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Windows 7: Have SSD; would thumb drive Readyboost help performance?
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18 Aug 2012
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Have SSD; would thumb drive Readyboost help performance?
I have a SanDisk Extreme 120GB SSD, alas, driven only by a SATA-2 capable motherboard. Would a thumb drive Readyboost help performance? All my thumb drives are USB 2 (but I do have an active USB 3 adapter in the system). I have various sizes from 128MB to 32GB -- does size matter?
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew Intel 6600-based
OS Win 7/Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel 6600 Quad
Motherboard eVGA 780i
Memory 8 GB DDR2
Graphics Card EVGA 512 9500 GT + nVidia GT
Monitor(s) Displays 4: (1) HP 22"W + (2) 19" + (1) 15" (pgm. icons only)
Keyboard MS Natural (desktop)
Mouse Logitech Nano Wireless Mouses (laptop & desktop)
Case Cooler Master CM Cosmose 1000 (tower)
Hard Drives SanDisk 150GB SSD (sys+pgms);WD Raptor 150GB (sys/pgm backup). Also, two of Seagate Barracuda ES.2's (data + backup)) and WD Raptor 150GB (spare)
Internet Speed 10 Mbs download (cable)
Other Info Also have HP Netbook; upgraded Windows XP/Home to Windows 7/Home, and Seagate Intel I5/15" screen with Windows 7-64/Home. Windows Experience Index on tower system: 7.1/7.1/6.9/6.9/7.0
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18 Aug 2012
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Boost what perfomance? What's the problem? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU QuadCore Intel Core i7 920, 2666 MHz (20 x 133)
Motherboard Asus P6T
Memory 6134 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
Graphics Card (2 - SLI) NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 (1024 MB)
Sound Card Onboard Realtek ALC888/1200 @ Intel 82801JB IC
Monitor(s) Displays HDMII
Screen Resolution 1280 x 800
PSU Corsair 550
Case iStarUSA S-10000BL Black
Hard Drives Crucial M4 (64 GB SSD)
WD Caviar Blacks
WD5001AALS-00J7B1 ATA Device (465 GB)
WD5001AALS-00J7B1 ATA Device (465 GB)
WD5001AALS-00L3B2 ATA Device (465 GB)
WD Elements USB External (250 GB)
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18 Aug 2012
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No, thumb drives are slower than your SSD. Also, Readyboost really only arguably helps with small memory footprints | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 3
OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1
CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.264V 124 GFlop (IBT with AVX)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24
Graphics Card MSI GTX 660 Ti PE/OC, 2GB 7160 MHz DDR5 clock, 1228 Mhz Core
Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200
Keyboard HP Wireless
Mouse HP wireless
PSU Seasonic X-850 (2012 KM3 model)
Case Fractal Design "Define R3"
Cooling CM TPC 812 push/pull, 3 120mm, 2 TY-140 case fans
Hard Drives Samsung 128GB 840 Pro SSD (System), Crucial 128GB M4 SSD, 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 1TB Internal, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte
Internet Speed 27.8 Mb/s down, 5.6 Mb/s up
Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.8, Graphics 7.9, Disk 7.9
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18 Aug 2012
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Windows 7 Home premium 64bit |
Well I looked at your system specs you listed in your profile and it says you have 8gb of ram,usually thumb drives will only help about if you got low amount of ram like 1gb or a slow hdd. I don't believe it will help your system,ssd's are already really fast and you have 8gbs of ram. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home premium 64bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 925 (Deneb) OC 3.4GHz
Motherboard M5A78L-MLX Plus
Memory 8192MB RAM DDR3 1600
Graphics Card XFX HD 6870 1GB (Connected via HDMI)
Monitor(s) Displays Polaroid TLAC-02255 22" Digital HD LED TV
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 60Hz
Keyboard Microsoft USB Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 (IntelliType Pro)
Mouse Logitech Optical Gaming Mouse G400
PSU CORSAIR CX600 600w
Case AZZA Orion 202 EVO with 3fans and a corsair af fan
Cooling cooler master hyper TX3 cpu cooler
Hard Drives Kingston Digital 60GB SSDNow V300 and 500gb HDD Western Digital 7200rpm (black)
Internet Speed 6Mbps download 0.65Mbps upload
Antivirus MSE
Browser chrome
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18 Aug 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
As soon as you add a SSD the ReadyBoost feature isn't even recognized any longer as your disk is the fastest source. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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18 Aug 2012
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Thanks for the input. I'm always in the market for cheap performance improvements. I'm afraid now that the next significant step would be to get an up-to-date motherboard that supports SATA-6, a faster (I7) processor, 16GB RAM, and faster graphics cards. Might as well start a new build as to do all of that. So, I'll muddle along with what I have. Occasionally Photoshop drags down a little, but that is rare. I should probably consider myself blessed with what I have.
Thanks to all for your input! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew Intel 6600-based
OS Win 7/Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel 6600 Quad
Motherboard eVGA 780i
Memory 8 GB DDR2
Graphics Card EVGA 512 9500 GT + nVidia GT
Monitor(s) Displays 4: (1) HP 22"W + (2) 19" + (1) 15" (pgm. icons only)
Keyboard MS Natural (desktop)
Mouse Logitech Nano Wireless Mouses (laptop & desktop)
Case Cooler Master CM Cosmose 1000 (tower)
Hard Drives SanDisk 150GB SSD (sys+pgms);WD Raptor 150GB (sys/pgm backup). Also, two of Seagate Barracuda ES.2's (data + backup)) and WD Raptor 150GB (spare)
Internet Speed 10 Mbs download (cable)
Other Info Also have HP Netbook; upgraded Windows XP/Home to Windows 7/Home, and Seagate Intel I5/15" screen with Windows 7-64/Home. Windows Experience Index on tower system: 7.1/7.1/6.9/6.9/7.0
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18 Aug 2012
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As mentioned, Readyboost is only helpful when you have a LOW amount of memory.
It's all but useless with anything over 1.5-2GB of system ram.
It probably wouldn't make any difference to performance as it would largely go under utilized. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Systems by SmartEyeball
OS 8 Pro x64
CPU i7 3770K 4.6GHz
Motherboard ASUS P8Z77 WS
Memory 16GB G.Skill Trident X 2400mhz
Graphics Card 3x Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce *TRI SLI*
Sound Card ALC898 / 5.1 receiver/ ATH-AD900 Headphones
Monitor(s) Displays x3 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
Screen Resolution 5760*1200/ 1920*1200 / 1920*1080
Keyboard Topre Realforce // Ducky Shine MX Black // Filco Ninja TKL
Mouse Razer Imperator + Thermaltake Theron
PSU Corsair AX1200W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Hard Drives 2x Intel 520 240GB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0) * 2TB WD Caviar Black
Antivirus MSE
Browser IE, FF
Other Info GT Extreme V2 Sim Racing Cockpit + 40" LCD and K/B Mouse stand ▼
Fanatec CSR Elite Wheel + Clubsport Pedals + CSR shifter/7GS ▼
Buttkicker v2 Seat Rumbler with Dedicated 5.1 and Sub Woofer attached to frame ▼
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Bloody Big Grin
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19 Aug 2012
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I recently did a Clean Reinstall with the Windows 7 update disk (the only one I have); it went fine.
The only problem I have is that since last month when I replaced my "C" drive (a Western Digital Raptor) with a SanDisk Extreme SSD, I occasionally get dumps, which take about 60-80 seconds to complete, but locks me out from doing anything while the dump takes place.
For what it is worth, I recently had a complete system lockout (could not even boot up in safe mode) and took it to local repair person. He removed all the hardware, tried to boot with one of his test drives, and got the same result. So he reset the BIOS and it booted fine. He then installed one device (starting with C, the SSD) at a time, an, with the exception of the occasional dumps, works like a charm. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew Intel 6600-based
OS Win 7/Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel 6600 Quad
Motherboard eVGA 780i
Memory 8 GB DDR2
Graphics Card EVGA 512 9500 GT + nVidia GT
Monitor(s) Displays 4: (1) HP 22"W + (2) 19" + (1) 15" (pgm. icons only)
Keyboard MS Natural (desktop)
Mouse Logitech Nano Wireless Mouses (laptop & desktop)
Case Cooler Master CM Cosmose 1000 (tower)
Hard Drives SanDisk 150GB SSD (sys+pgms);WD Raptor 150GB (sys/pgm backup). Also, two of Seagate Barracuda ES.2's (data + backup)) and WD Raptor 150GB (spare)
Internet Speed 10 Mbs download (cable)
Other Info Also have HP Netbook; upgraded Windows XP/Home to Windows 7/Home, and Seagate Intel I5/15" screen with Windows 7-64/Home. Windows Experience Index on tower system: 7.1/7.1/6.9/6.9/7.0
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19 Aug 2012
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MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit Austin, Texas |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite S875D-S7239 laptop
OS MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
CPU AMD A10-4600M
Motherboard AMD Pumori (Socket FT1)
Memory 6.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-12-28)
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7660G
Sound Card High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
Screen Resolution 1600x900@60Hz
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HP Wireless Optical Mobile Mouse Model FHA-3410
Hard Drives SSD 119GB Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 ATA Device
Internet Speed What the local pub, local coffee shop offers.
Other Info Optical Drive:MATSHITA BD-CMB UJ160B ATA Device
Also have an Asus ha1002xp netbook with Win 7 Ultimate installed.
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