bp9801 Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 On the test bench today are a pair of rather interesting solid-state drives. See how these caching drives perform in the OCC review of the Corsair Accelerator 30GB & 60GB - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_accelerator/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My_Inner_Fred Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 It would be a dumb idea to use those as cache drive when your boot drive is already a SSD correct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 The best thing I like is their price. One thing I should say is the ht e only con listed in the review (i.e. Drives over 2TB not supported ) isn't that much important for the following reasons: Very few people uses >2TB HDD >2TB HDDs are not radially available in the market. Correct me if I'm wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 It would be a dumb idea to use those as cache drive when your boot drive is already a SSD correct? Definitely. This seems like a decent alternative to using Intel SRT if you're on an AMD platform or an older Intel platform. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildman2 Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Why would this as a cache drive be a bad idea if main drive is an ssd? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Why would this as a cache drive be a bad idea if main drive is an ssd? Because it just adds an extra layer...it'll just slow things down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted July 9, 2012 Posted July 9, 2012 Because it just adds an extra layer...it'll just slow things down. Yeah, if it's an SSD....it's not going to get faster with an SSD lol, unless the other "cache drive" was a faster, larger, and newer generation and the "OS Drive" was disconnected entirely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 It would be a dumb idea to use those as cache drive when your boot drive is already a SSD correct? Yes you will see no benefit . Definitely. This seems like a decent alternative to using Intel SRT if you're on an AMD platform or an older Intel platform. Its better in so many ways. No RAID ARRAY to set up is the biggest one I can think of Because it just adds an extra layer...it'll just slow things down. You get no benefit trying to cache a SATA 6Gbp/s SSD because these drives are slower. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Why would this as a cache drive be a bad idea if main drive is an ssd? For the very first time I'm listening to this type of concept. Say if you are using Vertex4, and how do you expect the speed of these accelerator SSDs to be same or greater than those? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 For the very first time I'm listening to this type of concept. Say if you are using Vertex4, and how do you expect the speed of these accelerator SSDs to be same or greater than those? You get no benefit trying to cache a SATA 6Gbp/s SSD because these drives are slower. It was already covered... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Sorry. I didn't scroll through the whole page before posting. I saw that post & replied. :-( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted July 10, 2012 Posted July 10, 2012 Its better in so many ways. No RAID ARRAY to set up is the biggest one I can think of Other than the somewhat more simple setup - would you say it feels about the same as using Intel SRT? I love that the Intel driver automatically uses massive amounts of RAM if I'm already not using it (it seems to do better than Windows 7 in this aspect). Are there any tunables for the Corsair software to mess with? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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