EXPIRED HP branded Intel 905P 380GB M.2 Optane SSD $200 OBO

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Weapon

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These m.2 variants have been hard to find for a long time. Unsure what differences the HP branding makes but mine are recognized in a standard Supermicro board.

 
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Jek123

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some time ago, newegg was selling intel optane 905p 1.5tb for $299 - it was a great deal (even with m2 to u2 adapter)

but 380gb for $200 - I don't know, only if you want m.2 without adapters and are ready to pay extra

805p is slower than p1600x, P4800X and P5801X (pcie 5)
 
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Jek123

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OPs listing is for the 905p* in m.2 form factor


* 550k iops @ 4k random reading & writing, 2.5GByte/s reading or writing, pcie 3.0
sorry for the typo
905p is slower, but 805p is also slower :)

905p: Q1T1 ~150mb
p1600x, P4800X: Q1T1 ~300mb
 
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KyadCK

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You would need to *really* want the M.2 22110 formfactor for this to be relevent. I do happen to need that form factor for reasons and the M.2 is exceedingly rare, but for those who simply want some nice optane storage, these exist at 2.6x the GB/$.

 
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Robbas

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You would need to *really* want the M.2 22110 formfactor for this to be relevent. I do happen to need that form factor for reasons and the M.2 is exceedingly rare, but for those who simply want some nice optane storage, these exist at 2.6x the GB/$.


Aren‘t these DC D4800X which have „dual“ 2x PCIe lanes instead of a „single“ 4x PCIe lane (and producing much more heat as well)?
 
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but 380gb for $200 - I don't know, only if you want m.2 without adapters and are ready to pay extra

805p is slower than p1600x, P4800X and P5801X (pcie 5)
Where the 805p shines is that it is an x2 lanes drive.

If you have a 4 (or more)-drive carrier with a PCIe switch, then you don't lose any bandwidth with these drives. Sure, they are slow individually, but in a 4-drive array they would be quite fast.
 
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Weapon

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Seller was very communicative and made me a deal for 2x drives so I’d say message them if you’re interested.

I’ll try Intel MAS utility when I can
 
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Those would make a good boot mirror/stripe set if nothing else, and I'm with you, I wouldn't need the PCIe card. I might try them and see.
 
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Wasmachineman_NL

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thinking of picking one of these up as a VRCCache drive so my 990P doesn't get hammered...
 
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Weapon

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I found some discussion on this German site

Which led me to here

I downloaded sp139802.exe and flashed my SSDs without issuehp optane firmware update.png


I also found this later security advisory but it doesn't appear to apply to the 905P drives
 

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Also I have an Intel branded drive (SSDPEL1D380GA) that I will attempt some A/B testing to compare with the HP SSDPEL1D380GAH

edit: results attached

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Wasmachineman_NL

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They had another one I offered $185 for, accepted.

Wooo, VRCCache drive. Wish it was bigger than 380 GB though :(