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    RAMdisk.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Brabostaan, Jun 26, 2011.

  1. Brabostaan

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    Who is using it? It save's youre HDD/SSD and is damn fast. 4500MB read/write. :eek:

    Is it usefull for daily use?
     
    Brabostaan, Jun 26, 2011
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    I'm sure it is if you have a LOT of memory. You could get the 32GB memory and then save the 20GB OS to it and still have 12GB for games. Perfect.

    EDIT: Or you could save your favourite games to the RAM for epic load speeds.
     
    Harryboiyeye, Jun 26, 2011
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    but you do realize that when you reboot its all gone right? Ram drives dont retain data after a reboot.
     
    steve1ddd, Jun 26, 2011
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    Brabostaan, Jun 26, 2011
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