Intel 800P Optane SSD review: Bleeding-edge pain without bleeding-edge gain

We love the potential of Optane, but current products aren’t competitive price- or capacity-wise with NAND-based offerings.

Intel’s Optane technology shows promise and scales well, but it’s four times the price and doesn’t offer the capacity of NAND-based solutions. While we rated the 800P at 3 stars, that’s with the average user in mind. It would rate higher as a corporate solution, where its marvelous longevity would come into play.

Intel’s Optane SSD 800P, like previous Optane products, boasts best-in-class longevity and very fast random access. But the rest of its performance numbers are mundane at best, it’s only available in two very small capacities, and the price is, ahem, up there.
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