Plextor EX1 Portable SSD Review

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Plextor joins the portable SSD rat race with a slim and attractive design. The new EX1 promises high performance but planar TLC paired with a DRAMless Marvell controller tells a different story.

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[Breno_]

"takes advantage of the 3.1 Generation 2 specification for up to 10GB/s" <---
Just the typo/autocorrect that happens all the time.
An interesting product at a well-placed price point.
Thanks for the review.

 

[mandar156]

I hope we will see similar NVMe based products in near future

 

[samer.forums]

Samsung T5 , and WD my passport SSD should be included in the tables here , they are the best external SSD in the market today.

 

[g-unit1111]

Samsung T5 , and WD my passport SSD should be included in the tables here , they are the best external SSD in the market today.

Yeah I agree, I have a Samsung T3 and it's a great drive. I would definitely buy a T5 easily.

 

[jsfitz54]

Which Firmware version did you use? Newest is 1.02.

 

[Lostinlodos]

And why would I chose this $189 old tech drive over the Samsung 850 EVO 1tb drive for $249? With modern flash and a modern controller!? Or the 512GB that costs LESS?