Plextor M5S 256GB Review
by Kristian Vättö on July 18, 2012 3:00 AM ESTPower Consumption
Idle power consumption is marginally lower compared to the M3 and M3 Pro. The difference is so small that it should not affect real world battery life, though.
Power consumption during sequential and random writes is noticeably higher than what the M3 and M3 Pro consumed. This is a small dissapointment because one of the main reasons I liked the M3 Pro was its power efficiency, yet high performance. I had hopes that the M5S would have adopted the power characteristics of M3 Pro, but that's definitely not the case. The change in NAND supplier might have some effect on power consumption, although not this big. Hopefully power consumption under load will be improved in future firmware updates - our review unit is using 1.00 firmware after all.
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waldojim42 - Saturday, July 21, 2012 - link
I finally picked up my M3 about 2 weeks ago now, just in time for the M5s to be released. No regrets here. I am using this in my W520 notebook, and the machine loves it. It is disappointing to see how much performance the new drive lost just to make it more marketable.inplainview - Saturday, July 28, 2012 - link
There is no such thing as a pre-order. You either order or you don't order...alan1476 - Saturday, September 1, 2012 - link
Newegg reviews are very bias, only the people with drives that 1. They do not know how install, using ACHI Mode) or they are using the wrong posts, or they actually have a bad drive, you never know with those reviews. Everyone that buys from Newegg is an expert. LOL.