patseguin Global Moderator Posted November 29, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2017 Just finished my new build and my Asus Maximus Hero board says it is Intel Optane ready. What exactly is that and is it worth looking into and buying for performance reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted November 29, 2017 Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2017 https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/intel-optane-technology.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipsylalapo Supervisor Posted November 29, 2017 Supervisor Share Posted November 29, 2017 ^ Beat me to it Newegg are selling a 480GB SSD that's Optane Ready for $600, unless you have money to spare. I'd say it's probably not worth it. Xahid and Mindovermaster 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted November 29, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2017 Talking about the 32 and/or 64 GB Optane nVME drives? Might be worth it if you're just running spinners (would be like a HDD/hybrid on steroids)... if your operating system is already on a SSD ... probably not. Talking about the more expensive Optane SSDs...noooooo...I'd rather go with the 960's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted November 29, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2017 Optane sure is fast but not worth the price at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theefool Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) A review of it: https://www.anandtech.com/show/11953/the-intel-optane-ssd-900p-review The price on these, IMHO, is pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted November 29, 2017 Author Global Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Jim K said: Talking about the 32 and/or 64 GB Optane nVME drives? Might be worth it if you're just running spinners (would be like a HDD/hybrid on steroids)... if your operating system is already on a SSD ... probably not. Talking about the more expensive Optane SSDs...noooooo...I'd rather go with the 960's. I have a 512GB 960 Pro M2 for OS and common games I run then I use a 2 drive raid 3TB volume for other stuff. Sounds like it's probably not worth the extra expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 as stated above its a new name for an old tech of caching platter drives using an SSD. On RAID platters, meh hardly worth it, it only speeds cached R/Ws which can be done using iRST and ASUS ROG RAMCache II to do basically the same with some system RAM. if running just SSDS its pointless. with my sig rig, ive disabled it. id rather use the NVME slots for actual data drives tbh. Just remember youll lose 2 sata ports if you use both M2 slots. Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted November 29, 2017 Global Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, patseguin said: I have a 512GB 960 Pro M2 for OS and common games I run then I use a 2 drive raid 3TB volume for other stuff. Sounds like it's probably not worth the extra expense. Nope..not worth it in your setup. If you only had HDDs and you're on a budget...it probably would be. patseguin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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