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How would I set up a SSD boot/cache drive?

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I'm planning on getting the Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 60GB SATA III SSD. I have heard that you can take the 20GB needed on such a drive and place the OS on it making it the boot drive, then take the reamaining 40gb and use it for cache using Intel Smart Response.

I have the MSI Z68A-G45 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 motherboard and the Intel Core i3-2120 incorporated in my planned build so I believe it would be doable, but how?

^^ that's what I did and it worked out great. I'm using a OCZ Vertex 3 60GB on SATA3. I installed win7 64bit home premie on it and it works flawlessly. I also installed all necessary apps and programs that will remain permanently on my machine, like security essentials, afterburner, asrock tuner, etc. Everything else, including games, documents, music, are being thrown on a WD 1TB Caviar Black on SATA3.

The Caviar Black compared to the Vertex 3 my windows bootup time dropped from 35 seconds (from BIOS to desktop) down to 14 seconds!!
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mugenkid18 said:
The Caviar Black compared to the Vertex 3 my windows bootup time dropped from 35 seconds (from BIOS to desktop) down to 14 seconds!!


I went from 21.2 seconds on the Barracuda XT to 15.6 seconds on the Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120 GB....I measured from power button press to desktop.

With the reliability problems I have experienced with SSDs (2/4 failed, plus one RMA I got back), I'd be inclined to try the SSD as a cache for SRT along with a mechanical drive. Safety >> Speed.
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