This article was reprinted with permission from Superpower.com.
Intel officially announced the consumer-grade Optane Memory of 3D Xpoint non-volatile flash memory in March last year. Although this black technology is very popular, but now SSD has been widely used, the Optane Memory acceleration function is not as effective, and the selling price is again High, but also occupy an M.2 interface, very few people are willing to buy it. Intel has come up with a new promotion method, which is bundled with CPUs and motherboards to sell, but it will give you some discounts. At present, there are two customized versions of Z370 motherboards like Gigabyte that use this type of sales.
At present, the price of Optane Memory 32/16GB on JD is 399/199 yuan respectively, which is actually quite expensive. After all, the 399 yuan plus point device can buy a good 128GB SSD, which is enough for you to install the system, software, and system. Response speed is better than Optane Memory, unless you read and write small files often or want to speed up large stand-alone games, otherwise Optane Memory's advantage is not obvious, so Jingdong turnover is simply horrible.
Now, some new motherboards have appeared on the US. Optane Memory is bundled with bundles, such as Gigabyte's Z370 Aorus Gaming 7-OP and Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming WIFI-OP. They are bundled with Optane Memory and are priced at only Buy 20/34 dollars more for a single motherboard. Under normal circumstances, a 32GB Optane Memory will cost almost $70. The discount is still good. Perhaps Intel is interested in promoting Optane Memory, the first M. on the motherboard. On the 2 slots, there will even be a large LOGO for Intel Optane Memory.
In fact, we also found that Intel is also promoting Optane Memory on business PCs and laptops. Generally, only HDD's computers will have 16GB Optane Memory. This means that you can experience the SSD speed and HDD's large capacity without spending too much money. For ordinary office, it is more suitable for the daily use of the crowd.
It may also be due to the existence of the same bundle policy. There are also many cheap Optane Memory cards available on the market. For example, 16GB can be purchased for as little as 129 yuan (actually, 99 yuan earlier) if you want to try something fresh. , This may be a more affordable option.
