TSullivan 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2011 Plextor announced a new line of solid state drives, the M3S. The M3S weighs in at 2.5” with a bracket to adapt to 3.5”, comes with a 5 year warranty, and comes in a variety of capacities: 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB. The new line also boasts sequential read/write speeds of up to 525MB/s read and 445MB/s write, and random read/write speeds of up to 70,000/65,000 IOPS. Read Full Article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMcPole 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2011 Marvell chip? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSullivan 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2011 Appears to be, just rescanned the PR sheet and found this "Furthermore, M3S SSDs uses the latest SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) interface, Marvell’s server-grade controller, and Toshiba 24nm NAND flash" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMcPole 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2011 Appears to be, just rescanned the PR sheet and found this "Furthermore, M3S SSDs uses the latest SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III) interface, Marvell’s server-grade controller, and Toshiba 24nm NAND flash" Yeah, same price-range as M4 and similar speeds give it away. Besides, there are only that many chips you can safely use in a commercial product nowadays. And 50% chance - it's Marvell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike2h 1 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 (edited) so what is the difference between it and the pxm2p? well anything besides the m2p uses 32(34?) and this drive uses 24 & has 5 yr warranty. am i missing something(again)? i thought the larger die nand gave increased durability. yeth the 24 has 5yrs & the larger 3 yr... Edited November 17, 2011 by mike2h Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin OBrien 58 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 Sounds like this one might be a more consumer focused drive where the other was aimed at business clients. Hard to say right now before having it in our hands but it might be a 16 versus 8 channel NAND configuration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike2h 1 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 wouldnt the business vers have the longer warranty tho? looking forward to that. am considering one of these 2 drives over the owc merc extreme. seems like the marvell controllers are more robust(by this i am talking about durability less problems) than the sandforce. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 157 Report post Posted November 17, 2011 Hard to tell exactly until we get it in our hands, the PR generally doesn't have the good bits like NAND configuration and the specific processor build. If they did as well with the M3 as they did with the latest M2, then there's good reason to be looking forward to it. I have to be honest, Plextor has really surprised me with their latest efforts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolmontlolmont lolmont 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 I just bought a 128gb m2p I have yet to open it should I exhange it for this or they pretty the much the same? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 157 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 It looks like they'll at least be close...if you got a good deal I'd hold on to it. We'll be getting our review unit next week it looks like. Will try to post some early results ASAP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolmontlolmont lolmont 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 Yeah that and I'm on sata 2, so I probably won't see a difference any difference in internals? also I paid $200 for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lolmontlolmont lolmont 0 Report post Posted November 18, 2011 Also thanks won't get to install it until mid dec as I just moved. Won't have time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_xi 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Guys, correct me if i'm wrong, but on the plextor site it is listed with the following specs: PX-128M3S --> Sequential Read (MB/S) 510 Sequential Write (MB/S) 210 Random Read (IOPS 4K) 70,000 Random Write (IOPS 4K) 50,000 PX-128M2P --> Sequential Read (MB/S) 500 Sequential Write (MB/S) 320 Random Read (IOPS 4K) 70,000 Random Write (IOPS 4K) 65,000 Both have 256MB cache. So it seems that the newer M3S is 15k IOPS slower with random 4k writes? How can that be..? I've noticed the M3S is cheaper then the M2P? Which one should I buy right now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 157 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 If you can wait a few hours, we'll have the M3S review up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_xi 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 Awesome... looking forward to the review Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike2h 1 Report post Posted December 6, 2011 same here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
