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    Y580 with expresscache tech, has anybody tried it?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sensei22, Jan 27, 2013.

  1. sensei22

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    I see some of the newer Lenovo models come with ExpressCache technology for caching. My lenovo came without mSATA drive, but I installed one myself (64GB). RapidDrive seems like a pain in the and I do not want to go with the pain of reinstalling, resizing...so I was thinking maybe I could just install ExpressCache. Has anybody tried this? do you need to pay for the SW? how is the performance? is OKR still usable? Thanks in advance
     
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    Thank you very much. Have you tried this yourself? and if so, what is your experience with it?
     
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    follow y580 thread
     
    arju, Jan 27, 2013
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    Been following that thread for quite a while and no record of such thing so I went ahead and created a thread for it.
     
    sensei22, Jan 29, 2013
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    re-quoting myself. I just followed those steps and my y580 is performing really fast, not full SSD-like but I have to admit it is performing much faster than with regular HDD. I am happy with my decision, you guys should try it.
     
    sensei22, Mar 18, 2013
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    ishaany560, Mar 19, 2013
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    sensei22, Mar 19, 2013
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