Originally posted by Blazorthon:

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Blazorthon,

Thanks! Any software you could recommend? This would be for moving large several GB files, and anything that can speed up an already fast drive would sure cut down on the transfer time.

Thanks again,
Russ

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Sorry, but I'm not very experienced with the subject beyond that it can be done- you might be better off doing a Google search and doing a search or two on a few of the consistent results. I'll try that and report back, but IDK if I'd do it any better than you.

I know that Intel's Z series boards have support from Intel for it (up to 20GB or 40GB can be used for cache on an SSD for a hard drive, IDR which), Crucial has some software for it, and a few others have it as well as there being some open-source caching software, but IDK which is the best or if different situations have different preferences among these programs.

Sorry for not being more helpful :(

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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i Have uninstalled BF:BC2 from the SSD, now i have about 10GB free, but still quite sluggish. time for a full format, after work, methinks. sit down and smoke a shisha while fresh installing an OS. Might aswell look for a 4.2 ROM for my galaxy nexus. sounds like a plan. will take before and after shots, of SSD read/write/iops etc. What would be the best tool for that?

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Originally posted by harvardguy:

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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i Have uninstalled BF:BC2 from the SSD, now i have about 10GB free, but still quite sluggish. time for a full format, after work, methinks. sit down and smoke a shisha while fresh installing an OS. Might aswell look for a 4.2 ROM for my galaxy nexus. sounds like a plan. will take before and after shots, of SSD read/write/iops etc. What would be the best tool for that?

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You uninstalled WHAT! You mean, Shaff, that you've had enough of massacring everybody on that game? Did you ever get into the Vietnam map pack? I like BC2 more than BF3 for some reason - the look of the graphics being the main reason I guess - and the Vietnam map pack is far better than anything I've ever seen from those Dice guys. Except that nobody bought it but me - so not many still playing it. Good luck with speeding up your ssd.

Speaking more about your competitive skills, have you checked out the new Counter Strike Global Offensive? Sam likes it - I like it. Pretty nice graphics, and an inexpensive game.

Rich

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Originally posted by Blazorthon:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Originally posted by Blazorthon:

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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So my corsair f60 ssd hovers around 1GB free, but I assume that shouldn't affect SSDs. It has been over a year since I have reinstalled windows 7, which is the longest time period I can remember for myself. Right now it's quite sluggishness hoo up and loading programs. Should bind a wipe or is there software that can optimise bit again?

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Actually, that does affect SSDs. Like with hard drives (although for different reasons), filling an SSD up usually slows it down along a somewhat exponential curve (how much of a problem this is depends on the SSD, it varies greatly). Having only 1GB free is probably related to your sluggishness issue.

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Surely this is what TRIM is supposed to deal with?

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It can't deal with it if it doesn't have enough clearable space to work with. TRIM can't fix anything if you fill up the drive until it has no more free space to juggle with and not enough data getting deleted to alleviate the lack of free space. TRIM is good at cleaning things up, but it needs space to work with.

If the drive only has 1GB of space left and nothing is getting deleted to increase the free space, what is TRIM supposed to do? It has nearly no space already except for a little over-provisioning (hardly any in a 60GB drive) and unless you keep deleting stuff, it can't get any more free space.

Filling up an SSD has the potential to be much more harmful than filling up a hard drive because if data can't get moved around, some cells will get more worked than others no matter what Trim tries unless it reduces performance to give it enough time to juggle data around for wear-leveling and then you get sluggish performance. Perfect storm.

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Originally posted by Ripper:

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All those are Windows 7 compatible yep; can't think of anything similar that wouldn't be now.

Assuming PSU is the one listed in your sig it should still be ample too.

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Ripper,

Win 7 and compatibility are misnomers! Windows 7 is the biggest bunch of garbage I've ever used. I bought 2 Microsoft Intelemouse 3000s, so I would be sure of compatibility with Win 7.

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Originally posted by ZoSoIV:

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WindowsXP is going to lose support in the near future May of 2014 ,i think so it wouldn't make sense to upgrade my machine and still use XP..i see no other choice other than Windows7 I've worked with it some and like it so far...i milked this machine way to long and need an update bad..the DDR2 ram and small HDDs are almost stone age lol...BTW I'm going with two 1TB HDDs which brands are leading the pack?...I'm sticking with a updated Asus MB and Intel QuadCore and a updated Videocard and DDR3 ram...the ODDs(other than maybe getting a Blu-Ray drive) power supply and case are fine..should be a pretty simply upgrade actually..this big Antec 1200 case is easy to work with, plenty of room

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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i really dont get anyones beef with vista. was a much better OS than XP.

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Originally posted by shaffaaf:

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i really dont get anyones beef with vista. was a much better OS than XP.

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Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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Once you get past Metro it's fine but having to boot into that horrible UI is too much for me. When someone comes up with a work around for the Metro nonsense I'll start using it probably.

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Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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Once you get past Metro it's fine but having to boot into that horrible UI is too much for me. When someone comes up with a work around for the Metro nonsense I'll start using it probably.

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