Should i buy Intel OPTANE?
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DarkSable
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Nope. Nothing will make HDDs great again: they will ALWAYS be flawed from conception. Why? Because they're mechanical.
Given that SSDs are faster, don't have moving parts to suddenly screw you over, and are coming down in price, it makes ZERO sense to regress the other direction.
The only thing that Optane sticks (The NVME ones, I'm holding judgement on the RAM sticks) are good for is making 1-2 year old computers (so that they have an m.2 slot) that are super low end and already feeling slow feel a bit faster.
Given that SSDs are faster, don't have moving parts to suddenly screw you over, and are coming down in price, it makes ZERO sense to regress the other direction.
The only thing that Optane sticks (The NVME ones, I'm holding judgement on the RAM sticks) are good for is making 1-2 year old computers (so that they have an m.2 slot) that are super low end and already feeling slow feel a bit faster.
Intel Optane basically tuns your HDD into an SSHD. It uses caching to speed up loading of programs.
The only advantage it has to an SSHD is the storage, but 16GB for $50 isn't really worth it.
SSD is the way to go, $120 can get you a 250GB. Cruicial MX300 is a popular option among the cheaper ones.
Samusng 850 Evo among the faster ones and Samsung 960 PRO among the M.2 extremely fast.
The only advantage it has to an SSHD is the storage, but 16GB for $50 isn't really worth it.
SSD is the way to go, $120 can get you a 250GB. Cruicial MX300 is a popular option among the cheaper ones.
Samusng 850 Evo among the faster ones and Samsung 960 PRO among the M.2 extremely fast.
Barty1884
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Octane, at it's core (currently) is a cache drive.
An SSD will at least match, if not outperform and HDD + Octane setup - and it'll give you more storage for the money.
You're looking at $77 for a 32GB Octane cache drive..... vs $77 for a 240GB SSD from Sandisk:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8jH48d/sandisk-ssd-plus-240gb-25-solid-state-drive-sdssda-240g-g26
Coupled with the cost/performance ratio, Octane is only compatible with KabyLake, it seems a wasted effort in it's current consumer-form.
An SSD will at least match, if not outperform and HDD + Octane setup - and it'll give you more storage for the money.
You're looking at $77 for a 32GB Octane cache drive..... vs $77 for a 240GB SSD from Sandisk:
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8jH48d/sandisk-ssd-plus-240gb-25-solid-state-drive-sdssda-240g-g26
Coupled with the cost/performance ratio, Octane is only compatible with KabyLake, it seems a wasted effort in it's current consumer-form.
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