Intel® SSD 750 Series (400GB, 1/2 Height PCIe 3.0, 20nm, MLC)
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06/07/2016
SummaryThe Intel 750 Series in its 2.5″ U.2 form, “the cabled NVMe solution” brings you all the performance of the M.2 SSD, but in a 2.5″ 15mm size. The 750 in this form factor comes with either a U.2 to SAS and M.2 to SAS cables so it will work in any mother...
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04/21/2016
SummaryFor workstation users, the Intel SSD 750 series is a perfect mix of performance, cost and features. This is a true enterprise part that is targeted at workstation users, but it's affordable enough for power users and enthusiasts. The 800GB model fills t...
Link to full reviewProsThe SSD 750 800GB offers high performance and largecapacity storage that you can't get in another NVMebased product (other than the 1.2TB model). This is the drive that we asked for from the start of this series, and it delivers just about everywhere....
ConsIt's difficult to attack Intel on the price, since this drive is so advanced and requires so many components. It does sell for $1 per gigabyte, and that can be hard to swallow for some.
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01/18/2016
SummaryThe Intel 750 PCIe SSD is truly a remarkable and ground breaking drive! This is well worth every penny!...
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08/31/2015
SummaryAs we mentioned at the beginning of this article, it is important to keep in mind that the Intel SSD 750 Series 1.2 TiB and the Kingston HyperX Predator 480 GiB are not direct competitors. Even while both of them use a PCI Express x4 interface, they have...
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08/04/2015
SummarySince the first consumer SSDs hit our PCs, they've been piggy-backing highlatency mechanical drive tech in terms of their interfaces and protocols. In the beginning of the SSD revolution, running across the 600MB/s limit of the SATA 6Gb/s interface wasn't...
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07/23/2015
SummaryLet us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as system drives.Outstanding sequential reading and writing performance, even at very low queue depths.Outstanding 4K random writing performance, at low a...
Link to full reviewProsSilky smooth operation as system drives, Outstanding sequential reading and writing performance, even at very low queue depths, Outstanding 4K random writing performance, at low and high queue depths, Outstanding 4k random reading performance at very l...
ConsPrice. The Intel 750 NVMe SSD is expensive, A little bit slow to boot Windows 8.1
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05/27/2015
SummaryIt will require a bit of updating and possibly a tricky installation to use it in your DIY desktop, but the Intel SSD 750 Series is the fastest consumer-level solid-state drive around...
Link to full reviewProsFastest consumer-grade storage. Blazing throughput via a new NVMe interface. PCIe and 2.5-inch form factors.
ConsBottom Line, It will require a bit of updating and possibly a tricky installation to use it in your DIY desktop, but the Intel SSD 750 Series is the fastest consumer-level solid-state drive around
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05/08/2015
SummaryDuring the early days of the Tesla Model S, Elon Musk's then-latest gift to humanity famously broke the NHTSA's roof crush testing machine. A leap forward in a given technology can outpace the conventional measures of that technology's success, and so tho...
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04/30/2015
SummaryA couple of weeks later we posted a story looking into the compatibility of the SSD 750 with different motherboards and chipsets . We found that booting from the SSD 750 Series products is indeed going to require specific motherboards and platforms simply...
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04/27/2015
SummaryThis scorching-fast, cutting-edge SSD implements the new NVMe specification and speeds past any other consumer drive we've tested to date. It's a storage speedster's dream drive, but attaining those awesome speeds will take some work—and, maybe, upgrades...
Link to full reviewProsBy far the fastest consumer SSD available, First consumer-focused drive with NVMe interface, Reasonably priced per gigabyte, given performance and capacity, Available in add-in card and 2.5-inch form factors
Cons2.5-inch drive requires clunky adapter to connect to M.2 slot, Only recent Intel chipsets officially supported, and most boards require a BIOS update, No midrange capacity, Some SATA drives offer better rated endurance, longer warranties
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04/23/2015
SummaryThe Intel X25-M 80GB SSD came out in 2008 and Legit Reviews had the privilege of looking at that drive and discovering first hand that SSDs were going to be the next big thing. We knew Intel had something special when it came to SSDs as even way then they...
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04/17/2015
SummaryThe Intel 750 Series SSD PCI-Express 1.2 TB retails for $1200. Epic performance Insane sequential transfer speeds NVMe for minimized latency 5 year warranty Compact. Low-profile, half-length High price per gigabyte Low performance per dollar Booting Windo...
Link to full reviewProsEpic performance, Insane sequential transfer speeds, NVMe for minimized latency, 5 year warranty, Compact. Low-profile, half-length
ConsHigh price per gigabyte, Low performance per dollar, Booting Windows 7 not supported, Blocks CrossFire/SLI on Z97 platform, Low MySQL Enterprise performance
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04/13/2015
SummaryI am still a little shocked as to what we just tested, never ever I have seen anything this fast. Everything is done right and impressive. Excruciating performance and power-loss protection come to mind as key factor. You do need to use the right combina...
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04/09/2015
SummaryFor years Intel has been criticized for not caring about the client SSD space anymore. The X25-M and its different generations were all brilliant drives and essentially defined the standards for a good client SSD, but since then none of Intel's client SSD...
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04/08/2015
SummaryLet's start with the performance as this is the most exciting aspect of any new NVMe SSD. The Intel SSD 750 Series 1.2TB was a mixed bag, offering blistering fast performance and yet at times was downright slow.The SSD 750 Series killed our file copy test...
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04/06/2015
SummaryPCIe-based SSDs are becoming more and more popular with computer enthusiasts thanks to lower prices and superior bandwidth when compared with SATA drives. SSD manufacturers like OCZ have capitalized on this market by introducing the OCZ RevoDrive 350, whi...
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04/03/2015
SummaryThe Intel 750 Series is a really interesting set of drives. I suspect a lot of people are going to be baffled the first time they see one of the 2.5 inch drives. At this point, most enthusiasts and gamers have seen or heard of PCIe drives, but a PCIe dr...
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04/03/2015
SummarySince we heard that Intel 'August Ridge' SSDs would ship in PCIe form, with speeds exceeding 1000MB/s, we've been eagerly waiting for their return to the enthusiast desktop market. The company is now ready to deliver on the promise with its first PCI Expr...
Link to full reviewProsBlistering fast, fastest
ConsPossible performance drops when working with small data. Expensive. Potential compatibility issues with older X79 and Z87 platforms.
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04/02/2015
SummaryThe Intel SSD 750 PCIe 1.2TB in a word, would be speed. It's a PCIe SSD capable of making excellent use of the PCI Express bus where all the bandwidth is readily available. In fact, it's essentially RAID 0 on a card using one volume. That bandwidth reache...
Link to full reviewProsSuperb bandwidth and performance, Very easy to setup and manage, Highly compatible
ConsPremium Price, No current plans for less expensive solutions
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04/02/2015
SummaryFind the Intel SSD 750 at AmazonIt's easy to get excited about PCI Express Solid State Drives, because they're so damn fast. Then again, we've seen a lot of these types of drives here. After a while, to be frank, even though we're measuring throughput in ...
Link to full reviewProsFastest Consumer PCIe SSD Yet, No SATA Bottleneck, 5Year Warranty, Competitive Pricing
ConsNot compatible with many legacy X79 and Z87 platforms as a boot drive
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04/02/2015
SummaryIntoxicating.If we had to describe the Intel 750 in a single word, that would be it. If we had to describe it in two words it would still be intoxicating, but prefaced by an adjective that no longer made this a family friendly review.We all thought that S...
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04/02/2015
SummaryThe 750 Series SSD is enterprise trickle-down elevated to a high art. This descendant of Intel's latest datacenter drives is a rare beast even in PCI Express circles. With a four-lane Gen3 interface backed by the next-gen NVM Express protocol, the 750 Se...
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04/02/2015
SummaryThe Intel 750 series is a storage enthusiast's dream come true and a penny savers nightmare, but who cares about those penny savers anyways? They have a wide variety of entry level SSD storage to choose from. The storage enthusiasts are the ones that real...
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