Another enthusiast SSD enters the ring. Most solid-state drives (SSDs) deliver good sequential read and write performance. Better SSDs use trickle-down technology from the enterprise space to offer more resilient performance once the drive is in a well-used state, and it's this used-state performance that differentiates quality SSDs from entry-level models.

Plying the enthusiast scene is Plextor whose consumer SSD line-up is headlined by the M6 Pro range. Offering a five-year warranty, enterprise-grade features and a promise of long-term performance, Plextor also imbues the drive with its caching PlexTurbo software.