Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB NVMe boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD). Time made wasting a second on that setup pointless.
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That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives and cache frequently used programs and Windows boot files. It doesn't speed up the entire system, just frequently used programs. In addition, it's automatic without any manual override options.
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That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen) AND a compatible SSD (Intel stopped making new ones, so you have to buy used ones now), it should work if you want to use it. However, it requires a spinning hard drive as it works in conjunction with it. They are not standalone drives and cache frequently used programs and Windows boot files. It doesn't speed up the entire system, just frequently used programs. In addition, it's automatic without any manual override options.
Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB NVMe boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD). Time made wasting a second on that setup pointless.
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That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives. How it works is it caches commonly used programs and your Windows boot files to speed those up, but does this dynamically. Intel does not let you pick and choose what you want to put on the Optane SSD as well.
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That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives and cache frequently used programs and Windows boot files. It doesn't speed up the entire system, just frequently used programs. In addition, it's automatic without any manual override options.
Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD). Time made wasting a second on that setup pointless.
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Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB NVMe boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD). Time made wasting a second on that setup pointless.
That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives. How it works is it caches commonly used programs and your Windows boot files to speed those up, but does this dynamically. Intel does not let you pick and choose what you want to put on the Optane SSD as well.
Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD). Time made wasting a second on that setup pointless.
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That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives.
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That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives. How it works is it caches commonly used programs and your Windows boot files to speed those up, but does this dynamically. Intel does not let you pick and choose what you want to put on the Optane SSD as well.
Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD).
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Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD). Time made wasting a second on that setup pointless.
That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives.
Don't bother with Optane, even if it works. Much like Apple's Fusion Drive, it was a bridge product meant to buy time until SSDs became affordable. I bought a Dell with this setup and when I got it in, I just about immediately took out the Optane drive and put a 256GB boot SSD in place at that time (512GB+ was still somewhat pricey, and the machine came with a 1TB HD).
That said, as long as the BIOS supports it and you have a compatible processor (minimum is 8th gen), it should work if you want to use it, but you have to have an HDD in the system as it only works in conjunction with an HDD. They are not standalone drives.