Review on Plextor M8Pe 256GB PCIe NVMe Internal SSDDrive with Heatsink (PX-256M8PeY) by Colin Zilinskas

The Asus Rampage motherboard I built my i7-6900K 8-core system on a few years ago didn't have a SATA M.2 slot, let alone the M. 2 NVMe slot, although it had enough room for USB 3.0 connectivity. I originally thought about remodeling with a new motherboard, but the user ratings for all the best new motherboards seem disappointing. I decided to keep my current build and add an NVMe board to the PCIe slot. I didn't think I would be so impressed with the speed difference between a SATA SSD and this NVMe card. The difference wasn't as noticeable as when comparing the speed of HDD to SATA SSD, but it was definitely noticeable. My 8-core box is used exclusively for my digital audio workstation (DAW)/video editing computer. After experimenting with the card for a while I decided not to use it as I would probably use an M.2 card (i.e. as the C: drive). I divided the map into two equal sections. I have labeled them D: and E: respectively. Drive D: Reserved for sample music libraries, which I temporarily move from a 4TB hard drive while working on a project (this improves the performance of Native Instruments' Kontakt Sampler MUCH compared to SSD storage). I use the E: section for video editing, and again, performance has been greatly improved in Premiere Pro, especially when rendering. Since it's the only NVMe storage I've ever used, I have no comparison. But I'm very happy with its performance compared to a SATA SSD, so I'd highly recommend it to anyone with disk-intensive applications.