Samsung SSD SRT split

[reklamepost]

Hi guys

I just need some of your infinite wisdom. I am currently upgrading my computer.
Current specs:
Intel x25m g2 80GB os drive
wd black 2tb gaming drive
wd green 2tb application drive
i7 870
gtx 660

I am looking at upgrading to the i5 4670k with a slight overclock and swapping out the intel x25m with the samsung 840 evo 128GB and using an samsung 840 pro 250GB as SRT cache and the rest of the space for the most used applications (games, photoshop etc..)

As i have read, the evo drive with turbowrite and rapid support should have no problems with running as an OS drive. I thought of getting another pro for better write performance, but will it even matter as it is only going to be used for windows 8 and fedora operating system files?

The other question is about the pro 256GB. The reviews favor this one in a lot of tests as long as there is enough space available on the drive. With SRT taking 64GB, could i make a 150GB partition on the rest of the drive and run my most used applications there and live comfortably with the 30-40GB unused space on the drive?

By using the drive for SRT and primary applications, will I get lower performance as the two "logical" units will share a sata port?

Feel free to ask or add to my questions. All help appreciated 😀

 

[Cerb]

By using the drive for SRT and primary applications, will I get lower performance as the two "logical" units will share a sata port?

How? Are you putting them in an ecnlosure with a port multiplier, or something? A regular internal drives, they will not share ports. The HDD and SRT drive will be on separate ports, and the SRT v. other SSD partition will only even show up as an issue in benchmarks.

But, you have your priorities backwards. The bigger faster drive should be your OS drive.

Personally, I'd save the money for the SRT one, and get the cheapest Sandisk Ultra Plus, or go even cheaper, and get the 32GB ReadyCache model (but still using Intel's SRT). The random access buffering is where SRT will really help, and those Sandisks do the same kind of pseudo-SLC buffering as the new Samsung 840 Evos do.

There's no real gain to be had by using several SSDs. In the long run, you'll be better off by taking advantage of the greater over-provisioning provided by a single larger SSD.

Actually, what I would personally do right now is jump on the $150 256GB Toshiba Q at Newegg, for the OS, then get a smaller not-on-sale SRT drive 🙂, or re-use the 80GB Intel you have right now as an SRT drive. There will surely be slightly better deals as we close in to Black Friday, but good luck catching them before the drives go OOS. I missed out on several by mere minutes, last year (in stock before adding to cart, OOS by the time I tried to complete the order). Or, if you're going to spend ~$300 on storage anyway, just get a single ~500GB SSD, and do the trick to use part of it as SRT.

 

[reklamepost]

How? Are you putting them in an ecnlosure with a port multiplier, or something? A regular internal drives, they will not share ports. The HDD and SRT drive will be on separate ports, and the SRT v. other SSD partition will only even show up as an issue in benchmarks.

What I was thinking about was using the samsung 840 pro 256GB drive as the SRT drive. Let SRT get the 64GB it needs and then dedicate the rest of the space to a normal logical drive. The drive is still connected to one port, but has two purposes.

It might be that I overthink this, but all writes and reads for both the srt and the regular logical drive will go through the same port. My computer isnt utilized that hard. I seldom run a lot of applications at the same time and its usually just games and browser stuff.

I like the SRT function to speed up my other drives but I'm not quite sure about how my old intel drive would handle this role? Has anyone done any testing on what the performance on an SRT drive should be?

But, you have your priorities backwards. The bigger faster drive should be your OS drive.

I partially agree. I have tested a bit with my own drive and a friends newer (though not terribly good) SSD and the OS functions about the same with the faster drive. Thats where I got the thought about "just getting an evo" for the OS.

There's no real gain to be had by using several SSDs. In the long run, you'll be better off by taking advantage of the greater over-provisioning provided by a single larger SSD.

Good point. Ill have to read up some more on the bigger one's 😛 The evo might be a good call here too?

 

[Brahmzy]

Way overthinking. Get the Evo n be done.