Intel optane + HDD vs M.2

D3addr0p · May 24, 2018

So a few questions I do have:

1.) Does Intel Optane speed up the entire drive? So far as I've read and watched is that first time loading is HDD speed but second time is SSD speed.

2.)Storage or speed? If i'm getting m.2 it will be 512GB but if HDD it will be 2TB, none will cause issues since I already have a 2TB external + a laptop with 2TB. Use case will be for 3D modeling, media consumption, media creation(videos/music/photos) and gaming.

3.)Should I meet in the middle and just get a SSD?

4.)Does M.2 lower boot times from SSD?

Edit : meant getting the samsung ssd in m.2 form

May 24, 2018

The optane isn't made of magic, it can't boost your entire hdd. For example if you get the 32gb optane, it will just cache 32gb of the most used files to the optane, but the other less used files still remain on the hdd.

I would just get a ssd, for consistant performance.

Electronics Wizardy · May 24, 2018

m.2 is a form factore. It isn't any faster or slower than a normall ssd. also optane memory is a m.2

opatne is a cache, so it works like a cache. It tries to guess what needs to be accesed often, and it loads that on optane, and if its not on optane it will be at hdd speeds.

Id probaly suggest just getting a large ssd like a micron 1100 here.

Princess Luna · May 24, 2018

NVMe is useless for a mainstream usage PC (Gaming).

M.2 alone is not always NVMe there are SATA3 M.2 too so be aware of that.

Intel Optane is the most useless product Intel has made since the i5 7640X

unijab · May 24, 2018

2 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Intel Optane is the most useless product Intel has made since the i5 7640X

There are several optane based products... if you are talking about the optane memory modules... then yeah there is a pretty small market for using them.

The optane 800p / 900p / and 905p are certainly priced really high. but far from useless.