- Intro -
So you are planning on building a PC
and you got your CPU and GPU and most of the parts figured out,
but you are kind of stuck on the storage. You're thinking,
should I save some money and go with the hard drive, or should I spend a little
bit more and pick up an SSD or maybe even an M.2? What if I told you you
can actually save money and get similar speeds to that of an SSD by paying the
price of a hard drive. I'm sure some of you already heard of it. It's called
Optane memory, where we basically combine the Intel memory module with a hard
drive to increase the speed of the hard drive. So in this case the memory module
we are using is 16 gb which will cost you 50 bucks and a 4 terabyte hard
drive which costs a little over $100 this puts you at a total of $163, now
if you were to buy a 4 terabyte SSD it's going to cost you a little bit.
Let's just say it's not even worth it. Even if you guys buy 4 separate one
terabyte SSDs you're looking at close to at least a
$1000 anyways. With the Optane memory combination not only do you get similar
speeds of an SSD but you get way more storage. Imagine you guys have an 8
terabyte SSD right inside your PC that's kind of what this is all about
you get SSD speeds, much higher capacities, but at a hard drive price. I
also want to thank Intel and Seagate for sending these parts in and
sponsoring this video so that I can test these claims and see if it's really true.
I also have some extra hardware which I'll be giving away, so make sure you
guys stick around till the end if you are interested. Also guys keep in mind that
you need a motherboard that's Octane memory ready and has Windows 10, 64 bit
installed. So basically you will need a Kabylake processor as well as a
compatible motherboard. Currently the only chipsets that it supports are 270
and 250, but you guys have to make sure to check with your motherboard
manufacturer, it's also labeled right on the box. Some other boards may even need
their BIOS flash in order to support Octane memory. So be sure to have that
updated as well. You also need an M.2 slot. So how it works is simple. Once you have
your hard drive hooked up to your PC, you will need to install the Optane
memory module right on your motherboard. Now if your M.2 slot comes with a
shield, simply pop it open and enter the module inside and then screw it in place. After
that it's a matter of prepping the BIOS and following the on-screen instructions
to set up everything. I strongly recommend you guys to watch the tutorial
video, that way you don't run into any problems installing this in your PC. I'll
drop a link to a few of them down below. Alright so how fast is this Intel Optane
memory module combined with a hard drive compared to just a regular hard drive by
itself. Well we will be comparing transfer speeds,
boot up times. We'll be launching a few applications as well as some games and
here are my findings. Alright so starting off with the boot time as you can see a
significant decrease from 40 seconds all the way down to 18 seconds. The time
literally got cut in half. Launching programs like Word or Excel takes about
2 seconds on the octane memory and hard drive combination which is a lot
quicker than the standalone hard drive transfer speeds were also improved
significantly. So I transferred 11 gigs worth of 4k files and accelerated the
hard drive, finished it in a minute and 17 seconds compared to almost three
minutes from the standalone hard drive. Opening up editing programs like Vegas
Pro 14 took only one third of the time and launching Chrome was practically
instant compared to two seconds on a hard drive. Even searching files within
Windows is a lot faster. It took 19 seconds to find a file I was searching
for, from the start menu compared to 47 seconds on the hard drive.
And then I tested a bunch of games by starting it up and also loaded a few
games. So you guys will notice that the speed than most of the games are nearly
half of the speeds compared to the hard drive.
Whether you are launching the game or loading a saved game, you will notice a
substantial difference in load times. So in conclusion it's actually a pretty
simple one. If you guys already own hardware that's compatible with Intel
Octane memory, it just doesn't make sense to not take advantage of those extra
speeds. All you have to do is pick up and *drops whatever he was holding* all you have to do is pick up an Intel
Octane memory module which cost you about 50 bucks and you can combine it
with the hard drive that you already own in your PC. Now if you don't have a hard drive
or don't even have a PC and are planning to build one, then I strongly recommend
combining the Intel Octane memory with the Seagate 4 terabyte hard drive.
With this combo you guys get the most bang for your buck. You get high-capacity
storage and speeds similar to SSDs at a cost of a hard drive. Seriously you guys
get massive amounts of storage like 4 terabytes and you get speeds similar to
SSDs... but at a fraction of the cost that's pretty crazy. The only downside I
see going with this route is if your motherboard only has one MDOT 2 slot.
Then you have to really decide what you want. Should you spend a little bit more
and get an M.2 SSD which is a lot faster than anything I talked about in this
video but you get much less storage or you get the Intel Octane memory stick and you
combine it with the hard drive and get way more storage and similar speeds to
that of SSDs. That is the question you need to ask yourself. So that is it for
the video as I mentioned before I will be giving away 5 4 terabyte Seagate hard
drives and 5 Intel octane memory modules to my subscribers. So if you guys want to
enter to win one all you have to do is leave a like and comment down below what
do you think about this video, what are your thoughts on combining the octane
memory module with a hard drive to get SSD speeds at a fraction of the price.
Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed it. Thank you so much for watching and I will see
you in the next one. *cool outro*
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