EDIT: In short;
"If i go out and buy an SSD in order to use SSD caching with Intel SRT, will i lose my OS because i have to change my HDD to RAID rather than ACHI? Or do i not even need to do this to use Intel SRT?"
I built my PC about a month ago now and keep hearing about how good SSD drives can be for a Boot drive, and for SSD caching.
Currently im using a Seagate Baraccuda SATA III 7200rpm 32mb cache HDD in my system and that obviously has my OS, programs and all files and folders on there and running.
How easy would it be to buy an SSD drive (60GB OCZ Agility 3) to use as either a boot drive or as a cache (Im using ASUS P8Z68-v Pro Motherboard) which supports Intel Smart Response.
Im under the impression that my current 1TB drive would need formatting and set up in RAID 0 with the SSD? But doing this surely would mean id lose my OS and program files?
Documents and Programs arent an issue if lost, however i cant afford to lose my legitimate Windows 7 64-bit Professional.
Is it possible to add a SSD boot drive OR SSD cache WITHOUT losing my OS?
How do i go about doing this?
Any information / guide would be appreciated.
Thankyou in Advance.
"If i go out and buy an SSD in order to use SSD caching with Intel SRT, will i lose my OS because i have to change my HDD to RAID rather than ACHI? Or do i not even need to do this to use Intel SRT?"
I built my PC about a month ago now and keep hearing about how good SSD drives can be for a Boot drive, and for SSD caching.
Currently im using a Seagate Baraccuda SATA III 7200rpm 32mb cache HDD in my system and that obviously has my OS, programs and all files and folders on there and running.
How easy would it be to buy an SSD drive (60GB OCZ Agility 3) to use as either a boot drive or as a cache (Im using ASUS P8Z68-v Pro Motherboard) which supports Intel Smart Response.
Im under the impression that my current 1TB drive would need formatting and set up in RAID 0 with the SSD? But doing this surely would mean id lose my OS and program files?
Documents and Programs arent an issue if lost, however i cant afford to lose my legitimate Windows 7 64-bit Professional.
Is it possible to add a SSD boot drive OR SSD cache WITHOUT losing my OS?
How do i go about doing this?
Any information / guide would be appreciated.
Thankyou in Advance.