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Just ordered X25M-G2, what now?

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Maverick2002

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Just ordered this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167016

Is there a to-do list somewhere of stuff you need to do to get maximum performance out of this?

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. I remember reading something about turning off pre-caching, defragging, etc? Also something about drive alignment and that I should do an OS re-install rather than imaging my current drive? Do I have to do anything in the BIOS to enable TRIM, or is that OS-specific and Windows 7 will automatically do it? It thought I read something about changing to ACHI or whatever??

Can anyone point me in the right direction? This is my first SSD and I'm excited to see how it boosts my system, but I want to get the maximum out of it.

TIA!
 
IMO for best performance you are going to want a fresh install in AHCI mode!

You have to put the SATA controller into AHCI mode from the bios then install windows it should pick it up. By Default it will install the MS AHCI driver which will enable trim support.

1. Windows will automatically turn off defragging on the SSD, but leave it on for any regular HD's you have in the system.

2. You don't need to worry about drive alignment if your doing a fresh install.

3. Optional some choose to move the Pagefile off the SSD while other have left it on the ssd.

4. Precaching and superfetch also optional to leaving them running as the benefits aren't as much when on a SSD.

5. After everything is setup you can switch to the new Intel RST drviers 9.6.0.1014 which will give trim support aslong as its a single SSD. I get better performance with this driver than the ms one YMMV.
 
There is a SSD Optimization Guide below. To prefeace that, there is very little you need to do with an ssd in any case.....

Windows 7 should be shutting down Defrag but, if not...do this yourself.

Always do the fresh install. I explain this on my Win 7 Optimization Guide but, with respect to ssds, 99% of initial problems are because one clones their OS and there are problems which occur in the process. They mainly result in under par pewrformance.

The only thing NOT MENTIONED above that I would seriously consider is shutting down System Restore which I also discuss in the Guide. There have been alot of problems associated with TRIM and the allocation points created through system restore. I described this but, in a nut shell, 2-3 weeks of system restore doing regular backups will result in a visible performance decrease and a very troubled TRIM of the drive.
 
Makaveli said:
IMO for best performance you are going to want a fresh install in AHCI mode!

You have to put the SATA controller into AHCI mode from the bios then install windows it should pick it up. By Default it will install the MS AHCI driver which will enable trim support.


5. After everything is setup you can switch to the new Intel RST drviers 9.6.0.1014 which will give trim support aslong as its a single SSD. I get better performance with this driver than the ms one YMMV.
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curious, i just bought the same SSD and am curious as to if you did any before and after benchmarks for this? i am thinking about just integrating this driver into my 7 install disk if it is better than the microsoft one
 
Thanks for the links and the info, this is gold. The drive just came in, but I have another issue I'd like some feedback on. It turns out I'm going to need to RMA my motherboard (P7H55D-M EVO) due to faulty audio jacks. Since I'm doing a fresh OS install, should I wait until I have an RMA'd board or just use this one? What difference will it make when I swap them out? Will I need to re-activate Windows again? Will Windows try to re-install drivers because of the hardware change (even though it's the same piece of hardware, just with a different identifier)? Will this affect my SSD at all?
 
I'm going to be doing a fresh OS re-install anyway to get the SSD alignment. My question was whether I should do it now (before I RMA the board) or wait until after I get the new one in ... didn't know if there was a difference as far as identifiers/drive re-installation that could "dirty up" my fresh install, even though it's the same model of motherboard.
 
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