Can ROCK work with Intel Optane memory/drives on a NUC7i7DN board?
When Chris at Computer Audiophile built his NUC, he stated not to use the Optane options. Is this because it it’s not supported by Roon, or because it’s added expense that’s not needed?
Thanks in advance!
Carl
July 9, 2018, 2:43pm
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This was posted back in August last year:
No, no, and no.
My understanding is that Optane is a hardware solution for creating an high performance cache for your boot drive, which is moot if you have an SSD for your boot drive. If you had a large but slow spinning drive as your boot drive, you could add optane and turn that drive into a “hybrid” SSD+spinning drive solution for about $40-$70.
Given that the SSD for ROCK only costs about the same thing, there is no point.
I don’t see Optane having much of a life. Intel releases really …
Much appreciated! You saved me from ordering a NUC with Optane just in time!
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system
July 16, 2018, 1:15pm
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