Plextor is one of the best memory and storage manufacturer you can get out in the market and today they announces the availability of its entry-level SATA 6 Gb/s SSD, the M6V series. The M6V series has various type of drives that consists from a 7 mm thick 2.5-inch, an M.2 (as M6V series), and mSATA (as M6MV) form-factors. It uses a combination of Silicon Motion SMI-2246 controller with Toshiba 16 nm Toggle NAND flash memory.
The 128GB variant has 128 MB of DRAM cache with sequential speeds of up to 535 MB/s reads, with up to 170 MB/s writes. The 256 GB variant will come with a higher 256 MB DRAM cache and offers sequential speeds up to 535 MB/s reads, with up to 335 MB/s writes. The largest capacity you can get is 512 GB, it has a 512 MB DRAM cache that can achieve a sequential speeds of up to 535 MB/s reads, and up to 455 MB/s writes. All these drives offer 4K random-access up to 83,000 iOPS read, with up to 80,000 writes.
The M6V pricing starting from USD 65.99 (approx. RM 250) for 128GB, USD 99.99 (approx. RM 380) for 256 GB, and USD 189.99 (RM 720) for 512GB. Price might change often, please check the price again with the store nearby you.
