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    Is trim important with Windows 7? SSD w/o trim vs. 7200rpm HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Nick, Aug 10, 2010.

  1. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I found a great deal on a Kingston 64GB SSD, but it doesn't have trim. I understand what trim is, but is it very important for Windows 7.

    With out trim, will it be faster than the 7200rpm HDD in my Asus G51vx?
     
    Nick, Aug 10, 2010
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  2. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    If that is a Kingston SNV125 it has a Jmicron controller with stuttering problems. I wouldn't recommend it.
     
    Phil, Aug 10, 2010
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  3. Lozz

    Lozz Top Overpriced Dell

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    without trim you're going to be secure erasing few months or more. Otherwise you'll just see dimenishing performance, more so since the controller in that SSD isn't a top performer. It should be a bit noticably faster, however as suggested I would still opt out of it, espically when sanforce drives are rivaling the intel Drives these days. I believe Asus uses seagate 7200.4 for their 500GB drives which is already an excelent drive to start with. Save some more cash imo
     
    Lozz, Aug 10, 2010
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It really depends on the controller. The JMicron controllers are trash, Intel's G1 did a good job w/o TRIM, G2 not as good. OCZ's Indilinx were okay, but have stability problems but they have a firmware that kind of "auto-TRIMs." I do not know about Sandforce's controller too much yet, but from what I understand the OCZ Sandforce drives have similar stability problems. Samsung's older controllers were a bit slow but stable and did "okay" and some of the new ones are apparently quite good.
     
    Greg, Aug 10, 2010
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