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The M7V comes in an attractive blue, green and white box. The front advertises key features like the drive's 512GB capacity, SATA 6Gbps interface and support for Plextor's PlexTurbo, PlexCompressor and PlexVault technologies. The back of the box provides a bit more information regarding the M7V's features, specifications and box contents.
Plextor doesn't include a lot of extras with the M7V. Aside from the SSD, the only other thing in the box is a small, fold out guide containing warranty information as well as some brief installation instructions for both desktop and notebook computers in a number of different languages.
Physical Features:
Like Plextor's previous SSDs, the M7V is very well constructed. The drive's outer casing is made entirely out of metal. Along with it being strong and durable, it is very lightweight. On top of that, its brushed aluminum finish looks great.
As I mentioned earlier, the M7V uses Marvell's 88SS1074B1 controller. Manufactured using an advanced 28nm CMOS process, the controller features support for 15nm TLC/MLC/SLC and 3D NAND. The 88SS1074B1 also offers low power support with integrated DEVSLP (Device Sleep) as well as Marvell’s third generation NANDEdge error-correcting, low-density parity check (LDPC) technology for superior endurance and reliability.
For the 512GB version of the M7V, Plextor has opted to use Toshiba's 15nm Toggle Mode TLC NAND flash. Looking at the pictures above, you can see that there are four 64GB NAND flash packages on either side of the PCB. The drive also has 512MB and 256MB NANYA DDR3L memory chips that are used for caching.
