Hello,
I just purchased a Samsung 850 EVO to boot my OS from. I installed the drive using GPT since I'm on a Maximus VIII Hero running UEFI. I then allocated the disk space and the drive is now properly recognized, readier than ever to host an Operating System.
Now, to my question. First of all, I am logged on Windows 10 that is installed on a separate HDD and I can properly see the SSD that I partitioned as I mentioned above. I haven't touched anything from inside my BIOS yet, I just connected the HDD internally and installed + partitioned it + assigned a letter on it.
I read that enabling AHCI Mode for the SSD yields greater performance. Do I simply have to reboot my system, and change the Sata Controller to AHCI for the SSD and then install an Operating System in order for it to work properly without resulting to any problems? Will I notice any conflicts between the SSD that's set to AHCI and the rest of the HDDs set on IDE? I haven't cleared those controller options out in my mind yet.
Are there any more steps/issues to deal with first? I'm planning on installing Windows 7 then upgrading to 10. Might just as well go straight with 10, I haven't decided yet.
Any other critical information in order to have maximum performance plus good stability and a reasonable lifespan would be more than appreciated.
Thank you for your answers!
My build follows, should it concern anyone:
-Intel i7-6700k
-ASUS RoG Maximus VIII Hero
-EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 970 FTW+ ACX2.0+
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2666MHz)
-Corsair AX760i
-Corsair H100i GTX
-Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
-BenQ XL2430T
I just purchased a Samsung 850 EVO to boot my OS from. I installed the drive using GPT since I'm on a Maximus VIII Hero running UEFI. I then allocated the disk space and the drive is now properly recognized, readier than ever to host an Operating System.
Now, to my question. First of all, I am logged on Windows 10 that is installed on a separate HDD and I can properly see the SSD that I partitioned as I mentioned above. I haven't touched anything from inside my BIOS yet, I just connected the HDD internally and installed + partitioned it + assigned a letter on it.
I read that enabling AHCI Mode for the SSD yields greater performance. Do I simply have to reboot my system, and change the Sata Controller to AHCI for the SSD and then install an Operating System in order for it to work properly without resulting to any problems? Will I notice any conflicts between the SSD that's set to AHCI and the rest of the HDDs set on IDE? I haven't cleared those controller options out in my mind yet.
Are there any more steps/issues to deal with first? I'm planning on installing Windows 7 then upgrading to 10. Might just as well go straight with 10, I haven't decided yet.
Any other critical information in order to have maximum performance plus good stability and a reasonable lifespan would be more than appreciated.
Thank you for your answers!
My build follows, should it concern anyone:
-Intel i7-6700k
-ASUS RoG Maximus VIII Hero
-EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 970 FTW+ ACX2.0+
-Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2666MHz)
-Corsair AX760i
-Corsair H100i GTX
-Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced
-BenQ XL2430T
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