Readyboost - 1 USB stick vs multiple?
- Thread starter plutonium
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I used ready boost before going to a SSD drive and now ready boost isn't available to me. But I never tried using two devices but can tell you that the performance increase was marginal with 8gb of ram and I added 8gb of flash ready boost. I would just use the largest and fastest stick or card you can lay your hands on and call it a day !
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 ...32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck.
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64
- CPU
- i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX
- Motherboard
- MSI P67A-GD80 b3
- Memory
- 32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster Z Series Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 X 1050 p
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb
- PSU
- EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS
- Case
- CoolerMaster Storm Styker
- Cooling
- 7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
- Keyboard
- (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
- Internet Speed
- Basic 120mbps down
- Antivirus
- Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium
- Browser
- Chrome and IE 10
- Other Info
- 5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
It's for a system with a 4GB ram max (mb limit). I've noticed with Readyboost, the disk does thrash a bit less when doing memory intensive stuff, like running another OS inside VMware.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 x64
- OS
- Windows 7 x64
What happens when you try to get two devices in Ready Boost mode? I don't think you can sum the two devices but I never tried so I'm curious what the W7 said or does?
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 ...32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck.
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64
- CPU
- i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX
- Motherboard
- MSI P67A-GD80 b3
- Memory
- 32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster Z Series Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 X 1050 p
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb
- PSU
- EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS
- Case
- CoolerMaster Storm Styker
- Cooling
- 7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
- Keyboard
- (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
- Internet Speed
- Basic 120mbps down
- Antivirus
- Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium
- Browser
- Chrome and IE 10
- Other Info
- 5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
Zero experience with two RB on my system. The one 8gb added a slight advantage to 8gb ram. Maybe someone here will have run two. I Google'd it quickly and general consensus is only one ready boost at a time.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 ...32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck.
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64
- CPU
- i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX
- Motherboard
- MSI P67A-GD80 b3
- Memory
- 32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster Z Series Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 X 1050 p
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb
- PSU
- EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS
- Case
- CoolerMaster Storm Styker
- Cooling
- 7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
- Keyboard
- (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
- Internet Speed
- Basic 120mbps down
- Antivirus
- Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium
- Browser
- Chrome and IE 10
- Other Info
- 5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, K...AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 @ 3.0 Gbz12GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB, 2x2GBATI Radeon HD 4350 HD Graphics/Audio with 512MB
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP Pavilion a4302f
- OS
- Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 @ 3.0 Gbz
- Memory
- 12GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB, 2x2GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 4350 HD Graphics/Audio with 512MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1. Dell 23" SP2307, 2. Mitsublishi 40" HDTV, Hannspree 25"
- Screen Resolution
- 1. 2048x1152, 2. 1920-1080, 3. 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- Int: 1 120 Gig SSD i
1 - 2.5" 500 USB External HDD
1 -1 Tb USB External HDD
- Case
- Mid Tower
- Cooling
- Standard Fans - 5 fans (very quiet)
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless 2000
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
- Internet Speed
- 10 Mbit (realistically 500 Kbit - 1.2 Mbit)
- Other Info
- Speakers - Bose Desktop (Excellent Sound)
1 external CD|DVD\Blue-ray Recorders/Players (Sony)
Your right up to 8 devices and I can't use a one. Good to know for those still using spinners out there also the speed of pen drives and other devices vary widely and it took several purchases to find a device fast enough when I was running ready boost with my HDD.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Ultimate 64i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 ...32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck.
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64
- CPU
- i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, also FX 8120 & i5 miniITX
- Motherboard
- MSI P67A-GD80 b3
- Memory
- 32 gb G.Skill Sniper DDR3 10-12-12-31 @ 2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Radeon 7870 2GB DDR5
- Sound Card
- Sound Blaster Z Series Card
- Monitor(s) Displays
- (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
- Screen Resolution
- 1680 X 1050 p
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(1) 1 tb WD Black
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(2) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 3 tb Seagate Barracuda
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
(1) Drobo 5N w/5 Seagate 3tb
- PSU
- EVGA modular 1000G2 80% gold rating & APC 1200 RS
- Case
- CoolerMaster Storm Styker
- Cooling
- 7 case fans 140mm & 120mm, NZXT Kraken X60
- Keyboard
- (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless
- Mouse
- Logitech G700 & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
- Internet Speed
- Basic 120mbps down
- Antivirus
- Trend Micro Titanium Max Security & Malwarebytes Premium
- Browser
- Chrome and IE 10
- Other Info
- 5 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on NZXT cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd/Blu Ray optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro 8630 all-n-one
Hot-swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Netgear Nighthawk router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
Lenovo L420 i5 lappy with m sata
Drobo 5N advanced NAS
With 4GBs of RAM, you can forget Ready Boost all together. The overhead you buy will be counterproductive. You have to understand that ready boost does not only write the pages to your stick, but also to your pagefile (for security reasons in case you pull the stick).
If you look at the bottom right graph in Resource Monitor > Memory tab, you will probably find that there is very little paging activity to begin with. So why buy the overhead.
If you look at the bottom right graph in Resource Monitor > Memory tab, you will probably find that there is very little paging activity to begin with. So why buy the overhead.
My Computer
At a glance
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
- OS
- Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
- CPU
- from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2x HP w2207
- Hard Drives
- 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
- Keyboard
- with trackball - no mices
- Mouse
- Trackball mice
- Internet Speed
- DSL 6000
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