Intel launches hyperfast Optane SSD 900P storage with special Star Citizen ship

Intel is bringing some of its most impressive storage technology to consumers for the first time with its new Intel Optane SSD 900P Series of products. These are Intel’s latest PCIe NVMe 3.0 SSDs that provide much faster read and write times than the aging SATA connection standard.

The 900P comes in 480GB and 280GB capacities, and it is available starting today, according to Intel. This kinda of hyper-fast storage can improve performance for PCs that frequently load massive data sets for jobs like 3D rendering. But, of course, the 900P could also cut down on load times in modern 4K games. Intel also claims that these drives should last up to 22-times longer than other, similar storage drives, which is one of the main reasons it previously focused on selling this tech to businesses.