Samsung EVO 840 HDD Cache

Bluntwrapped · 9 Dec 2015 at 13:44

Hey guys, have a quick question.

I am upgrading a friends PC for Christmas and have bought her a 120GB Samsung EVO 840.

I was thinking I might partition the SSD into two to give me a partition for the OS install and and maybe 20GB or so I could use as a cache for her 500GB HDD.

I'm assuming this is possible but her motherboard is B75 chipset so Intel RST isn't supported natively, I would need to rely on another means of creating the cache.

I was wondering if:

1. This will be worth it?
2. What are my options for creating and managing the cache partition?

Cheers

andy_mk3 · 9 Dec 2015 at 13:52

In short, not worth it.

bledd · 9 Dec 2015 at 14:25

Update the firmware using the latest Samsung Magician software. Fixes a slowdown bug.

+1 to no point partitioning.

Bluntwrapped · 9 Dec 2015 at 14:44

Thanks for the quick replies guys. Thought it might give her a slight boost to her storage drive but if it's not going to be worth it I'll keep the the SSD in one volume for the OS and a few select applications.

I would have preferred to get her a larger SSD but the way things are going I'm already a few hundred quid into a 'cheap' upgrade for Christmas.

Noted on the firmware upgrade bledd, cheers.

wazza300 · 9 Dec 2015 at 15:55

you wouldn't be able to do it anyway if the board doesn't support caching,not sure on b75,you need to set it to raid aswell