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    SSD optimization question.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by takasniper, Dec 15, 2011.

  1. takasniper

    takasniper Notebook Guru

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    Just installed a Kingston HyperX 120GB. Very happy with the speeds. If you haven't already read the thread regarding the whole Kingston v200 issue. My question is should I even optimizate the SSD or should I leave it alone. Is there anything I can do to keep it running smooth? My benchmark below.
     
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  2. tijo

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    Honestly, i would make certain TRIM is enabled and that automatic defrag is disabled. Afterwards, the rest is more work that what it's worth if you ask me. If you fell like it, you can go through the optimization guide at thessdreview, but personally, i feel it's not that necessary for the gains. I moved the page file to the mechanical drive since i have enough RAM that it will almost never be used to save some writes on the SSD. Also disabled hibernation to gain some space ( i no longer see a need for it as it takes 20 secs to boot and at 12GB RAM, it makes quite a large file), but that's about it.

    If TRIM is enabled, it should stay at good performance levels without you having to take care of it as long as you stick to a traditional desktop workload.
     
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    jclausius Notebook Virtuoso

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    Pretty much ditto to Tijo. I disabled hibernation and defrag, verified trim on and instead of moving pagefile, since I have 12GB of ram, I made pagefile only 500MB just in case I have a program that needs it.
     
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