RAMDisk or USB Ready boost for SSD?

reygjabla · 7 Jul 2009 at 19:06

Hi guys!

Has anyone tried using Ramdisk or Ready Boodt on SSD's?

Which one do you think is best suited to compliment the speed of SSD's?

nutsnut · 7 Jul 2009 at 20:40

Ram Disk is a lot lot quicker then USB ready boost.

But ready boost is a lot lot easier to achieve

reygjabla · 7 Jul 2009 at 21:50

Have you tried any of them? :rolleyes:

AbsenceJam · 8 Jul 2009 at 01:39

They're too different things, though they can have the same applications. ReadyBoost is part of the OS and automatically caches some files to a flash memory device which can speed up some non-sequential reads A RAMdisk creates an actual drive in your system RAM which you then have to manage yourelf by installing apps there or setting it as a cache location. Because it uses your system RAM it's faster than a HDD for any operations.

daryll · 8 Jul 2009 at 21:11

Im currently using the dataram ramdisk with my SSD's, can be found here http://www.dataram.com/products-and-services/ramdisk/

Ive set my temp locations to use it, its a piece of cake to setup and is free for sizes <4GB

I tried a couple before using this one, it seemed the easiest to setup and supports Windows 7 64bit, it will also auto start without having to use images, which I prefer.

reygjabla · 9 Jul 2009 at 07:38

I'll try this one m8 and thanks for the heads up.

cavemanoc · 9 Jul 2009 at 12:52

ReadyBoost would be a step back if you have a half way decent SSD as the usb read/write would be considerably slower than your flash and there is no access speed boost - I though it was usually disabled as part of the optimization stuff people did for SSDs in Vista

reygjabla · 9 Jul 2009 at 19:37

daryll said:
Im currently using the dataram ramdisk with my SSD's, can be found here http://www.dataram.com/products-and-services/ramdisk/

Ive set my temp locations to use it, its a piece of cake to setup and is free for sizes <4GB

I tried a couple before using this one, it seemed the easiest to setup and supports Windows 7 64bit, it will also auto start without having to use images, which I prefer.

Thanks m8. I've set up mine with a 2 Gig allocation and moved my IE Cache and Outlook Cache in there. It's Amazing!!! Windows 7 build 7264, Corsair P128 and 2 gigs of Ramdisk. Everything just flies man. Couldn't thank you enough for giving me the link.

The first Ramdisk i've tried that works on windows 7 or maybe 2 days is not enough googling.