Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB NVMe M.2 vs Intel Optane Memory 32GB M.2 NVMe HDD Accelerator

[sazal4]

my pc config: 
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB 
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB 
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB 
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB  
MBD: Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF
 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id get a nand ssd for boot.

 

Id probaby not get a 970, get a cheaper 500gb drive, the extra space is much better than the slight speed improvement.

[Drama Lama]

Samsung EVO drives don’t have a good price to performance 

 

unless you need super high reliability in which case you should get something better than an EVO

get a cheaper drive it’ll probably do just fine 

[Sorenson]

Intel optane is a bad idea IMO. It causes the hard drive to show up as an SSD so windows won't defragment it. You have to separate the optane drive periodically to defragment the drive which is a pain IMO. At least that is how it worked when I looked into it last year. 

[Mateyyy]

A good SSD will always be better than an accelerated HDD, and that's what you want for an OS drive.

 

As mentioned above, Samsung SSDs really aren't the best value-wise for what they offer.

For example, for the same price that a 250GB 970 Evo comes in at, you can get a 500GB Silicon Power P34A80 which will offer virtually identical performance, but at half the $/GB.

[Korben]

14 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

For example, for the same price that a 250GB 970 Evo comes in at, you can get a 500GB Silicon Power P34A80 which will offer virtually identical performance, but at half the $/GB.

Well I get suspicious when I read thing like this (about the Silicon Power drive):

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The manufacturer's speed specifications differ depending on which country version of the manufacturer's website is viewed.

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This SSD is sold with Phison PS5012-E12 controller paired with Toshiba TLC NAND and with Silicon Motion SM2262ENG controller paired with IMFT TLC NAND.

I agree Samsung is not the best in price/performance, but to compare it with that kind of drive... urgs

[sazal4]

my pc config: 
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB 
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB 
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB 
RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB  
MBD: Gigabyte GA-Z370M DS3H-CF 

thank you 

[Mateyyy]

6 minutes ago, Korben said:

Well I get suspicious when I read thing like this (about the Silicon Power drive):

And 

I agree Samsung is not the best in price/performance, but to compare it with that kind of drive... urgs

The SM2262EN controller is also used in the HP EX950 and ADATA SX8200 Pro, and is pretty much on par with the Phison E12 and Samsung Phoenix controllers for the vast majority of workloads/use cases. The only "problem" about the SM2262EN is that it tends to slow down a little more than its competitors when the NAND flash it completely full, but filling up an SSD isn't a good idea anyway.

 

If that's that much of a concern in your opinion, for $5-10 more you can get a WD SN750, Sabrent Rocket, Corsair MP510, or either of the two SSDs I mentioned previously.

[porina]

Get the SSD, install the OS on it, and anything else you care about for performance. Keep HD for bulk storage.

 

Optane Memory as a cache wasn't a bad idea, but just isn't value in most use cases.

[Jurrunio]

Actually usable SSD for boot drive use versus a prototype only good for helping HDDs? Not comparable.