What is up with these Samsung 750 series

[BarkingGhostar]

So, I was on MC website and on the front page they were selling Samsung Evo 750 drives for about $10 less for 120/250GB versions. These are targeted at the discount channel, I think, but what about them is bad over the 840/850?

I was thinking of buying a couple of the 250GB ($67/ea) for cloning the wife's iMac internal HDD.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Well, they're Planar TLC, like the 840 Evo. Not so good for longevity, and some people complained about read slowdowns for "stale" data. (For the 840, I haven't heard any reports about the 750 Evo yet.)

Edit: OTOH, they're Samsung drives, and generally, they are worth the slight premium over cheaper similar models.

 

[Brado78]

The 750 Evo series are Samsung's first stab at the "Budget" market for SSD's. Starting with 120gb and 250gb drives. Samsung has now introduced a 500gb model. Like Virtual Larry said, using the inferior Planar TLC, and probably a Firmware update, the 750 evo doesn't have the longevity or endurance as the 850 evo. The 120gb 850 evo is no longer in production, I wouldn't be surprised if the 250gb 850 evo won't be in production much longer...