ReadyBoost & SSD drives?


  1. Posts : 84
    WIN7 Ultimate, 64bit OEM
       #1

    ReadyBoost & SSD drives?


    i have a Antec dark fleet85 (the big one) case with an hot swap 2.5" drive bay on the top.........

    ...if i plug in a 2.5" SSD flash drive, say about 160 GB, think it will give me a massive boost if i dedicate it to ReadyBoost??

    for the record i already have tried 2 x 16GB SD camera cards and dedicated them to ReadyBoost.....i have noticed a massive difference when playing games......

    thoughts?
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  2. Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
       #2

    Are your current specs accurate? If so, you will probably see the best performance increase by using an SDD as your OS drive and keeping all your personal files on the HDDs.
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  3. Posts : 84
    WIN7 Ultimate, 64bit OEM
    Thread Starter
       #3

    current specs are up to date. I do know switching to a SSD drive as my primary OS drive will speed things up, but i was also wondering if i dedicated a second SSD drive to ReadyBoost if it would speed up even more
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  4. Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
       #4

    Personally, I doubt it. I actually doubt it would even let you.
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  5. Posts : 84
    WIN7 Ultimate, 64bit OEM
    Thread Starter
       #5

    thanks, saved me some bucks........

    i already tried to use a WD 500 GB external USb hard drive but it would not let me use it for ReadyBoost.....was hoping the SSD drives would work.......

    oh well.

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  6. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #6

    Hi there
    with Windows 7 its moot whether readyboost is even worth it.

    If you move your OS to the SSD drive the performance gain will be so much better you WON'T need readyboost in anycase.

    If you don't like the idea of using an SSD drive for your OS then CERTAINLY use it as the paging file and for Photoshop scratch areas if you have Photoshop.

    For me If I could afford the luxury of an SSD driive I'd stick the OS on it.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  7. Posts : 4,517
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #7

    I agree. Win7 and apps on a SSD, and all personal DATA on spinning drives will make a huge difference.


    It truly is a night and day difference in overall system performance.
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  8. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #8

    As a matter of fact you can use SSD for readyboost. If you have a cheap one lying around you can configure it as one and get some amount of performance boost by moving your page file there and any data files you may be working on currently (say source code, if you are a developer or video).

    But really, readyBoost is a relic from the days when RAM was still a precious commodity. These days, memory is dirtcheap, just use the ssd as system drive and upgrade your ram to max. I noted you have 4gb ram only, though you are using the 16gb cards also.
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