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    Replaced HDD in Cronos 7 laptop with Momentus XT. Point in keeping ExpressCache drive?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by wfrogge, Nov 13, 2012.

  1. wfrogge

    wfrogge Newbie

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    Bought the 17 inch Cronos 7 17 inch laptop from Best Buy and replaced the 1TB HDD with a Momentus XT 750GB drive. Since this new drive has 8GB of SLC NAND does it make sense to continue use of the on board Samsung expresscache? Was thinking of turning the Samsung on board 8GB expresscache into a drive for readyboost or page file (or both by reserving 2GB for readyboost and leaving the rest for the Windows page file).


    Any opinions?
     
    wfrogge, Nov 13, 2012
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Would the ExpressCache be a good place to lodge hiberfil.sys (if using Windows hibernation) or the hibernation partition if you can get the Intel Rapid Start Technology to cooperate?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Nov 14, 2012
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    unitping Newbie

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    wfrogge - it seems pretty odd to me for someone to buy an ultrabook with expresscache and then use the money they saved to turn right around and spend it on an SSD for the system... am i missing something here?

     
    unitping, Nov 14, 2012
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    HerEsY Notebook Evangelist

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    I can understand wfrogge buying a SSD for their ultrabook, but not buying a hybrid drive, because doesn't the ExpressCache with the HDD (to the best of my knowledge) work in the same manger as a hybrid drive. If I'm wrong can somebody explain the concept.
     
    HerEsY, Nov 14, 2012
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  5. wfrogge

    wfrogge Newbie

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    Because the HDD that comes with the Samsung is 5400 RPM and the Seagate is 7200 RPM
     
    wfrogge, Nov 16, 2012
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    wfrogge Newbie

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    Well if anybody is wondering I got the best PC Mark scores (average of 5 tests running expresscache and without *using the expresscache drive for my swap file*) by not using expresscache with this new hard drive. Average score with the Momentus XT and expresscache enabled was 2900. Average score with the Momentus XT and expresscache removed with the on board SSD configured for Windows swap was 3800.

    I didnt run a PC Mark with the OEM HDD but different reviews online say it benchmarks right around 3000.
     
    wfrogge, Nov 17, 2012
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    Ephelant Notebook Consultant

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    Why didn't you just go the whole hog and get an SSD, put Windows and program files on that, and put the original 1 TB drive in the optical bay for large media files etc.? Probably wouldn't have cost much more.
     
    Ephelant, Nov 18, 2012
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