Ramdisc + readyboost + SSD

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I'm upgrading at the end of the year and im really doing a lot of reseach atm to get the best price : performance stuff etc and so i can get every but of performance i can.

I was considering getting 6x2gb RAM and possibly using a 6gb Ram disc for the game/app ill be using at the time.

Combined with a 12gb+ Flashdrive for my Readyboost.

Also get a very small SSD for my Pagefile.

Would i notice any difference in speed?
and if so how much.

Cheers in advance :)
 
Well the Ramdisc is gonna stay, possibly may use it for my OS. Dunno ill figure something out.

Not really too informed about SSD's didnt realise this.
I'm sure the readyboost idea must do something, as flashdrives are very cheap anyway wouldnt make too much difference money wise.

And i know regardless of Ram the system uses the pagefile still, for example some programs use this rather than RAM, although theres a lot of theory's goin round.

Also ive noticed several new mobo's not having a NB, rather a ram controller instead, is it worth paying that tad extra for this feature?
 
Ok then its a scrapped idea, im still interested in that Ramdisc idea though.

And im pretty sure you need the VRAM, as some programs require this to run.
And some are known to crash without it.
 
Can't think of any off the top of my head, but your computer is always using the pagefile regardless of Ram.
Well im gonna read into using a ramdisc anyway.
 
Well regardless of opinion ill keep mine on and be happy.

I'm not throwing it back in your face because my main questions were about other subjects not just the pagefile, that went of the tracks.

I welcomed the rest f the advice and glad i asked...:o
 
JonJ678 said:
Oh my. That was not a well informed or well researched first post, and now you're ignoring peoples advice. I'll give this a shot anyway

Dont use readyboost. Flash drives are very slow. Slower than hard drives. In no way is using one as ram sensible.

Use a swap partition/virtual memory, hard drive space is cheap enough that a gb or so just doesn't matter. It's a step towards increased stability and that's always a good thing. Granted it will spend most of it's life idle, but the cost vs gain still comes out in its favour.

If you get an ssd, don't use it for the page file. Put your os on it.

Ramdisks are excellent. I don't think you've grasped the concept though. Ram loses data when its unpowered. So you're not putting your operating system on one, for frankly obvious reasons. Putting /tmp temporary files in it works very well.

For games/applications, crude usage but simple process
1/Accept that if it crashes all your save games and work is lost
2/Install to ramdisk
3/Make image of drive, save this to a hard drive
4/clear ramdisk
5/go to 2 until you have an image of anything you might want in it

Then, after a reboot, copy the image to the drive, work/play. Remember to move save games or data off the ramdisk before you reboot, and before you move a different image into its place.

Ramdisks are brilliant, but need care and sensible useage, Operating systems running sanboxed inside one load very, very fast and run very nicely. This is perfetly doable, but of limited use compared to just putting the application in the ramdisk.

I'm happy to answer other questions, on similar themes or based on this post, but I am annoyed that you have researched this so little
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Well for one i arent ignoring other peoples advice :/
I asked 3 questions, i knew about already but was just confirming, the pagefile arguement, which was different to the stuff i asked for.
I'm glad i asked as i arent going to be touching readyboost etc.

And i know how a ramdisc works, you can get one of those battery things if i wanted to put my OS on it., (cant remember of the top of my head).
I'm probably just gonna get a cheapish ocz agility drive for my OS tbh.

Its just ive never actually done this and was asking advice to see if its worth my time, you can say i havnt done my research but google is full of crap nowadays its hard to get a straight answer, because theres different answers, left right and centre.

Ive heard readyboost not being useful after 2gb of RAM but i just thought seen as flash drives are so cheap, aslong as it did something i might give it ago. Plus i think i may have a spare..

Cheers..
 
hawker1986 said:
I would like to know what "experts" are telling you to keep it on because there are a whole number of people here who are enthusiasts and really know there stuff telling you thats a load of rubbish, your not even willing to try it...

Still whatever makes you happy.

Hawker
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2 People?
 
Obviously ill need to research more but using a ramdisk is defintely something ive gotta look into.
Plus it gives me more stuff to mess around with ;)
Now would be a good time to win this euro lottery.
 
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