SSD Tweaks with Windows 7 - Confused!

[SirRob]

I just purchased OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB for a Windows 7 install. I have been reading up on tweaks at

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/forum.php

and

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/3116/tweaktown_s_solid_state_drive_optimization_guide/index.html

There is a lot of conflicting information and I am confused as to what tweaks are necessary and desirable for a windows 7 installation that will be used for video editing. OCZ, tweaktown, Microsoft, and forums do not agree in many cases! I will use the SSD for the OS drive, but will have traditional hard drives for the video files. Thanks for any advice.

 

[coolVariable]

No tweaks needed for Win7.
Everything else is just BS that will give you a 0.05% performance increase ... while making the machine unstable or disabling useful functionality.

 

[SirRob]

Thanks for the help! I am glad to hear that.

 

[solofly]

No tweaks needed for Win7.
Everything else is just BS that will give you a 0.05% performance increase ... while making the machine unstable or disabling useful functionality.

I think you might be right...(I'm personally debating if I should do the tweaks or leave it alone and I think I'll leave it alone.)

 

[coolVariable]

The only tweak you might want to consider (if you have a lot of RAM) is to set up a Ramdisk for your browser cache.
That should help prolong the life of your SSD and might even improve speed.

 

[Voo]

The only tweak you might want to consider (if you have a lot of RAM) is to set up a Ramdisk for your browser cache.
That should help prolong the life of your SSD and might even improve speed.

Yep instead of 5+ years, 8years.. great. The only problem is that 60 oder even 160GB won't be that great by that time so you'll have to upgrade so or so.

Totally not worth the hassle with a ramdisk imho.

 

[SirRob]

I will have 6 gig of RAM, but I expect that video encoding will take that up pretty easily. I assume that a Ramdisk probably would not help me too much.