OCZ Core 64GB MLC SSD Review.. (Testing in progress..)

[Saevio]

[quote='ChaoticMonk',index.php?page=Thread&postID=1 27419#post127419]how does that work?[/quote]Although I've never read heavily into it or tried it myself, [url='http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/devicedriverdevelopment/article.php/c5789/']this link may help you.[/url]

[sthar]

"OK, here is the latest file and how to install;

1. download the updated version at this link;
http://vista.inoxa.de/Dateien/Gavott...25.01.2008.zip
The version posted here might also work, but anyway. Extract the archive to a directory.
2. Go to the Control Panel and click Add Hardware
3. Click Next and wait for the search to complete.
4. Choose “Yes, I have already connected the hardware” and click Next
5. Scroll to the very bottom and highlight “Add a new hardware device” and click Next
6. Choose “Install the hardware that I manually select from a list” and click Next
7. Wait for the search to complete and click Next
8. Highlight “Show All Devices” and click Next (warning: this part may take a few minutes)
9. Click Have Disk… (Important! Be sure not to click on anything else or scroll through the lists before you click Have Disk. Doing so will screw up this process.)
10. Click Browse and locate the folder you saved the rramdisk.inf file in, select ramdisk.inf and click Open
11. Click OK, then Next and Next again.
12. Click Continue Anyway if a warning pops up and then Finish
13. Right click on the “ram4g.reg” file in the extracted directory and “merge”.
14. Now when you launch the ramdisk.exe utility, you should be able to see the options properly enabled. Set the desired ramdisk size and click OK. It should be ready to use at the default drive R:

Good luck!"
There are other disks that are not freeware, if this is not working.

[Sarduci]

You do know if you MOVE things there instead of copying them it'll be gone when you power off, right?

[sthar]

Ofc, that is why you use a hd and a image backup there. That you can load when you restart.

[ChaoticMonk]

So in order to take advantage of the Ramdisk you'd need to copy your data folder onto the ram disk after each reboot (and perhaps relink the files)? Would the performance gain be benificial enough to warrent doing this?

[Sarduci]

Ofc, that is why you use a hd and a image backup there. That you can load when you restart.

If it was that obvious that you should do that then personally you should not need to be told how to setup a ramdisk.

[ChaoticMonk]

Now, I understand that vista 32bit wont see more than 4gigs of ram (3.7 or whatever) but if I was to install more than 4gigs of ram could I utalize the extra ram that windows does see as ramdisk or would windows need to be able to see it?

And since the Data folder in WoW is almost 9gigs (more when WotLK comes out), how are ramdisks beneficial when you can only have so much?

[sthar]

Ofc, that is why you use a hd and a image backup there. That you can load when you restart.

If it was that obvious that you should do that then personally you should not need to be told how to setup a ramdisk.

What? Who told me to do what? Please read who has posted what. :P
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I have nlited a XP 64 and ruing that from a gigabyte i-ram. So i can "use" all the 16GB, and yes lets say wotlk will take 10GB, I still have 6GB left, and I don't need as much running wow from the RAM.

And with a image and hardlinks it wont take much time to set up if you restart.
Well I'm just saying it is a quicker alternative. And it works for me, as I almost never restarts my comp.

[Coltimar]

Does anyone have a good mounting solution? I haven't found anything at newegg.com that excites me.

[Igthorn]

[quote='Coltimar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=1279 45#post127945]Does anyone have a good mounting solution? I haven't found anything at newegg.com that excites me.[/quote][url='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811993005']Simple 2.5" to 3.5" bracket[/url] internal
Simple 2.5" to 3.5" bracket internal
Addonics AAMKHD25B/AAMKHD25W simple 2.5" to 3.5" bracket
Atech Fabrication 2.5" mounts pci bracket mounts and 2x 2.5" to 1 3.5" internal
SuperMicro 4x 2.5" rack 5.25" bay. Looks like a nice option for raid-0 SSD + raid-0 VRs (gotta remove the icepak voiding warranty or get BLFS VRs)..
AthenaPower 4x 2.5" rack 5.25" bay. Same as SuperMicro, but most people recommend the SuperMicro one over this one. I've never used either, so I can't really say.
Addonics 2x 2.5" rack 3.5" bay