Optane ssd dc p4800x with 16 and 32 gb memory and low prices

A few days ago we told you about the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X, with a speed that exceeds that of current SSDs by up to 40 times. The new unit using a PCI Express / NVMe connection had originally been announced for professional servers, but now its arrival for consumers is confirmed.

Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X is much faster than a traditional SSD

Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X has been announced for consumers, although they will not be the same models that were presented for servers, the latter being of greater capacity. The two models that will reach consumers are going to be in small capacities. The two models to be commercialized will be 16 and 32GB of storage, being ideal to use as cache memory.

Remember that Optane memories have a speed comparable to that of a RAM memory and a highly recommended use could be a combination of Optane SSD (16GB - 32GB) + HDD or we could also combine Optane SSD + traditional SSD. Using the Optane unit only for the most used system and applications, it would give us vertigo speeds in the opening of the system and the applications.

3-8 times faster than a SATA SSD

Both models of the consumer Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X have sequential read speeds of 1200MB / s and sequential write speeds of around 280MB / s, using a PCIe 3.0 x2 NVMe interface. Comparing it to a SATA SSD, it would be between 3 and 8 times faster.

The 16GB model is going to be sold for $ 44 and the 32GB unit at a price of $ 77. It is very possible that we begin to see laptops with this type of ultra-fast memories during 2017. We also recommend reading the best SSDs on the market.

Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X will be available in stores in late April. What will take a few more weeks to arrive in Europe. Do you think it will have a good acceptance in the market at these prices?

Source: anandtech