Intel optain question

[IrishDunner]

Is Intel optain worth getting and what difference would getting 32gb over 16 make

[samcool55]

If you already have an SSD, no.

Tbh even if you don't it's not worth getting either. Just buy a normal SSD.

[Electric_Boi]

Rather buy an SSD.

[IrishDunner]

7 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

If you already have an SSD, no.

Tbh even if you don't it's not worth getting either. Just buy a normal SSD.

I have an 500 gb nvme as my main boot drive and a 4tb harddrive for everything else, just wondering the benefits of using it for the secondary drive

[SimplyGone]

5 minutes ago, IrishDunner said:

I have an 500 gb nvme as my main boot drive and a 4tb harddrive for everything else, just wondering the benefits of using it for the secondary drive

 

[kirashi]

14 hours ago, IrishDunner said:

Is Intel optain worth getting and what difference would getting 32gb over 16 make

Not worth it at all. You'd be better off getting a dedicated boot SSD for around the same price.

[IrishDunner]

12 hours ago, kirashi said:

Not worth it at all. You'd be better off getting a dedicated boot SSD for around the same price.

I have a Samsung 970 500gb nvme as my boot drive, this is a question for my secondary drive

[kirashi]

4 hours ago, IrishDunner said:

I have a Samsung 970 500gb nvme as my boot drive, this is a question for my secondary drive

Oh well then in that case definitely not. There's much more value to be had in accelerating the entire drive, unless you absolutely need 2 or more TB where say 90% of the files don't get touched often at all so that Optane can accelerate the remaining 10% of the files you do access frequently. Either way, I'd sooner spend my money on a drive that's compatible with any computer than a proprietary piece of hardware that Intel could choose to stop supporting as soon as the next chipsets are released.

[porina]

I've tried 32GB optane on a data drive (7200rpm 1TB 2.5" HD). Results... weren't great. Sustained write speeds were much lower than drive by itself. The workload I wanted to have a speed boost (full Ethereum node) didn't help, and the disk overall was still too slow for it to sync. Didn't test beyond that. It might be ok if you actually fun a few games regularly.