Intel Optane vs SSD

[Spaceman_Wil]

I am looking on upgrading my overall drive speed. I currently have a 128GB SSD, a 1TB Drive, and a 3TB Drive. My HDDs are both 7200rpm. Right now I am trying to decide on a 500GB SSD or a Stick of the Intel Optane. My question is would the Intel Optane make a big enough difference system wide to justify purchasing it over an SSD?

[Guest]

In my opinion: no. I'd get a real SSD over optane any day.

[EarthWormJM2]

As Konrad stated, No. Get an SSD. Optane will almost match SSD speeds after it caches its data. But an SSD will still be faster. Also, Optane only works on z270 (b250) and z370 boards, would be nice if it supported older boards, thats where more of the market for an Optane module would be.

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, EarthWormJM2 said:

would be nice if it supported older boards, thats where more of the market for an Optane module would be.

Tell me about it. It could really help older systems, but Intel had to go pull an Apple and force people to upgrade everything if they want the new shiny.

I keep waiting for this artificial limit to be bypassed/hacked/broken.

[Jurrunio]

Depends on how big the capacity of that Optane drive is. 3D XPoint has much lower latency than standard NAND-based SSDs so it is a better SSD. It's just too expensive to be worth buying at this point.

[kirashi]

10 hours ago, Spaceman_Wil said:

My question is would the Intel Optane make a big enough difference system wide to justify purchasing it over an SSD?

No, buying literally any SSD, even one with a SATAII 3Gb/s interface, is much more justifiable than purchasing any Optane modules at current market prices.

[Spaceman_Wil]

10 hours ago, kirashi said:

No, buying literally any SSD, even one with a SATAII 3Gb/s interface, is much more justifiable than purchasing any Optane modules at current market prices.

I keep seeing the 32GB Module at $60 on Amazon with prime. Is that price too high?

[kirashi]

5 hours ago, Spaceman_Wil said:

I keep seeing the 32GB Module at $60 on Amazon with prime. Is that price too high?

Yes, because for $10 more you can get a 250GB Crucial SATA SSD. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV/

[nosirrahx]

I am an Optane user but can verify that they are really just tech preview toys. The cheaper ones are too small and not really that fast compared to NVMe and the really great ones are way too expensive. I cannot recommend them at this time to anyone other than enthusiasts that like to play with new tech for fun.

[nosirrahx]

From left to right this is:

2 800P in RAID 0

905P

4 900P in VROC 0



These are obviously crazy numbers but the price is far more crazy and simply not worth it. In a few years everything will be this fast but the price will be at least 75% less.

For fast and reliable with decent capacity the 860 EVO is a really great drive.

[TechyBen]

On 25/06/2018 at 4:42 PM, Radium_Angel said:

Tell me about it. It could really help older systems, but Intel had to go pull an Apple and force people to upgrade everything if they want the new shiny.

I keep waiting for this artificial limit to be bypassed/hacked/broken.

To get the real benefits, caching needs to be run on the hardware level (like networking or raid, the real benefits are super fast coding, and hardware can be made like this, coding fast for all setups is really really hard).

 

However, Optain is still proprietary... and expensive. So for now an SSD can be setup very similar and be just as fast (Install OS and move games across by hand).

[sahas27]

On 6/25/2018 at 9:02 PM, Spaceman_Wil said:

I am looking on upgrading my overall drive speed. I currently have a 128GB SSD, a 1TB Drive, and a 3TB Drive. My HDDs are both 7200rpm. Right now I am trying to decide on a 500GB SSD or a Stick of the Intel Optane. My question is would the Intel Optane make a big enough difference system wide to justify purchasing it over an SSD?

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