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1.5TB Intel Optane 905P U.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 3D XPoint Solid State Drive (2.5" x 15mm) $385 + Free Shipping

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01-29-2024 at 07:43 AM.

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01-29-2024 at 07:43 AM.
Just a heads up:
This is a U.2 drive.

Most likely your desktop motherboard, or your laptop is not compatible. The form factor is usually used in server machines (of course there are exceptions).
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ust a heads up:
This is a U.2 drive.

Most likely your desktop motherboard, or your laptop is not compatible. The form factor is usually used in server machines (of course there are exceptions).
These drives come with a U.2 to M.2 adapter, so yes usable in most consumer motherboards with a free M.2 slot. But, Optane drives are obviously very expensive, and in some respects (e.g., big file transfers) slower than consumer SSDs. But also effectively unlimited life (for typical consumer use), and folks who use these as system drives are often surprised at how much snappier everything works.
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01-29-2024 at 10:15 AM.
01-29-2024 at 10:15 AM.
Quote from Piblokto :
These drives come with a U.2 to M.2 adapter, so yes usable in most consumer motherboards with a free M.2 slot. But, Optane drives are obviously very expensive, and in some respects (e.g., big file transfers) slower than consumer SSDs. But also effectively unlimited life (for typical consumer use), and folks who use these as system drives are often surprised at how much snappier everything works.
In my experience optane is better for big file transfers as it maintains a consistent read/write speed. While other Gen 3 ssds drop down to slower speeds after first 50gb or so. Unless we are talking about MLC based sdds. However some Gen 4 SSD are better for large file transfers.

Optane is a good option for a smaller OS drive. As it is much snapper compared to other ssds. With programs opening much quicker and boot times much faster.
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01-29-2024 at 10:59 AM.

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01-29-2024 at 10:59 AM.
Quote from Piblokto :
These drives come with a U.2 to M.2 adapter, so yes usable in most consumer motherboards with a free M.2 slot. But, Optane drives are obviously very expensive, and in some respects (e.g., big file transfers) slower than consumer SSDs. But also effectively unlimited life (for typical consumer use), and folks who use these as system drives are often surprised at how much snappier everything works.
Just a heads up in my experience the 960GB ones come with the adapter while the 1.5TB are in a shell with no adapter.
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01-29-2024 at 12:20 PM.
01-29-2024 at 12:20 PM.
Quote from Piblokto :
These drives come with a U.2 to M.2 adapter, so yes usable in most consumer motherboards with a free M.2 slot. But, Optane drives are obviously very expensive, and in some respects (e.g., big file transfers) slower than consumer SSDs. But also effectively unlimited life (for typical consumer use), and folks who use these as system drives are often surprised at how much snappier everything works.
I purchased one of these 1.5TB 905P drives from Newegg in November. It did not come with an m.2 to u.2 adapter.
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01-29-2024 at 03:15 PM.
01-29-2024 at 03:15 PM.
Quote from OrangePear1583 :
I purchased one of these 1.5TB 905P drives from Newegg in November. It did not come with an m.2 to u.2 adapter.
There are U.2 to PCIe adapters as well, they can be for 1, 2 or 4 U.2 drives and be x4, x8 and x16 respectively, so you even don't have to have a M.2 slot present or available.
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01-29-2024 at 10:15 PM.
01-29-2024 at 10:15 PM.
Quote from SharpLake2934 :
In my experience optane is better for big file transfers as it maintains a consistent read/write speed. While other Gen 3 ssds drop down to slower speeds after first 50gb or so. Unless we are talking about MLC based sdds. However some Gen 4 SSD are better for large file transfers.

Optane is a good option for a smaller OS drive. As it is much snapper compared to other ssds. With programs opening much quicker and boot times much faster.

That's not an optane advantage, that's a data center ssd advantage. DC SSDs are tested at steady state unlike client drives that are basically burst tests.
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01-30-2024 at 02:13 AM.
01-30-2024 at 02:13 AM.
Quote from Piblokto :
These drives come with a U.2 to M.2 adapter, so yes usable in most consumer motherboards with a free M.2 slot. But, Optane drives are obviously very expensive, and in some respects (e.g., big file transfers) slower than consumer SSDs. But also effectively unlimited life (for typical consumer use), and folks who use these as system drives are often surprised at how much snappier everything works.

Though I agree with on unlimited life, Optane will smoke any consumer SSD in file transfer. (Source: I work for very large enterprise SSD manufacturer)
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01-30-2024 at 04:52 AM.
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My desktop feels like a new computer after moving from a regular NVMe SSD to one of these. Not quite the jump like from HDD to SSD, but everything is more responsive and programs open faster. It's pretty satisfying.

Btw the 1.5TB Optane does not come with an M.2 to U.2 cable - the 960GB one does.
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01-30-2024 at 06:49 PM.
01-30-2024 at 06:49 PM.
Quote from jenesuispasbava :
My desktop feels like a new computer after moving from a regular NVMe SSD to one of these. Not quite the jump like from HDD to SSD, but everything is more responsive and programs open faster. It's pretty satisfying.

Btw the 1.5TB Optane does not come with an M.2 to U.2 cable - the 960GB one does.

Yup, just changed my os drive to optane 900p and my computer feels like it's been coated with oil. Everything is just snappier and no stutter Anywhere. Previously had 980 pro has c drive so wasn't expecting much difference. Excellent drives!
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01-30-2024 at 09:19 PM.
01-30-2024 at 09:19 PM.
Quote from encorer :
There are U.2 to PCIe adapters as well, they can be for 1, 2 or 4 U.2 drives and be x4, x8 and x16 respectively, so you even don't have to have a M.2 slot present or available.
If you do go this route and want more than one drive per slot (like 4 drives in a x16 slot), make sure your board supports PCIe bifurcation and understand how slots can be split, this is usually in the user manual or BIOS config manual, or sometimes mentioned in Amazon reviews/Q&A. I've seen AMD boards having generally more consistent support for this lately, Intel boards often have it but sometimes with odd configurations/limitations
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01-30-2024 at 09:39 PM.
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I thought this was sound proof pads
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01-31-2024 at 12:39 PM.
01-31-2024 at 12:39 PM.
Quote from ThirstyCruz :
Yup, just changed my os drive to optane 900p and my computer feels like it's been coated with oil. Everything is just snappier and no stutter Anywhere. Previously had 980 pro has c drive so wasn't expecting much difference. Excellent drives!

Huh? These drives have more iops, that's good for the os then? Like better than a gen5 or good gen4 ssd w 12.5 or 7gbps read/write?
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01-31-2024 at 01:09 PM.
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Huh? These drives have more iops, that's good for the os then? Like better than a gen5 or good gen4 ssd w 12.5 or 7gbps read/write?

I meant that I wasn't expecting to feel a difference with optane outside of benchmarking. While it's faster random, human perception of it is negligible. However that was my surprise, that I do experience overall snappier/cleaner performance and just feels good and confident.

Depending on mobo, be cognizant if PCI slot and bios settings to achieve full performance which is easily measured on cmdisk.

In the process I found my sn850x faster than 980p which I wasn't expecting either.

I since enables windows storage, making optane OS and critical files, sn850x as my app drive, and 980p for personal user files. Absolutely stellar performance
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