I just bought this drive and installed windows 7 on it. I keep seeing how everyone tweaks the drives to get the best performance out of them. How would I do that and do I need to? Thanks much!
well, opinions seem to vary here on occasion
my take: if you installed win7 on it (as opposed to copying it over from an existing install) you dont need to do anything from a performance perspective. win7 is ssd aware and will set itself up optimized for ssds during the install. if there is a manufacturer util (ala intels SSD toolbox) it wont hurt to run it as per the instructions.
now, if you want to maximize space, disable hibernate and delete hiberfil.sys, cut restore points down to 1 or 2. reduce page file to min 100 MB, max of whatever you want.
you can also minimize writes to it in various ways, but realistically who cares.. you are paying for speed so I keep everything I can on it, including page file, temp files and caches.