- Sep 26, 2010
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Sorry, I know it's long but bare with me. I've searched the web thoroughly and this is a topic never before explored to this extend, apparently lol. So this could potentially benefit a lot of people.
It's a 32gb OCZ Onyx that I used as a boot drive and replaced with a 240gb Vertex 3 . I never got around to selling it and now I'm thinking I can use it to boost performance somehow, since I'm sure noone would want to buy such an old piece of tech lol. My first instinct is to use it to cache my equally dated 150gb WD VelociRaptor, which would be used for low-resource-hungry software applications. I'm on the z68 chipset which supports Intel SRT, and running 8gb dual channel DDR3. Other ideas include:
* Reducing page file on the V3 to 300mb fixed only for crash dumps and putting system managed on the Onyx. Maybe other temp files and caches too.
* Downloads, to maximize d/l speeds and to keep d/ls quarantined before virus scanning. I don't know if this will help with d/l speeds though as I have no intention of ever paying for greater than 25mbps.
* Putting the Users and ProgramData folders on it.
* Some combination of the above. Intel SRT allows you to use the whole drive or specify only 18.6gb for caching, leaving the rest as usable space.
I should note that I'm more interested in increasing performance than reducing writes or saving space as was once the reason a person would do these things.
What if I put my Users and ProgramData folders on the VR, use 18.6gb of the Onyx to cache it, and the rest for a system managed PF, still leaving a 300mb PF on the V3 for crash dumps as well as leaving temp files and such on the V3?
Lol OK I'm tired and thinking too much, bad combo. Obviously I need some help
Thanks everybody!
It's a 32gb OCZ Onyx that I used as a boot drive and replaced with a 240gb Vertex 3 . I never got around to selling it and now I'm thinking I can use it to boost performance somehow, since I'm sure noone would want to buy such an old piece of tech lol. My first instinct is to use it to cache my equally dated 150gb WD VelociRaptor, which would be used for low-resource-hungry software applications. I'm on the z68 chipset which supports Intel SRT, and running 8gb dual channel DDR3. Other ideas include:
* Reducing page file on the V3 to 300mb fixed only for crash dumps and putting system managed on the Onyx. Maybe other temp files and caches too.
* Downloads, to maximize d/l speeds and to keep d/ls quarantined before virus scanning. I don't know if this will help with d/l speeds though as I have no intention of ever paying for greater than 25mbps.
* Putting the Users and ProgramData folders on it.
* Some combination of the above. Intel SRT allows you to use the whole drive or specify only 18.6gb for caching, leaving the rest as usable space.
I should note that I'm more interested in increasing performance than reducing writes or saving space as was once the reason a person would do these things.
What if I put my Users and ProgramData folders on the VR, use 18.6gb of the Onyx to cache it, and the rest for a system managed PF, still leaving a 300mb PF on the V3 for crash dumps as well as leaving temp files and such on the V3?
Lol OK I'm tired and thinking too much, bad combo. Obviously I need some help
Thanks everybody!
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