1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:09,599 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the Plexor M5 Pro Extreme. 2 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:15,519 Now, the most important thing about this drive in comparison to the previous 3 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:18,640 generation M5 Pro is actually that it 4 00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:21,279 has mostly been tuned. It also includes 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:26,160 NTI's SSD solution suite for Plexor and has a couple of installation keys and 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:29,359 backup now easy installation keys. So, they've included the any drive utilities 7 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,680 that you might need with the drive, which I don't remember being included with the non-extreme edition. There's a 8 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:38,480 quick installation guide as well as a limited warranty card and of course the 9 00:00:36,239 --> 00:00:43,200 drive itself. Now, a lot of people might not know this, but Plexar is actually a 10 00:00:40,879 --> 00:00:47,840 major SSD manufacturer. They not only make their own SSDs, which are using 11 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:52,320 Marvel controllers with custom firmwares that include their true speed and true 12 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:56,879 protect technology. So true speed is basically their way of saying that uh 13 00:00:55,120 --> 00:01:00,640 regardless of sort of you know like the drives use trim but regardless of all of 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:05,119 that the drive is constantly performing maintenance on itself to keep it at or 15 00:01:02,879 --> 00:01:09,520 near its brand new performance. And then true protect basically means uh 16 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:14,159 unparalleled security and data accuracy. So that includes full drive AES 17 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:18,080 encryption as well as enterprisegrade features like the burn-in that they do 18 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:21,840 on this drive. So, they pretty much guarantee with like a very very 19 00:01:20,479 --> 00:01:25,119 intensive burn-in that you're not going to get a DOA unit and that the flash 20 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,479 that they're using is of the highest possible grade. Now, the only thing 21 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:31,759 that's really changed between here, I'm going to see if I can find it in my uh 22 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:37,040 we're actually going to be doing a roundup on NCX Tech Tips with this drive 23 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:40,159 and a number of other high performance drives. So, I'll I'll pick out sort of 24 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:45,439 some of the drives we're going to look at. Vertex 4, we're probably not going to include. M4, I think, is in our 25 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:50,159 results. Vector will definitely be compared. There's the original M5 Pro. 26 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:55,360 So, it looks pretty much identical, but with some tweaks, they have reached a 27 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:57,119 100,000 IOPS with the new extreme 28 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:02,719 edition. So, what that means is that should put it right up there with the 29 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:08,640 Samsung 2840s with the Samsung 840 Pro in terms 30 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:12,080 of its read performance. So, these are going to be the drives that we're mostly 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:16,000 focused on here because these are the top performing drives in the market. And 32 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:20,160 the Plex M5 Pro Extreme is priced like a top drive. It also has a 5-year warranty 33 00:02:18,239 --> 00:02:25,920 like the other top drives. So, Neutron GTX, Vector, and uh Samsung's 840 Pro 34 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:29,200 all have that same 5-year warranty. And in terms of spec, you can see the reads 35 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:35,120 and rights are sort of very, very impressive, but it comes down to what we 36 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,560 find in the real world um in terms of 37 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:41,360 the actual performance. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the Plexar M5 Pro Extreme. Don't 38 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,680 forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.