The 2GB for the Data drive however hits at around 50% after a 5-6hour of full-bandwidth torrent transfer. I don't see any direct benefits in-game or while browsing, except for the superfast file transfer and program installations. Writing larger blocks is better for the NAND chips, especially now the EVO has Triple Level Cells, which, in theory, should expire faster.
The SSD is already fast enough on its own, but I prefer the caching for the defer-write. Is this a good ratio or am I doing something wrong? I actually bought 16GB instead of 8GB to do some fun stuff I have 16GB RAM in total, so I don't care about so much cache. I'm currently using the following set-up, all read and write:ĤGB RAM for 256GB Samsung SSD 840EVO (System)Ģ56MB RAM and 256GB L2 cache for my external drives (2TB WD and 1TB Toshiba) Primocache offers more customizability than RAPID and a much better UI. I prefer to use more RAM for Primocache so it doesn't get full. Some tests I made when I first started with Primocache, beware, it's messy: Primocache performs a lot better in CDM but when the cache is almost full, Primocache gives up but Samsung RAPID stays stable. It's just a 1GB cache for the SSD with a defer-write that can't be changed but may be optimized for this kind of SSD. I first learned from this kind of caching when my new SSD came with its own cache: Samsung RAPID, which does exactly the same, but doesn't allow for customization. First want to tell you that I love your software.