Recent content by CharlieLwallace

*Lots* of folks have PCs with Thunderbolt 3 ports. And you can buy external M.2 enclosures that use TB3, like the NA611TB3 made by Netstor. Seems like Optane M.2's should work externally this way, right? And TB3 should be fast enough to not get in the way, I hope. Would ReadyBoost or...

Info on the NetStor external M.2 enclosure that plugs into a thunderbolt 3 port: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/netstor-na611tb3-thunderbolt-3-nvme-portable-ssd,5359.html Info on Readyboost support in Win10...

Suppose you have a thunderbolt 3 port. You can plug in an external box with m.2 slots, such as the Netstor NA611TB3. But Intel has announced M.2 drives using Optane, 3d Xpoint memory that's super fast, suppose you put those in the Netstor? And I see that the old "ReadyBoost" feature is still...

Correction, I meant 32Gb, not 32Mb. Intel Optane M.2 2280-S3-B-M 32GB PCIe 3.0 x2 with NVMe Memory Module MEMPEK1W032GAXT

You mentioned the 32gb caching m.2, do you know if that's the new Optane M.2 32mb that's being provided for "Optane-Ready" kaby lake motherboards? If so it's a major plus... makes the HD almost as fast as an SSD