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Intel Core i9-12900K Desktop Processor + Free Optane SSD 900P $353 at Amazon

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May 25, 2023 2:55 AM
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ThirstyCruz
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May 25, 2023 2:55 AM
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Worth noting this is the 280gb 900p drive..not the typical ones we see on sale..quite the find and steal for those looking for one
May 25, 2023 1:49 PM
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deelseakerMay 25, 2023 1:49 PM
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Excellent value even for the CPU alone
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ThirstyCruz
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Quote from deelseaker View quoted comment :
Excellent value even for the CPU alone
It's good price for CPU but the optane will run circles around even 850x or 990 pro nvme in practically all real world situations, from games to files transfers and more.

Of course in human time, wouldn't be worth the original price, but at this price, sure
May 25, 2023 6:23 PM
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turbodogMay 25, 2023 6:23 PM
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I've got a 900P 280GB u.2 that I've had for 3+ years, its a great OS drive and on an M.2 to U.2 cable. The AIC cards are awesome, but on most modern PC's you only have one CPU attached 16x slot, there are another 4x lanes for an M.2 card but that's it. So you'll end up with the AIC on a chipset slot, which might not be optimal for an OS drive.

To use this AIC on the cpu attached M.2 slot, you need one of these adapters which are known to be highly unreliable, and you have to make your own custom mounting bracket to secure it.

https://www.amazon.com/EXPLOMOS-N...B074Z5YKXJ
Last edited by turbodog May 25, 2023 at 11:26 AM.
May 26, 2023 1:24 AM
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essix8May 26, 2023 1:24 AM
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12900k is worth the $350 alone, the Optane 900p around $150--as it has extremely good endurance and random read speeds (99% of what a normal person does, gaming, opening apps, moving small files).

You could very very easily buy this and flip the Optane drive for $150 on ebay all day any day. Giving you the 12900k for essentially $200.

Low key one of the best CPU deals.
May 26, 2023 2:32 AM
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SevereSoldierMay 26, 2023 2:32 AM
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This is a buy now think later deal.
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May 26, 2023 2:43 AM
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Quote from essix8 View quoted comment :
12900k is worth the $350 alone, the Optane 900p around $150--as it has extremely good endurance and random read speeds (99% of what a normal person does, gaming, opening apps, moving small files).

You could very very easily buy this and flip the Optane drive for $150 on ebay all day any day. Giving you the 12900k for essentially $200.

Low key one of the best CPU deals.
Quote from deelseaker View quoted comment :
Excellent value even for the CPU alone

Z690 bundle was better deal last week

12900k+Z690 for $405 and $420

https://slickdeals.net/f/16649492-intel-core-i9-12900k-cpu-asrock-z690-extreme-mobo-total-war-warhammer-iii-405-free-shipping

https://slickdeals.net/f/16649489-intel-core-i9-12900k-processor-msi-pro-z690-a-wifi-ddr5-motherboard-bundle-419-98-free-shipping

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May 26, 2023 3:09 AM
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yinyang08May 26, 2023 3:09 AM
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Quote from Jaggsta View quoted comment :
Z690 bundle was better deal last week

12900k+Z690 for $405 and $420

https://slickdeals.net/f/16649492-intel-core-i9-12900k-cpu-asrock-z690-extreme-mobo-total-war-warhammer-iii-405-free-shipping

https://slickdeals.net/f/16649489-intel-core-i9-12900k-processor-msi-pro-z690-a-wifi-ddr5-motherboard-bundle-419-98-free-shipping
Unless you're not building an ATX system, otherwise for sure.

Then again, there's only one PCI-e slot on an mini-ITX mobo
Last edited by yinyang08 May 25, 2023 at 11:16 PM.
May 26, 2023 5:13 AM
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MaaaaaMay 26, 2023 5:13 AM
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Please note no AVX512 for the new batch of 12th gen CPU
May 26, 2023 6:25 AM
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nautiliiMay 26, 2023 6:25 AM
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Quote from turbodog View quoted comment :
I've got a 900P 280GB u.2 that I've had for 3+ years, its a great OS drive and on an M.2 to U.2 cable. The AIC cards are awesome, but on most modern PC's you only have one CPU attached 16x slot, there are another 4x lanes for an M.2 card but that's it. So you'll end up with the AIC on a chipset slot, which might not be optimal for an OS drive.

To use this AIC on the cpu attached M.2 slot, you need one of these adapters which are known to be highly unreliable, and you have to make your own custom mounting bracket to secure it.

https://www.amazon.com/EXPLOMOS-N...B074Z5YKXJ
Not a problem for any of the recent CPUs with 24+4 or 20+8 PCIe 4.0 lanes because this is PCIe 3.0. You won't saturate the roughly 64Gb/s worth of chipset lanes with this 32Gb/s drive even if you're writing to a few chipset-connected 6Gb/s USB 3.2 and SATA drives at the same time.

Basically that's Ryzen 5000/B550 or better or Intel 11th gen or better. If you have anything older... well you probably don't have a workload where you'd even be able to measure a performance improvement with this drive, lol. And if you do, well, you just bought a 12900k with this Smilie
May 26, 2023 8:11 AM
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filyc189May 26, 2023 8:11 AM
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Quote from turbodog View quoted comment :
I've got a 900P 280GB u.2 that I've had for 3+ years, its a great OS drive and on an M.2 to U.2 cable. The AIC cards are awesome, but on most modern PC's you only have one CPU attached 16x slot, there are another 4x lanes for an M.2 card but that's it. So you'll end up with the AIC on a chipset slot, which might not be optimal for an OS drive.

To use this AIC on the cpu attached M.2 slot, you need one of these adapters which are known to be highly unreliable, and you have to make your own custom mounting bracket to secure it.

https://www.amazon.com/EXPLOMOS-N...B074Z5YKXJ
Thank you for the info.

Do you happen to know if CPU-connected PCIe slots on Z690 support Optane? I wasn't able to find anything about this online. The reason I ask is, my motherboard (MSI MEG Z690 ACE) has one CPU M.2 slot, which doesn't support Optane; only the chipset M.2 slots support Optane, so wondering if the same might be true of PCIe. The motherboard does otherwise have one x16 and one x8 PCIe slot.

Would using Optane with chipset lanes make it not worth it compared to, say, a 980 pro on CPU M.2?
May 26, 2023 8:30 AM
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filyc189May 26, 2023 8:30 AM
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Quote from nautilii View quoted comment :
Not a problem for any of the recent CPUs with 24+4 or 20+8 PCIe 4.0 lanes because this is PCIe 3.0. You won't saturate the roughly 64Gb/s worth of chipset lanes with this 32Gb/s drive even if you're writing to a few chipset-connected 6Gb/s USB 3.2 and SATA drives at the same time.

Basically that's Ryzen 5000/B550 or better or Intel 11th gen or better. If you have anything older... well you probably don't have a workload where you'd even be able to measure a performance improvement with this drive, lol. And if you do, well, you just bought a 12900k with this Smilie
Missed your post when writing mine above (answers my second question).

How about latency through the chipset, though? Would the random R/W make up for any latency hit and still outperform a 980 pro as an OS drive?

Thanks.
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ThirstyCruz
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Quote from filyc189 View quoted comment :
Missed your post when writing mine above (answers my second question).

How about latency through the chipset, though? Would the random R/W make up for any latency hit and still outperform a 980 pro as an OS drive?

Thanks.
Great link from Toms which includes optane in their benchmarking. It's a very impressive drive, moreso that's is from 2017. In a nutshell, this drives technology was trying to sit between DRAM and NVME.

Intel was up to something great, but suppose they just couldn't get prices down.

Nevertheless, promising for future tech development, and all this talk about gen 5 is inconsequential today.

Eventually we will see ssd behave like RAM instead of traditional NVME. Not suggesting anyone wait! It will move a MANY years

https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...d-review/3
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May 27, 2023 1:42 AM
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ThirstyCruz
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May 27, 2023 1:42 AM
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Still available with 12900kf + optane for $399

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Jun 19, 2023 11:47 AM
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BlueCrow4640Jun 19, 2023 11:47 AM
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Quote from ThirstyCruz View quoted comment :
Worth noting this is the 280gb 900p drive..not the typical ones we see on sale..quite the find and steal for those looking for one
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