1 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:15,759 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the PlexTor M5 Pro. This is their new 2 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,440 flagship SSD drive. And uh let's let's 3 00:00:15,759 --> 00:00:21,279 start with just sort of a overview of the packaging. So this is cool. 7mm 4 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,640 height for Ultras Slim Notebook. So they have improved the compatibility of their 5 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:28,320 drive by reducing the height of it, which uh we're starting to see as a bit 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,559 of a trend with SSD manufacturers. This is good because ultrabooks are not going 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:36,719 away and we're going to continue to need slimmer and smaller storage devices that 8 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:41,040 maintain the performance standards that enthusiasts demand. Speaking of 9 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:44,719 maintaining performance standards, this features their exclusive firmware with 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:48,879 their true speed technology. True speed technology sounds like the kind of thing 11 00:00:46,719 --> 00:00:53,520 that you would find on like, you know, a motherboard box where it's like maintain 12 00:00:51,520 --> 00:01:00,239 more performance and more better over time. And the reality of it is True 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:03,199 Speed is not um is not snake oil. True 14 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:08,640 Speed is real. True Speed is Plexto's way of saying that their firmware 15 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:12,240 through exclusive algorithms and through 16 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:14,479 the talent of their engineering team. 17 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:19,920 Plexor firmware is able to better maintain the like new speed of the drive 18 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:24,080 over time compared to their competitors. It has been tested. it has been 19 00:01:21,439 --> 00:01:29,600 validated by third-party sources and it's very very impressive. So, Plexto is 20 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:34,720 sort of like um here how do we how do we compare them? They're sort of like Intel 21 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:37,840 in that they are the company that is doing the firmware. They're doing the 22 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:42,720 validation of their drive. They're doing the manufacturer of their drive, but 23 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:46,479 they're not actually the designer and manufacturer of the hardware chip 24 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:50,640 controller that goes on it. So, Plexto's M5 Pro is actually using a brand new 25 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:55,360 controller. Here, we'll start opening it up here. This is Marvel's newest, latest 26 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:59,680 controller. So, you know Marvel controllers from high performance drives 27 00:01:57,119 --> 00:02:05,399 in the past, such as Plexar's own drives or Crucial Drives. However, Plexor is 28 00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:11,160 the first one with the 8855987 controller. And I know that's 29 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:14,080 not a sexy name, but what Marll seems 30 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:17,599 to well seems to be capable of doing is delivering wicked controllers. And what 31 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:22,000 we know that Plexor is capable of doing is delivering wicked firmwares. So I'm 32 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:25,840 very excited to see how this drive performs once we actually get it fired 33 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:29,680 up. It's using Toggle Nan, which again is the fastest, most premium NAND, which 34 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:36,160 stands to reason because this is not a cheap inexpensive drive. It's got 512 35 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:37,920 megs of cache. That is DDR3 1333 cache, 36 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:42,239 which is one of the fastest caches out there. So it is well, it's 37 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:46,640 state-of-the-art. This new controller from Marvel is actually technically SATA 38 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:50,879 3.1. So even though that looks like a standard SATA, SATA 2, SATA 3 uh data 39 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:55,280 and power connector, it actually supports a couple of new things, 40 00:02:53,440 --> 00:03:00,239 including most importantly the ability to prioritize trim commands. So it not 41 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:03,840 only supports trim, but it can wait to do trim in order to finish some 42 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:07,440 outstanding IO's and then execute the trim command in order to improve 43 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:13,280 efficiency. as long as you have a compatible controller on the other side 44 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:15,280 of the of the data connection. So, this 45 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:19,040 drive I can tell you guys right now is pretty much at the top in terms of the 46 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:23,040 sequential read and write performance. However, there's a lot more to it 47 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,599 necessarily than that when it comes to drive performance. So, you can see 48 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:30,239 what's their specs. So, they're saying up to 540 megs per second reads and up 49 00:03:28,239 --> 00:03:34,000 to 450 megs per second right. So those reads are the fastest out there and the 50 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:38,959 rights lag just a little bit behind the vertex 4. Random read and random write 51 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:43,680 IOPS again are pretty much class leading. So I'm expecting very very good 52 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:48,080 performance from this drive. Their mean time between failure is 53 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:51,680 2,400,000 hours. So remember guys, meanantime between failure uses an 54 00:03:49,599 --> 00:03:56,080 industry standard method to determine what the average time for failure for. I 55 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,799 think they have to use something like uh however many hundreds of drives at a 56 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,319 time. and they run them all through a standardized test and see how many of 57 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:05,840 them fail and after how long to determine how long it would take for the 58 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,319 drives to fail on average. Let's just see if see if they have anything else to 59 00:04:07,519 --> 00:04:14,239 say for themselves besides that. So, enterprise standard high temperature 60 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:17,120 burn-in process. Uh Plex instant restore technology maintains SSD performance. 61 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:21,440 Oh, right. So, you can restore it to a like new state um using their tools very 62 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:24,800 very easily. I did forget to mention that. Low power consumption, disc 63 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:30,000 cloning and backup utility included. Neat. Okay. So, yeah, let's have a look at what's included in the box. So, we've 64 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,960 got a 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in adapter. All the mounting screws you 65 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:38,320 need, although if you're installing it in a notebook, which you can cuz it's slim, um it'll you'll it'll probably 66 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:44,720 come with the mounting adapters that you need. A Ziploc baggie 67 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:46,160 includes Oh, neat. Oh, neat. Look at 68 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:50,000 that. Comes with SSD performance analyzer. Um I mean, I guess they're not 69 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,400 shy about their performance because they're they're Plexar. I mean, I had a 70 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:56,000 meeting with them and they were like, "Yeah, yeah, we we're pretty much the 71 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:59,520 best when it comes to quality and performance." Um, I I actually didn't 72 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,280 even know this at the time, but they're one of the top manufacturers in the 73 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,880 world. So, a lot of the drives you buy with other brand names on them uh may 74 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:11,440 actually be manufactured by Plexor, so bear that in mind. I included software 75 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:14,960 Echo, Backup Now Easy, and bonus trials. Ninja software trial, Shadow software 76 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:19,919 trial, MediaMaker software trial. Okay, interesting. Quick installation guide, 77 00:05:17,039 --> 00:05:22,960 limited warranty. Uh, this is a 5-year warranty product, so they are standing 78 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:26,639 behind it there. Sorry, I did forget to mention that on the front. Um, so that 79 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:32,240 is right up there with competing products like the O Intel 520 series and 80 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:36,960 the OCZ Vertex 4. So there you have it. That's the unboxing of the PlexTor M5P. 81 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:41,759 This is the true successor to the M3P using a last generation controller and 82 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,960 this is a very exciting time for SSD enthusiasts. Don't forget to subscribe 83 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,720 to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.