Intel has a historically stellar track record in the SSD market with their full stable of consumer, enterprise and datacenter drives continually receiving top grades on our pages. One of the highlights has been the 730-series which combined ?at the time- class leading performance, great endurance ratings and Intel's iron-clad warranty structure. It also sparked a great deal of discussion when, just before the holiday season, Intel reduced its price by a good 30% across all capacity levels. While many snapped up the drives, others were left wondering if the fire-sale signaled a replacement was just around the corner and now we have the answer. Say hello to the new Intel 750-series SSDs.

The 750-series may be the spiritual successor to the 730 but it does things a bit differently. Gone is the standard SATA interface, focus on power consumption and compatibility with notebooks. In their place is a raw, unadulterated enthusiast drive architecture that utilizes an NVMe backbone and been built from the ground up to provide massive performance regardless of such niceties like efficiency or adherence to smaller form factors. We?ve already seen what NVMe can do when tied at the hip to Intel's current enterprise-centric architectures so there's potential for many of the benefits to now trickle down from the enterprise market into enthusiasts? hands.