The box that the product comes packaged in is quite large as far as SSDs go. Main features and the product title are to be found on the front which is attractively composed.


The rear of the package focusses solely on the specifications and a breakdown of the features in multiple languages. The same packaging will be used for all three storage sizes which just a sticker indicating the storage capacity on the front of the box to differentiate the three versions.


The device itself is kind of basic looking in truth. We are not fans of green PCB's here at Vortez and were it not for the low profile NAND chips at the heart of the PCB you could be forgiven for believing this was a component from a 1990's PC, such is the very basic design. The Black edition looks much more modern so if aesthetics are important to you then this will certainly be the one to go for because as far as looks are concerned, the M6e has fallen from the ugly tree, hitting most of the branches on the way down!


3 LEDs on the backplate signify the following: Red - Power status, Green - Link Status, Yellow - Activity.


At the heart of the M6e is the Marvell® 88SS9183 dual-core server-grade controller. Toshiba Toggle NAND flash with updated True Speed technology guarantees that the M6e SSD will sustain long-term performance without huge amounts of degradation sometimes witnessed with some other SSD storage solutions which are speedy out of the box, but after sustained use can slow down over time.

Installing the card was very easy. All you will need is a PCIe 4x (or higher). There are no additional power cables, no SATA leads, no link cables in fact nothing to attach to the card - just slot it in and power up. The card will add slightly to the BIOS boot up stages as it has to load its own BIOS upon initialisation but this will easily be off-set by the increase in speed this device affords because all of the devices can be initialised at the same time due to UEFI compatibility. Should you not have a UEFI BIOS then this device is also backwards compatible with legacy BIOS revisions.

Firmware updating was a little fiddly as this can only be done in a DOS environment but the software to do this is fairly straightforward and there appears to be frequent firmware update revisions on the Plextor product page. which tells us the product is well supported.