Wow!!! RamDisk Setup & Demo with over 9,000 MB/s Write Performance!

Nelly · 20 Apr 2012 at 21:59

SeraphX · 20 Apr 2012 at 22:25

Just tried this out and holy moly!!!!!

trial download of the software is available here > http://www.superspeed.com/download/trialversions.php

15 day trial, which is more than enough for some tasty benchmarking tbh

Created a 4Gb disk
Ram is Corsairs Vengeance running at 1600Mhz with C9 timings

and it beats their attempt :O, it would be very interesting to try this on some proper 1866 ram or even higher specced 2400 stuff hehe

Devrij · 20 Apr 2012 at 22:28

Wa wa wee wah! I may have to buy some more ram and get this on the go.

Nightglow · 20 Apr 2012 at 22:59

You peeps are so behind.

I run 32gb of memory (Corsair Vengeance 4x8gb) split 16gb system & 16gb for a Ram Disk.

In my other threads, I have praised the benefits of a Ram Disk many times, as it will save a lot of read/writes, & wear & tear on a ssd if you have one.

Would interesting to see if there is any further benefits to be gained by using faster memory.

SeraphX · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:00

Nightglow said:
You peeps are so behind.

I run 32gb of memory split 16gb system & 16gb for a Ram Drive.

In my other threads, I praise the benefit of Ram Drives, & it will save a lot of read/writes, & wear if you have a ssd.

shush, only got enough ram a few days ago and i've been busy benchmarking,

which is what you should be posting tbh

It would be really good to get a memory/ramdrive benchmarking thread going

thezakarum · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:11

Thought I'd give it a go, here are my results.

These are with 1866MHz (9-9-9-27 1N) @ 1.40v bios settings though and I will post some more tomorrow with better settings.

But for now, bed.

Nightglow · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:12

Ram drives are so neglected in my opinion, been over looked far too long.

Used with a X79 board & a large amount of memory, say 48gb (6x8gb) of fast memory, & having 16gb system & 32gb ram drive, it would be impressive performance.

I did ask in 'New Products', if OcUk could stock some other 16gb (2x8gb) memory kits.

SeraphX I will when I get my new cpu, using a G620 now as temporary stop gap .

PiKe · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:14

Doesn't windows 7 have ramdisk functionality built in?

Nelly · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:14

Nightglow said:
Would interesting to see if there is any further benefits to be gained by using faster memory.

In the video they mentioned using G.Skill Trident 2800 @ 11-13-13-35. So doesn't look like it makes any difference, although would be good to see more tests.

hyperst · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:16

Now these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-067-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817 would go well with my Asus Z77 Gene V, could put BF3 on 16GB of it, who's going to try it?

Edit, maybe not, it's 8x4GB, facepalm.

Nelly · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:24

hyperst said:
Now these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-067-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817 would go well with my Asus Z77 Gene V, could put BF3 on 16GB of it, who's going to try it?

Edit, maybe not/ it's 8x4GB, facepalm.

Makes me feel like going X79, this to me seems better than the release of new CPU's or whatever else!

Nightglow · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:26

This is more suitable if you have a X79 board DDR3-2400 - PC3 19200 64gb (8X8gb)

http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=460

Did look at Z68 & Z77 boards to replace an aging 775 pc, but decided X79 was the better option, as boards like a Rampage IV Extreme, supports up to 64gb of memory up to DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)

SeraphX · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:29

Shame that 16Gb sticks aren't mainstream yet

Nelly · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:31

Nightglow said:
This is more suitable if you have a X79 board DDR3-2400 - PC3 19200 64gb (8X8gb)

http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=460

Did look at Z68 & Z77 boards to replace an aging 775 pc, but decided X79 was the better option.

Looking at prices on the web, looks like it would cost around a grand for that kit if not more. :eek:

I would just get the cheapest 8x4GB 1600C9 for now, well if I switched to X79.

hyperst · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:33

4 of these for under £200? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-314-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Nightglow · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:38

I pick up two sets of Corsair Vengeance 16gb (2x8gb) off a well known auction site for £35 each last month, didn't even get charge by customs for duty.

Nightglow · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:42

Nelly said:
Looking at prices on the web, looks like it would cost around a grand for that kit if not more.

I would just get the cheapest 8x4GB 1600C9 for now, well if I switched to X79.

Shame I can't afford that, but some on here wouldn't hesitate spending that amount.

I find 32gb is ample, splitting it 16gb/16gb.

SeraphX · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:45

I think tomorrow is going to be spent tweaking ram settings, see if i can't get them running at 1866 and see if there are any significant increases to be had

Really really wish i had 32Gb now, be great to see how a fully modded Fallout 3 performs lol

King Damager · 20 Apr 2012 at 23:54

I must admit this is an incredible idea...

Thing is, I'm not sure there's much point... I understand it for photoshop, or as a scratch disc. That makes sense. But why would you run bf3 off of it.... 'yay I loaded bf3 in 5 seconds, now I have to wait another 25 seconds whilst everyone else playing this game has to'....

kd

Nightglow · 21 Apr 2012 at 00:08

I use my ram drive for firefox cache, write buffer my ssd, system temp files & on my htpc for video editing buffering, & several other things.

You can set up a ram drive to be backed up on to a hard drive if need be, also ram drives are cleared when shutting down, so anything personal is gone for ever.