Samsung 840 Evo

Dougiebabe2003 · 1 May 2014 at 15:53

Howdy,

So I have just placed an order for a Samsung 840 Evo 1TB and it should be here tomorrow.

I am currently downloading a copy of Windows 8.1 from work as I believe Windows 8 has more tweaks and can get more out of SSD's than Windows 7...?

I know that my ageing mobo won't get the most out out the SSD as it is only Sata 2 but is there anything else people do to get the most out of their SSD's? AHCI is already turned on and it will be a fresh install of Windows 8.1

Cheers,

Doug

snips86x · 1 May 2014 at 15:57

That is pretty much all you have to do. Ensure AHCI is enabled before you install and you're good to go!

wazza300 · 1 May 2014 at 15:59

install samsungs own magician tool and enable rapid mode,it will help boost speeds for sata2 ports

Dougiebabe2003 · 1 May 2014 at 16:02

Good stuff!

I did a bit of reading on the Rapid mode and got mixed feelings, is it that it stores some data in RAM so it is ready to be used?

I guess I may see more of a benefit to this being on Sata 2, will look into it

wazza300 · 1 May 2014 at 16:05

yh it should help you more on sata2

Deleted member 138126 · 1 May 2014 at 17:01

Windows 8.1 sings, even on older hardware.

Rroff · 1 May 2014 at 17:05

Dougiebabe2003 said:
Good stuff!

I did a bit of reading on the Rapid mode and got mixed feelings, is it that it stores some data in RAM so it is ready to be used?

I guess I may see more of a benefit to this being on Sata 2, will look into it

Theoretically it should help on SATA2 but I've never tested it in link bottlenecked situations - SATA 3 often has enough bandwidth that its only really useful over what SATA3 manages in niche situations.

Psypher5 · 1 May 2014 at 17:09

can that tool be used on other makes of ssd? i'll in a similar position with a seagate ssd and sata 2 mobo.

Rroff · 1 May 2014 at 17:12

AFAIK the Samsung one only works on Samsung drives but there are other 3rd party caching software that can do similiar IIRC i.e. PrimoCache/FancyCache with any drive.

monkeys · 6 May 2014 at 13:06

Dougiebabe2003 said:
Howdy,

So I have just placed an order for a Samsung 840 Evo 1TB and it should be here tomorrow.

I am currently downloading a copy of Windows 8.1 from work as I believe Windows 8 has more tweaks and can get more out of SSD's than Windows 7...?

I know that my ageing mobo won't get the most out out the SSD as it is only Sata 2 but is there anything else people do to get the most out of their SSD's? AHCI is already turned on and it will be a fresh install of Windows 8.1

Cheers,

Doug

I have a similar setup on win 7 and fitted an evo 840, speedy bootup...

Samsung 840 Evo

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