Samsung 840 Pro SSD RAMDisc or MSI mobo RAMDisc

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

Which RAMDisc is preferred if any? I just noticed that both my MSI Z97 U3 Plus mobo and my 840 Pro have RAMDisc software.

USAFRet · Sep 10, 2014

A RAMDisk runs in RAM. Has nothing to do with the SSD.

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

I know, but my SSD and mobo both came with RAMDisc software and I was wondering which was the better one to use? I'm still a noob.

USAFRet · Sep 10, 2014

Probably not a lot of difference.
What do you want to use the RAMDisk for? How much RAM do you have?

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

16 gig with i5-4690, win-7 64 bit, I'm new to this, but I understand it could be very good for web caching and page files. Not sure how to set that all up yet, but I want to get things straight in my mind first.

USAFRet · Sep 10, 2014

It's not really necessary. And you probably won't see any real performance difference.

I have a 4GB RAMDisk, specifically for Adobe Lightroom caching. Not really needed, but just something I wanted to try.

With 16GB, your system will almost never, ever reach the point where it needs to use the pagefile in any significant way. So that would just be wasted RAM.

kanewolf · Sep 10, 2014

You can set your browser to use a RAM disk for it's cache. Internet Explorer can be a little tricky because it is tied so tightly into the rest of the system. I have 16GB RAM and run a 3GB RAM disk. I don't power off my PC for days or weeks at a time. I use sleep rather than hibernate.

Page file should not be a RAM disk thing in my opinion, unless you have PURPOSEFULLY created a fixed size TINY page file. You might be able to point TEMP to the RAM disk, but I am not sure. Usually the problem is needing access to the disk BEFORE it is created during boot. My RAM disk doesn't get created until the end of boot.

k1114 · Sep 10, 2014

Isn't the one with the ssd not actually ramdisk but built into samsung's software for rapid mode? Otherwise ramdisk from msi is the same ramdisk from dataram. There are different licenses which give different amounts but all I see is unlimited on the msi site. But the available licenses is max 64gb.

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

Thanks for steering me in the right direction USAFRet, I sincerely appreciate it. Saves me time and headache to start setting up my build correctly instead or worrying about the things that won't make any difference.

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

kanewolf :

I use mostly firefox and opera, so I could try to set it up to see if it makes any real world difference once I actually get my build up and running, thanks.

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

k1114 :

I have to look at my manual again as maybe it is! Got so many parts lying around that my head is not on straight sometimes.

kanewolf · Sep 10, 2014

IF you have a fast internet connection, then having your browser cache on RAM disk is OK, because the first time after initializing the RAM disk doesn't slow down too much. If you have a low bandwidth internet connection, the having a persistent cache is better, since you spent time downloading all those JPGs, etc.

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

kanewolf :

I get 16mps download speed and 6mbs upload speed, so would you recommend RAM disk then?

kanewolf · Sep 10, 2014

I would probably do it if you usually leave your PC on in sleep mode. If you power off every night, I might skip it.

k1114 · Sep 10, 2014

I don't see how sleep matters. Internet cache files aren't deleted. It's doubtful you'd see a difference vs the ssd. I don't.

kanewolf · Sep 10, 2014

If your internet cache is on a RAM disk it is deleted if the PC is powered off.

klrman · Sep 10, 2014

kanewolf :

Yes, power off every night, so I guess I'll leave it for now. It sounded real good to a noob like me with all the hype that the developers throw at us, so thanks all for bringing up to speed about it.

k1114 · Sep 10, 2014

You can set ramdisk to save the files.

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