from company to...

Strong overall performance, particularly in random workloads

More expensive than other 256GB SSDs

The Plextor PX-256M5P internal solid-state drive is great for certain specific tasks, but not a clear front-runner in the field.

Nov, 2012

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Consumer review by: N/A (newegg.com)

Fast, reliable SSD

When you update your firmware with these Plextor drives, make sure you turn on IDE instead of ACH in the bios, then switch it back after you complete your firmware update.

Fast. Its synthetic benchmark scores are near the top on several different tests, although it is bested by the Samsung 840 on some. It has more consistent read/write arguably than most of the others. Real world performance difference won't exist since...

Price used to be a bit high, but the sale right now makes it well worth it

Jan, 2013