Think you're getting confused mate. Z68 motherboards can use a small SSD drive as a cache for the main C: drive. Is this what you're thinking of? If you really do mean choosing a different swap drive then that's easy and is controlled by Windows.
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Yeah I was getting confused! It was disk caching that I hear is a problem - ignore me, must be sunstroke!
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For the majority of desktop users, right now, I reckon the best bet is to get a big, fast, regular SATA 3 drive and use that. Then, when 500Gig SSDs are like ?75 switch over then.Comment
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The best option is to have an SSD for boot (or preferably 2 in RAID0) and regular HDD for data if you need it local otherwise a NAS is an even better option e.g a 4 disk RAID5 Qnap or similar.Originally posted by FSW View Post
There are a number of free RAMdisk options available and are easy to setup and forget. The one I used just had a config dialogue box for drive letter and start at boot options. You can also save the contents at reboot if required but I just flush it.
On a Mac I would assume most apps wouldn't need a Swapfile but some legacy windows apps go loopy without one.Last edited by smouty; 03-10-2011, 16:18.Comment
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What does that give you over just using a regular drive? Faster boot time and application launch time (if you put your apps on the SSD)?Comment
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Pretty much yeah but what else are you waiting around for? I did say earlier it depends on what you want the PC for.Comment
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Well yeah, Windows does take an age to launch stuff but for me that's mostly games (I'd have filled the SSD I could afford several times over thanks to Steam sales!). I do all my other stuff under OSX and that's super speedy at launching stuff just using a regular drive. I can see the benefit for anyone using a PC for all their computing needs though. I initially didn't think about anything except the boot speed but faster launching apps under windows would be welcome.Comment
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All depends what your doing really for SSDs, we used them at work to reduce the build times from 6+ hours to 1-2 for a full build of course your never going to do that. But I bought a reasonably priced one for Windows 7 and a few games that I have a symbolic link to for steam and loading does make a difference. I would recommend for that if you have the money for a small one, don't bother with a huge on though costly, no benefit overall.Comment
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I'd be interested to know the configuration you use to get those build times down mate. Feel free to PM to avoid cluttering this thread if you like.Comment
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