I'm talking about my 2012 hardware though. i5-3350p, gtx 1070 hybrid, mobo with pcie 2.0 for the x4 slot.....

any other input from someone besides jamerio?

Optane was rather underwhelming in the end imo. Sure I bought into the hype and that's part of it but it really doesn't seem to be worth it. Eh, my 2500k @4.4 and 1007 are NOT enough for PUBG but I don't see a clear upgrade path on the market.

I am Groot.

Got a really good idea, you actually read an article to see what Optane even does and that it won't do anything for you.