Nice guide, I agree with most of it except for the bit about disabling SuperFetch. RAM is still significantly faster than any SSD so the benefit of precaching in unused system RAM would still be beneficial, not to mention SuperFetch will still benefit accesses to data that are not stored on the SSD.
Also don't agree with disabling Page File completely, but moving it is probably a good idea for the very reason given, to minimize performance degradation over time. Maybe once Win7 arrives and introduces TRIM, keeping the page file on the SSD will be less detrimental to performance over time, but with 12GB of system RAM the page file's default footprint is huge, 25GB, which is a lot for an SSD.
If i understand Windows 7 correctly it'll actually disable Superfetch by default (along with Defrag and a number of other hard disk based optimisations) if it detects you're using an SSD - seems pretty conclusive that even MS thinks that an SSD makes superfecth a bit pointless.
Originally Posted by -EVRE- I just bought a Crucial 64gb m225 disk based on Baz's comments on this forum. I'm going to put it in my laptop in place of its dead/ dieing 3 year old 7200rpm 80gb drive.
its a 3 year old Asus s96j using a Core Duo and 2gb of ram, I have a few concerns that caught up with me later in the day.
1. Is my laptop's bios even going to support it? *how would I know/ find out?
2. Is using a 32bit OS (Win7 RC in this case) going to affect it vs a 64bit OS?
3. Only having 2gb or ram, what should I do about my pagefile? Should I be concerned?
4. All in all, is getting an SSD for this aging laptop a mistake? Should I just plop a 160gig 5400rpm disk in it for $60 instead?
I'm REALLY looking forward to more on SSD's from bit-tech. If my experience is good with this drive I will consider one for my desktop.
Thanks for the read
-EVRE-
The only 'issue' that might arise is if your laptop only supports sata/150 and not sata2/300 (which, tbh, is probably the case). The ssd may underperform. However, it will absolutely crush the speed (or lack of) of your previous spinner, regardless.
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ReplyAlso don't agree with disabling Page File completely, but moving it is probably a good idea for the very reason given, to minimize performance degradation over time. Maybe once Win7 arrives and introduces TRIM, keeping the page file on the SSD will be less detrimental to performance over time, but with 12GB of system RAM the page file's default footprint is huge, 25GB, which is a lot for an SSD.
The only 'issue' that might arise is if your laptop only supports sata/150 and not sata2/300 (which, tbh, is probably the case). The ssd may underperform. However, it will absolutely crush the speed (or lack of) of your previous spinner, regardless.
I am SSD's what?
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