Intel 750 Series PCIe SSD Review

👤by Richard Weatherstone Comments 📅08-05-15
Conclusion

It's clear that NVMe is the way forward as far as SSDs are concerned, at least until the restrictions on SATA are resolved or lifted some how. The performance displayed over the last few pages shows just how much an advantage this protocol has over its SATA counterpart by not just bettering it rather it blows it clean out of the water. Even your standard PCIe SSD cannot hope to compete with the Intel drive which is a surprise given how much faster they are over traditional solid state drives.



Cost is ultimately going to be the deciding factor and here is where the new Intel drives may prove to be out of reach for many. For a little over £300, the 400GB offering is however still under £1 per GB. The 1.2TB drive costs considerably more at £816 but 1.2TB is a very good size for a desktop drive allowing you to store your OS, games and applications which will make use of that phenomenal speed, especially if you are running multiple applications simultaneously. However, we still think there should be some middle ground with a 800GB drive and hope Intel will come to their senses in delivering this but for now the two options are all we have.

'The best things in life are free'. How many times do we hear that? Sadly the storage Gods don't agree because the best consumer SSD is certainly not free however, it is the best and we think it is worth every penny. If you're a performance junkie, then you just have to get one! For everyone else you need to save up because this device will add more performance to your PC than any other currently on the market.

In summary:
If you want the best SSD, get the Intel 750 PCIe. Enough said!

Pros
+ Class leading read/write performance
+ Easy setup
+ 5 year warranty
+ Low Profile

Cons
- Expensive
- Backwards OS boot compatibility
- Green PCB




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