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    Y510p SSD working?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Adobo9, Aug 4, 2013.

  1. Adobo9

    Adobo9 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi there, quick and simple question. I play League Of Legends, and some people on here are reporting ~5 second load times in champion select( if you play the game you will understand). I just want to know how I know if my SSD is coordinating with the game or not? Thanks, and let me know if I haven't clarified myself yet!
     
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  2. alucasa

    alucasa Notebook Evangelist

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    The ssd is exclusively for caching. The easiest way to find out whether it works or not is by counting your boot time. It should decrease your boot time after you reboot your machine few times. Whether caching will benefit gaming is I don't know and don't care personally.
     
    alucasa, Aug 4, 2013
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    octiceps Nimrod

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    You can find out if the SSD caching is working by opening up a command prompt as administrator and entering eccmd -info. It should show your caching info as such:

    ExpressCache.PNG
     
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  4. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    The more you use a program, the better chances it will be cached by the SSD.
     
    Jobine, Aug 4, 2013
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