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Whats best a revodrive 3 card or M.2 card I have a PC with the revodrive 3 and its fast I use the drive as my boot C:\ drive and all other storage on a standard Hdd.
I also have a PC with an M.2 using same storage configuration boot drive M.2 and Hdd for storage.
But now I see there is Optane.
Need to know best option to build new PC using I5 7600. also MB recommendations for this.

its confusing as to which way to go.
 
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m.2 is a size format.
It can be either sata based or pcie based.
Pcie based is faster in sequential, but otherwise comparable in random I/O

Today, optane tops out at 32gb and is intended as a cache for a hard drive.
It is debatable how useful that is.

For I5-7600, any B250 motherboard should do.
It can hold a m.2 pcie drive like the Samsung 960 m.2 evo.
(1/4 the price of your revodrive and 3x the sequential speed)
Technology has advanced.

Considering the lower cost of solid state, I would plan to put everything on a ssd excepting large sequential files such as videos.
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get an m.2 ssd like the samsung 950 pro. pcie storage speeds are completely unnecessary for every day computing and gaming, especially for the price difference. its also a waste of money to purchase a pcie ssd on a middle of the line pc with an i5. you should put money into a better cpu first.

optane is useless with ssd drives. dont bother with it.
 
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m.2 is a size format.
It can be either sata based or pcie based.
Pcie based is faster in sequential, but otherwise comparable in random I/O

Today, optane tops out at 32gb and is intended as a cache for a hard drive.
It is debatable how useful that is.

For I5-7600, any B250 motherboard should do.
It can hold a m.2 pcie drive like the Samsung 960 m.2 evo.
(1/4 the price of your revodrive and 3x the sequential speed)
Technology has advanced.

Considering the lower cost of solid state, I would plan to put everything on a ssd excepting large sequential files such as videos.
 
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