Plextor M6e M.2 2280 256GB PCI-Express 2.0 x2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) PX-G256M6eA

Pros: 1. Very Responsive- Fast random read/write speeds 2. Smooth Video and Game Play 3. Immediate Quick Boot in 3 seconds on "Cold Boot" 4. Installed Windows 8.1 Pro in Secure Boot with no issues 5. Driver Free HCI Controller 6. Wakes up from Sleep mode with no issues 7. Comes with 5 Year Warranty 8. Perfect for a Windows Boot Drive.

Cons: I installed the latest Firmware 1.04 which says it supports secure boot and fixes other errors. You need a MSDOS Boot CD and the Plextor files to flash the drive. This method is old and Plextor needs to come up with their own UI with better tools like secure erasing your M.2 SSD or Hardware Monitor to provide the Health of your SSD.

Overall Review: I would have liked the mini M.2 SSD with some kind of metal cover to protect it from ESD. Also when you install any computer electronic equipment like M.2 SSD, Memory, Video Cards etc..,I suggest you ground yourself with an anti-static wrist wrap and use a anti static mat like the ModRight Xtreme Super Large Anti-Static Mod-Mat.

Pros: Was not seen in EUFI but was seen in Windows 8 install options. After I unplugged my other drives to be sure it was the Plextor I was looking at in the Windows Disk Install screen, I simply selected it as the target drive and presto, it installed Windows 8 pro in a few minutes. Feel of the OS is instantaneous but not more obvious than my Samsung 850pro that was running the OS before. Tests in Samsung Magician revealed the Plextor was slightly faster all around, but not as close to its reported speed as the Samsung. I'm pleased with the results though. I have a blazing OS drive and a blazing media/games drive.

Cons: Was not as close to maximum reported specs on MSI Gaming 7 / i7-4790K / 2133 Gskill as the Samsung 850pro using Samsung Magician benchmark on both drives. The Plextor was still faster. At this price (similar to the Samsung) it's worth not having extra cables running around in the case... plus... it's the wave of the future future future fuuuutureee.

Overall Review: At this point in time, a good SATAIII SSD is very similar in performance to this m.2 SSD. Full eggs for a quality product that works so far with no install hassle and top notch consumer performance.

Pros: Currently the Fastest M.2 on the market... AS SSD BM (on Win7U): Seq-R: 687.09; Seq-W, 614.48; 4K-R: 26.11; 4K-W: 73.31; 4K-64Thrd-R: 250.20; 4K-64Thrd-W: 202.09; Acc.time-R: 0.046; Acc.time-W: 0.049; Score-R: 345; Score-W: 337 Overall Score: 864

Cons: Price...

Overall Review: Built up 2 of these, 1 as a DT replacement, and the other for low powered Media Server Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H i7-4790S Corsair H75 Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB [4x2] (N82E16820148496) Corsair AX860 Icy Dock MB994IPO-3SB Panasonic UJ240 BD-RE/DVD-RW DT: 2x Seagate ST1000LM014 1TB Solid State Hybrid LPFS: 3x SUPERMICRO CSE-M28SAB 24x WD AV-25 1 TB AV Hard Drive - WD10JUCT Areca ARC-1882ix-24-4G 6x Supermicro IPASS Backplane Cable (CBL-0281L)

Pros: CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sequential Read : 670.445 MB/s Sequential Write : 562.013 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 509.204 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 535.094 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 29.814 MB/s [ 7278.8 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 82.601 MB/s [ 20166.3 IOPS] Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 84.637 MB/s [ 20663.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 162.137 MB/s [ 39584.3 IOPS] Test : 1000 MB Date : 2014/08/05 Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64) on ASUS Z97 Pro board

Cons: Recovering using True Image failed once because of some relation of the PCIEness of this thing to the usual way of doing things. It's not a fault of this device but of the immaturity of the OS in PCIE technology. Something to consider.

Overall Review: Fast is good.

Pros: Decent price. works in both PCIe and SATA modes

Cons: Doesn't work in virtualization environments (ESXI, XEN, KVM, ect) due to bug in Marvell controller that prevents it working with VTd. Just google "Marvell controller VTd bug" and you'll see the bug reports.

Overall Review: I sent an email to Plextor support about his bug, asking if they intend to fix it, but I won't be holding my breath... since it existed for a while now, and my first attempt at contacting support went unanswered. I've ordered a SAMSUNG XP941 and will probably be returning this one shortly

Pros: I replaced My 3x corsair force gt raid 0 with this drive. All the benchmarks say its a lot slower than the ssd raid but it does feel faster and smoother. windows does start faster and games load quicker with this drive. Was really easy to install and set up on the ASUS z97 Maximus vii hero. Just remember to set it up in the pcie settings in the bios. Not in the sata set up.

Cons: Price Vs sata ssd raid price I was hoping to speed up my start up by eliminating the raid bios screen but it added a Plextor screen to the start up just before the uefi bios screen. But the screen is only up for 1 second. Not a big deal to me. Also I wish the drive was Black so it would look better on my Maximus vii hero board. It sticks out like a soar thumb. One last thing and its not Plextor's fault. Do to Intel's lack of PCIe lanes, when you install any M.2 Drives on PCIe, you loose the bottom PCIe slots. I can still run SLI, Just not anything else with it. I had to pull my Sound Blaster sound card and run the onboard sound. I will miss my better sound card.

Overall Review: Over all I love this drive. Its a cleaner look for the case and its fast. My 3 good SSDs in raid 0 benched at 1638 mb/s and this drive reads at 731 mb/s but it really feels faster in real world usage. Also, when I flash my bios, I don't have to rebuild a raid and reinstall windows.

Pros: It's about the size of a stick of gum! I was surprised how small it is, looked larger in photos. It's faster than any SATA drive (but not enough that you can feel the difference). Anyway, it's a step forward. No wires to run, could make a super-clean build. Plextool software helps you maintain the drive, not as good as Magician, but OK.

Cons: At first, I had an issue with latency, hesitation opening folder/files in Windows Explorer, but it seems to have vanished. Now it works fine, just like any SATA SSD. It may have been a power setting; once I tweaked Windows the problem went away.

Overall Review: This won't make your rig a lot faster, if you were already using a fast SATA 6GB/s SSD, but it's a step in the right direction. I think M.2 is here to stay, and faster drives will arrive before too long, but for now, this will do.

Pros: Owned the "drive" for about 3 months now, currently using it as a primary OS drive with all the usual SSD OS level tweaks. Read: 720mb/s Write: 580 mb/s Random Read: 55,000 Random Write: 50,000 The IOPS numbers are lower than detailed by the manu but that is most likely because the drive is at 75% full and is actively running my OS and all other applications. So far the drive has performed exactly like I had hoped. I could feel the difference between the Samsung 830 it replaced. Installation was quick and pretty painless, mobo initially did not see the card but that was due to a PCI-E configuration setting. Once resolved the cards BIOS showed up and it was a available boot option in the BIOS. Its nice that it has its own separate interface that does not require the use of a SATA port.

Cons: No real pain points, since this is still somewhat new there's not a lot of documentation around what motherboards are supported. I was initially concerned about the difference between PCI-E and SATA based M.2 drives.

Overall Review: Don't mind paying a bit more for the same GB/$ as a standard SSD for the extra speed and freeing of a SATA port