Intel Smart Response Technology Questions

shankly1985 · 20 Sep 2012 at 17:41

Amraam said:
So I'm good to go.

I'm tempted, while I'm at it, to order a 2TB drive. Can I quickly go off topic and ask which drive is good around the £80 to pair up with the SSD?

Am using seagate st2000dm001 and I cant fault it that around that price. it is £80 lol http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-255-SE

Amraam · 20 Sep 2012 at 18:51

No issues with it clicking?

shankly1985 · 20 Sep 2012 at 19:16

Was till I updated its firmware.

Amraam · 21 Sep 2012 at 18:29

I must have done something wrong. I installed windows (AHCI) on my 256GB SSD and set it all up. I did the reg tweak, installed RST, switched off, added my Cache SSD and 1TB drive, switched the SATA mode to RAID and booted up. All was fine and I can see the 1TB drive and 256GB SSD, but in the RST software, it just unknown for all the drives, with a size of 0.

I didn't directly install any RAID driver, I figured RST/Windows would do that? I can't see a dedicated RAID driver for the Z68 Extreme 4 Gen 3?

Thanks.

Amraam · 21 Sep 2012 at 18:46

Fixed. I just reinstalled the RST software, and sorted. Am I correct in thinking the enhanced is best, as it's almost as fast as maximised but without the increased risk of data loss?

Yamahahahahaha · 22 Sep 2012 at 09:25

Amraam said:
Fixed. I just reinstalled the RST software, and sorted. Am I correct in thinking the enhanced is best, as it's almost as fast as maximised but without the increased risk of data loss?

Correct! Two points.

Amraam · 24 Sep 2012 at 10:55

Awesome mate, thanks.

Next question, is it OK to use indexing on the accelerated drive? Or just leave the indexing service off entirely?