Intel 900p Optane SSD

[mackerel]

Before I go further, it is expensive, but it is fast. I think the gap between those two are small enough for me to swallow...

https://www.anandtech.com/show/11953/the-intel-optane-ssd-900p-review
https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Stora...and-280GB-NVMe-HHHL-SSD-Review-Lots-3D-XPoint

Two long writeups with test results above. Look in particular at 4k low QD random read. That's why I'm willing to throw the $$$ at it, but couldn't justify the enterprise version released earlier this year.

Pricing in short: US$389 for 280GB and US$599 for 580GB. Yes, that is a LOT more than even the 960 Pro, but depending for the workload, it also gives a lot more than the 960 Pro... I'd argue the low QD random performance is more interesting to consumer/home workloads than sequential or high QD random, and it was the weakness of flash SSDs.

 

[Johan45]

Still that's pretty rich for my uses

 

[caddi daddi]

wow!!! $1.48 per gig!!!!!!!! that is rich.

 

[Culbrelai]

I was wondering how this compares to my Intel 750 SSD (400GB PCI-E NVME AIC)

An entire gig faster at writing, wow. But mine was only $300.

 

[Daleon]

You also get a Sabre Raven in SC with one!

 

[HankB]

Cutting edge is always $$$. Thank you those of you who spend the $$$ so that cutting edge technology eventually becomes cost effective enough for the rest of us. Remember when SSDs were so expensive that you really had to work to justify them? Can you imagine building a system today and not using an SSD (or NVME SSD) for the boot drive?

 

[custom90gt]

I'm curious if this will translate into something the user can actually feel? I didn't notice much of a difference if any when going from a 850evo to a PM961 (960 evo) in my laptop. I realize it depends on the workload, I would venture to say that mine is pretty standard (games/OS/office programs).