Intel Optane 905P 960GB $249, $51.99 off w/ promo

[A Computer Guy]

Another deal for Optane

Intel Optane 905P Series 960GB, 2.5" x 15mm, U.2, PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D XPoint Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPE21D960GAM3 - Newegg.com

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[Tropick]

Not super familiar with the benefits of Optane, what are the advantages of this over a more traditional M.2 NVMe SSD? Genuine question

 

[Steevo]

Not super familiar with the benefits of Optane, what are the advantages of this over a more traditional M.2 NVMe SSD? Genuine question

Sustained read and writes and doesn't slow down as it gets full.

 

[A Computer Guy]

Not super familiar with the benefits of Optane, what are the advantages of this over a more traditional M.2 NVMe SSD? Genuine question

My understanding is much higher endurance, not needing power loss protection, unbeatable in random IO at low queue depths, and what Steevo said.
Good for things like VM's, Databases, Caches, things that have high random I/O.

 

[evernessince]

Not super familiar with the benefits of Optane, what are the advantages of this over a more traditional M.2 NVMe SSD? Genuine question

Low latency and high endurance.

A 905p is a step up in terms of responsiveness and performance as a boot or game drive over any NAND SSD. They are ideal for cache drives as well.

That said, there's isn't a huge gap between a 905p and other high end SSDs nowadays. 2nd gen Optane is really where it's at but the price tag is significantly higher.

Sustained read and writes and doesn't slow down as it gets full.

For gen2 Optane yes but gen1 optane has been surpassed by good traditional NAND SSDs in sustained writes. Gen1 optane like the 905p can sustain 2.5 GB/s while some PCIe 4.0 drives like the Teamgroup Cardea Z44Q can sustain a constant 4 GB/s.

 

[Zazigalka]

it's random read/write on optane that kicks ass. doubt even the latest nand can equal their +300/400 MB/s at 4K random r/w. I've seen a few ssds do 100mb/s read - up to 300mb/s write but not optane speed yet.

Of course I doubt you'll ever notice the difference irw and I'd much rather have a 4TB 232-L tlc ssd for that $250.

 

[AnotherReader]

it's random read/write on optane that kicks ass. doubt even the latest nand can equal their +300/400 MB/s at 4K random r/w. I've seen a few ssds do 100mb/s read - up to 300mb/s write but not optane speed yet.

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Of course I doubt you'll ever notice the difference irw and I'd much rather have a 4TB 232-L tlc ssd for that $250.

Yes, due to fundamental limitations of NAND, it will never match Optane for random reads at low queue depths which is the most relevant metric for most consumer workloads. However, NAND is fast enough that you are unlikely to notice the difference outside of benchmarking.

 

[A Computer Guy]

Not super familiar with the benefits of Optane, what are the advantages of this over a more traditional M.2 NVMe SSD? Genuine question

Just for comparison at a glance on my machine with Optane on my 2nd PCIe slot and NVMe (on the primary M.2 slot from the CPU).
(opinion) Unless you have a specific use case for Optane a normal NVMe is what most people should get for the price/performance/capacity value.