Would I benefit from Intel Optane Memory?

[steelchampion]

So I'm currently running with a small SSD which I put my OS and a couple of my most played games on, and then my HDD has everything else on, including the bulk of my Steam library. Should I buy an Intel Optane stick? Or is it only really beneficial for people without any form of SSD? As you can probably tell, the system is for gaming primarily.

Also, is there any real difference between a 16gb and a 32gb?

P.S. I do have a Kaby Lake CPU with an up-to-date motherboard BIOS so compatibility isn't an issue.

Cheers!

 

[USAFRet]

No, you don't need the optane on top of your SSD.

What size is the SSD?

 

[steelchampion]

It's 120GB so it does fill up very fast. After having the OS, a couple of games, and everything on my desktop on there, it's near enough full.

So then my options would be:

-Buy a bigger SSD
or
-Sell SSD and buy Intel Optane then reinstall Windows on my HDD

 

[USAFRet]

It's 120GB so it does fill up very fast. After having the OS, a couple of games, and everything on my desktop on there, it's near enough full.

So then my options would be:

-Buy a bigger SSD
or
-Sell SSD and buy Intel Optane then reinstall Windows on my HDD

Option 1, with a twist.
Assuming this is a desktop, just buy another larger SSD. Leave the OS on the current drive, and just add stuff to the new one.

 

[steelchampion]

Alright thank you!

I suppose then that we should just wait for the Optane technology to advance a little more before investing in it. I really thought that I may be the target market for that, but I guess not!

 

[USAFRet]

Alright thank you!

I suppose then that we should just wait for the Optane technology to advance a little more before investing in it. I really thought that I may be the target market for that, but I guess not!

It is still WAY too early in it's lifespan to be useful to us mere mortals.
Basically, it's just a cache for the HDD, just like early small SSD's were.
This is just a somewhat faster cache.
It is still talking to a hard drive, with all of its spinning limitations.