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SSD Cache drive

  • 08-04-2013 4:16pm
    #1
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,468 ✭✭✭


    Allo all,

    I have seen people mention an ssd cache drive (small 40gb ssd) used as a cache.

    Is the price relative to performance increase?

    I ask as i stupidly neglected to include a full sized ssd in my new system, and am looking at ways of decreasing loads times without having to wipe my windows installation (by adding full-fat ssd).

    Is it possible to just plug and play with these things, or is it necessary to wipe my windows installation?

    CC.


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  • #2
    weazlor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭weazlor


    Price will be relative, you can get an older slower one, and it'll still perform faster than a disk drive. On the proper end, you can pick up a 120GB for €90 (http://www.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/67795/Samsung+SSD+840+120GB+SATA+6Gb+s.article) or a 60gb for 60 (http://www.hardwareversand.de/Solid-State-Disk/73846/Kingston+SSDNow+V300+60GB+SATA+III.article)

    If you want to speed up your boot times, you're going to want the complete windows installation on ssd. it's not hard to copy the c:users/yournamehere over to the new installation, and that's 90% of the work.
    My setup is OS, pagefile + fave game/s on my ssd, program files and the rest of my games on a secondary, and all my media on my big slow drive.


  • #3
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    CruelCoin wrote: »
    Allo all,

    I have seen people mention an ssd cache drive (small 40gb ssd) used as a cache.

    Is the price relative to performance increase?

    I ask as i stupidly neglected to include a full sized ssd in my new system, and am looking at ways of decreasing loads times without having to wipe my windows installation (by adding full-fat ssd).

    Is it possible to just plug and play with these things, or is it necessary to wipe my windows installation?

    CC.

    Get a samgung drive, comes with software to transfer you boot drive to the SSD, only takes a few minutes and your off with all your OS and settings intact. There are also a number of free drive copy utilities however they are less intuitive.


  • #4
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    You will want to look into changing certain settings if copying a windows installation from a hdd to an ssd.


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