CES 2015: Plextor Puts on Display M6e Black Edition PCI Express SSD

[[Coi] Mr.CLuBBeR]

Fast storage in a sexy package

The fastest SATA 6Gbps SSDs top out at around 590MB/s, and if you want to go faster, one way to do that is by utilizing PCI Express. That's exactly what Plextor has done. Yes, the same Plextor that made a name for itself with high end optical drives, back when that sort of thing mattered. These days Plextor's been focusing on more modern products, like its new M6e Black Edition SSD.
Aimed at gamers, the M6e Black Edition is a PCI Express solution using Toshiba's syncrhonous Toggle NAND flash memory. Plextor rates the drive as being able to sequentially read and write data at up to 770MB/s and 625MB/s, respectively. It also boasts 105,000 IOPS of random read performance and 100,000 IOPS of random write performance.
Also helping with performance is the company's newly developed PlexTurbo 2.0 intelligent SSD software cache technology. It uses up to 4GB of system memory to boost storage and beef up performance, while containing safe guards against data loss.
No word yet on when the M6e Black Edition will be available or for how much.
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