What memory should I go with?

reberryjr

New Member
I'm looking at getting back into coding, and currently work some fairly hefty spreadsheets, and access databases. I'm going to purchase a new laptop, but am stuck on the storage.

Which would be a better option for the planned usage:
1 TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD or
1 TB Intel® SSD + 32 GB Intel® Optane™ memory
 

voyagerfan99

Master of Turning Things Off and Back On Again
Staff member
You're discussing storage, not memory.
That being said, the single 1TB NVMe drive is fine.
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
The optane combo drives are kinda eh. They usually pair slow QLC like on the 660/665p drives with an Optane buffer.

If you have a better branded nvme-only drive you can sustain higher transfer rates working with bulk data, as the Optane drive is forced to 2x PCIE lanes instead of 4, in addition to having a faster TLC based drive. Transfer rates tank pretty hard when the drive approaches capacity

There's a few comparison reviews such as at Anandtech
 
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