The PX-128M2S comes in a small, blue and silver box. While there aren't a lot of details on the front, the back of the box has a small picture of the SSD as well as some information regarding its features, specifications and box contents. Inside, you'll find the SSD, a quick installation guide, warranty card and a CD containing Acronis True Image.
Physical Features:
Like Plextor's PX-M1 series SSDs, the PX-128M2S is very well constructed. The drive's outer casing is made out of cast aluminum. Along with it being strong and durable, the casing is very lightweight. On top of that, its brushed aluminum finish and machined edges look great.
Upon opening the case, I was a bit surprised to see how small the PX-128M2S's PCB was. For whatever reason, Plextor has placed a 1.8" form factor PCB inside of a 2.5" case. The only real reason I can see for this is that Plextor plans to offer a line of 1.8" SSDs in the near future.
As I mentioned earlier, the PX-128M2S uses Marvell's 88SS9174-BKK2 controller chip. The 88SS9174-BKK2 can be found in a number of other high-performance SSD's including the Corsair Performance 3 Series and Intel SSD 510 Series.
Looking at the pictures above, you can see that both sides of the PCB are covered in memory chips. For the PX-128M2S, Plextor opted to use Toshiba's 32nm TH58TVG7D2FBA89 Toggle Mode NAND flash chips. The drive also has a single 128MB Nanya NT5CB64M16AP-CF DDR3-1333 memory chip that is used for caching and garbage collection.
