Original price $389 dropped to $284 (2.5" version with cable is $269) and can go lower soon.

https://www.amazon.com/Intel-Optane-900P-280GB-XPoint/dp/B0772XB3MY/

Yes, you can get NVMe SSD with high sustained write read/speed, but you can't get SSD drive with such high random read and such low latency. And such things can be most important in real life.

Pros

• High Random Read And Write Performance
• High Performance At Low Queue Depths
• High Simultaneous Read And Write Performance
• High Read And Write Performance At Small Capacity Points
• High Performance Maintained As The Drive Fills
• Heavy Workloads That Cause Drive Wear And Require High Endurance

Especially with heavy apps ala Adobe and Resolve you get different feeling.

Note that small 32GB M.2 Optane drives can be got locally now for ala $25-35 and are ideal drive for editing individual H.264/HEVC small projects.

Also suggest good software - Teracopy, can just set editing path on such drive as favorite and copy with one click from any NVMe SSD.

https://www.codesector.com/teracopy