SSD Management
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tom_gr7
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source "HyperX performance at an exceptional price.
Budget-minded gamers and enthusiasts will benefit from the lower price of Kingston's new HyperX 3K SSD. This solid-state drive combines premium 3000 program-erase cycle NAND with the second-generation SandForce controller. Its lower price means more users can experience ultra-responsive gaming, multitasking and multimedia computing power. 3K loads games and applications faster, increases frames per second (FPS) for an improved gaming experience and allows for quick transfers and edits of large media files. HyperX 3K provides high-speed SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) performance and blazing fast random and sequential read/write speeds. SandForce DuraClass™ technology provides the latest data integrity protection for ultimate endurance over the entire life of the drive. HyperX 3K SSD comes in a sleek, black and aluminium case design, accentuating the look of any power user's system. For added peace of mind, HyperX 3K SSD is backed by a three-year warranty and legendary Kingston reliability.
Features
SandForce controller technology
High-speed SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) transfer speeds
Advanced Wear-Leveling Technology
User-Configurable Over Provisioning4
Performance — incredible speeds for enhanced productivity
Reliable — much less likely to fail than a standard hard drive
Shock-Proof — dropping your notebook no longer means losing your data
Cool & Quiet — runs silent and with no moving mechanical parts to generate heat
Innovative — uses NAND Flash memory components
Supports TRIM3 — enhances device wear leveling by eliminating merge operation for all deleted data blocks
Supports S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)
Guaranteed — three-year Kingston® warranty, 24/7 tech support
Specifications
Capacities1: 90GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
Sequential reads2: SATA Rev. 3.0
90GB / 120GB / 240GB – 555MB/s
480GB – 540MB/s
Sequential writes2: SATA Rev. 3.0
90GB / 120GB / 240GB – 510MB/s
480GB – 450MB/s"
Buzz
Master
Hey Big_Rich.
Nice one for the post. Had a read of it. Lot of things I had already mentioned here in the post. The other thing in it is the system restore. I personally dont like disabling it. Yes it would solve the read/write situation on SSD and in turn lengthen then life, like I said at the start the more actions the SSD does the lower its life span. In saying that you cant buy an SSD and not use it. So certain things will have to take actions. The system restore is one. I didnt mention it in the post because I dont think personally people should disable it unless they have good back up software or are in the habit of backing up a lot. Problem is with that people simply forget to backup before major computer changes, so the system restore is a good line of defense against incorrect changes.
If you do disable it, I would suggest maybe deleting system restore points by disabling system restore, then re enable it. This will delete all previous restore points. Then create a new restore point. Take ownership of the system volume information folder in C:\
You will need to show hidden files and folders and show system files and folders. Then once you have taken ownership of the System volume information folder go into it and copy the system restore files to another location. Then you can disable system restore and still keep your restore point for future.
Personally I back up all the time. I find Acronis great. Others, think the Win7 backup does the job, personally I dont like it. But there are great back up probs available.
Cheers again for the link. There was some interesting points in it and as it said certain areas with computers is all just simply down to choice. Page file, system restore etc.
stegor
Bright Spark
Buzz, totally agree about system restore - it can be a life saver if you get certain viruses or get a screwed up driver install, wouldn't recommend turning it off to anyone.
Buzz
Master
Hey stegor
Thanks for the reply, Yeh I wouldn't advise it either as said. Far to many times you see a driver update, or what looks like a nice program, you install it and NEVER think to back up prior. Once it messes the system simply going into add remove/ device manager doesn't always change it back to as it was prior to the install. The system restore I find adds just enough extra protection to warrant the writes it does on the drive and the size allocated to it. After all as I said, your gonna be using the drive anyway and with the price dropping all the time keeping on system restore IMO is a must.
Thanks for the reply, Yeh I wouldn't advise it either as said. Far to many times you see a driver update, or what looks like a nice program, you install it and NEVER think to back up prior. Once it messes the system simply going into add remove/ device manager doesn't always change it back to as it was prior to the install. The system restore I find adds just enough extra protection to warrant the writes it does on the drive and the size allocated to it. After all as I said, your gonna be using the drive anyway and with the price dropping all the time keeping on system restore IMO is a must.
System Restore is a hideous resource-hungry monster that causes more problems than it fixes.
Better to store all your e-valuables (music, photos, videos, documents etc) out of harms way on a non-OS HDD, then just format if you manage to mess things up enough to warrant using system restore.
I like to have a good format every 3 months or so as a matter of course anyway
Better to store all your e-valuables (music, photos, videos, documents etc) out of harms way on a non-OS HDD, then just format if you manage to mess things up enough to warrant using system restore.
I like to have a good format every 3 months or so as a matter of course anyway
Buzz
Master
System Restore is a hideous resource-hungry monster that causes more problems than it fixes.
Better to store all your e-valuables (music, photos, videos, documents etc) out of harms way on a non-OS HDD, then just format if you manage to mess things up enough to warrant using system restore.
I like to have a good format every 3 months or so as a matter of course anyway
Is that with your SSD... As if it is thats a lot of unneeded actions the drive will taking anyway, so will possibly over lengthy periods degrade the SSD which would pretty much defeat the purpose of this thread. System restore may not be the best in the world but as said before and like Vanthus there, It has saved me many times.
No, I only put the SSD in last week.
Lots of good advice, but the practice on the pagefile seems a matter of debate. In fact, official MS advice is that the pagefile go on the SSD (e.g., see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-drives-and.aspx ). Similarly the practice of disabling the pagefile even if you have loads of RAM seems questionable - if you don't need it, it doesn't matter, but if you ever do, writing to a pagefile on an SSD is better than not having the RAM.
Buzz
Master
hi mdwh
yes the pagefile has been debated over and over again.
As stated in the OP itself
The pagefile is down to preference and system setup really. Thats why I gave info on how to use the Use the Page File Bytes Peak counter to calculate page file size. Personally I Disable mine bar 256MB on a WD caviar black. Works perfect.
But again yes, there are so many write ups about it, that its best to either leave alone or spend a little time tweaking it according to your own needs.