Review on 🚀 Enhance Performance with Intel Optane Memory M10 16GB PCIe M.2 80mm by Lance Gunn

ATTENTION! This chip is for HDD, not SSD! This chip AND the program have been fighting me since day 1! I got it for a crazy price so there's no point in refunding it but oh my god it's such a waste of time! At this point in my installation experience, I understand that this is a pre-built add-on. this is the BIGGEST confusion I've encountered. over HUNDREDS of help posts on hundreds of forums and I still haven't found an answer to my problem. So I will try to make this review as simple as possible! NO: This chip is for your PC build process, NOT for a PC that already has an OS installed! NO: If you're building a PC, an SSD won't make your SSD any faster, it won't make your SSD that much better. YES: If you are building a PC with a very large hard disk drive (HDD), it will feel like you are running a Solid State Drive (SSD). NO: Although I have found forums that say the software has been updated, I still cannot get the secondary hard drive to work with this chip. YES: The M.2 slot REALLY messes with your SSD in a way that makes it unbootable unless you have the correct BIOS settings preset. I have no idea how but I read this because the M.2 port runs over a SATA connection so the Optane chip interrupts the SSD and the SSD doesn't offer any resistance, it just stops communicating. As far as I know it doesn't damage anything, it just stops communicating at boot, not while running. YES: You will need to update your BIOS to support this chip as it is a very similar program to RAID making it difficult to work properly. YES: I'm pretty sure you need to play around with the command line to get your system to recognize the chip and program and start the Optane Smart Storage Manager properly. NO: This M.2 is not NVMe, it is PCIe. NO: This is not a plug and play chip! You MUST know how the operating system works and your patience will be tested many times! YES: You must touch the motherboard to connect the Optane chip and you will need a small but long and preferably magnetic Phillips screwdriver. (Mine did NOT come with hardware but as I said I received this used and YES the chip/hardware works fine) YES: Intel 7th Gen CPU is supported and doesn't mean i7, I'm using i5 and I understand that my CPU is supported even though I can't get it to work with my hard drive. I think I've covered everything I've come across so far and I hope I've helped you with your Intel Optane M10 16GB Memory purchase. PCIe M.2 80mm.