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    Does Qosmio Q850 SSD have TRIM?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by jsteng, Feb 8, 2010.

  1. jsteng

    jsteng Notebook Consultant

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    I am wondering: Does Toshiba Q850 have TRIM ?

    I was performing a game when it was running from Drive C vs Drive E.
    and I find it "slower" when It was in Drive C (SSD).

    Is it because it does not have TRIM or whatever patch needed to improve performance?

    These are the hard disks thats installed on the Toshiba
    SSD: TOSHIBA THNS0064GG2BBAA
    HD: Hitachi HTS723232L9A360

    Off hand, I am not satisfied with this Toshiba's SSD
     
    jsteng, Feb 8, 2010
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  2. Compusmurf

    Compusmurf Notebook Consultant

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    TRIM is for block deleting and such.

    If you're game is writing/deleting THAT much from the drive to run into those kinds of performance hits, you shouldn't have it on ANY SSD anyway because SSD's have a finite # of read/write cycles before it dies....
     
    Compusmurf, Feb 8, 2010
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  3. mujtaba

    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    The SSD without using TRIM will be slower when it has been under use for some time. I am not sure if something like a back->format->restore will fix it though.

    To test if you have a TRIM functionality, you can use this : http://www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox/
    And see if you have TRIM support under "view drive information"
    (more info here : http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T5...1;jsessionid=A7C86295F55FCD2F6055A75D25CE8182)

    The likely answer is a no though, since the TRIM ready drives seem to ship starting 2010Q1 :
    http://ssd.toshiba.com/SSD-FAQs.html
    http://ssd.toshiba.com/SSD-product-guide.html
     
    mujtaba, Feb 8, 2010
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  4. jsteng

    jsteng Notebook Consultant

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    ANNNND it suck to know that my Toshiba, with $500 above Q830, have a lousy SSD Drive!
     
    jsteng, Feb 8, 2010
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  5. atomeater

    atomeater Notebook Guru

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    I'm considering a Qosimo X505-890.

    Is the SSD really that bad? I know the intels are the best, and OCZ makes some good bang/buck ones, but is the one in this laptop old tech & not worth spending extra $ on?
     
    atomeater, Jul 29, 2010
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