Looking for advice - is it worth it for me?
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:14 am
Good morning
New user so please forgive any already answered questions - I have searched the forums, google and youtube and am looking for clarity on some things.
First some background, need to do a fresh install of my OS and was toying with Intel RST to use an oldish SSD as cache until I stumbled upon PrimoCache, main usage is gaming and my proposed setup will be (HDD wise);
M2 240gb as boot drive with OS and system software applications
M2 2tb as main gaming drive
HDD spinner 4tb more games
HDD spinner 4tb more games (realistically this will probably remain empty until the above is full)
SSD 1tb file storage
SSD 240gb as L2 cache for the HDD spinners
In theory I could just uninstall games I don't play, but realistically the thought of that sends shivers down my spine. I have a slightly older SSD 240gb from a previous PC spare and was thinking of using that as a cache via PrimoCache for the two HDD spinner drives.
My questions are;
Do you need to set the sata ports in BIOS to RAID as you would to utilise Intel RST or can they be left SATA/AHCI and PrimoCache still work?
Is there much to gain from even doing this given my typical usage?
Does anyone have any suggestions for potential config PrimoCache (block size, read/write etc)
Would you also include the SSD 1tb drive to be cached?
Apologies again for the questions, I'm not that technical but would really appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.
I understand that I'd see better performance using the M2 240gb drive as cache but for the sake of my OCD I really want the OS and programs to be sat on a seperate drive.
Thanks!
New user so please forgive any already answered questions - I have searched the forums, google and youtube and am looking for clarity on some things.
First some background, need to do a fresh install of my OS and was toying with Intel RST to use an oldish SSD as cache until I stumbled upon PrimoCache, main usage is gaming and my proposed setup will be (HDD wise);
M2 240gb as boot drive with OS and system software applications
M2 2tb as main gaming drive
HDD spinner 4tb more games
HDD spinner 4tb more games (realistically this will probably remain empty until the above is full)
SSD 1tb file storage
SSD 240gb as L2 cache for the HDD spinners
In theory I could just uninstall games I don't play, but realistically the thought of that sends shivers down my spine. I have a slightly older SSD 240gb from a previous PC spare and was thinking of using that as a cache via PrimoCache for the two HDD spinner drives.
My questions are;
Do you need to set the sata ports in BIOS to RAID as you would to utilise Intel RST or can they be left SATA/AHCI and PrimoCache still work?
Is there much to gain from even doing this given my typical usage?
Does anyone have any suggestions for potential config PrimoCache (block size, read/write etc)
Would you also include the SSD 1tb drive to be cached?
Apologies again for the questions, I'm not that technical but would really appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.
I understand that I'd see better performance using the M2 240gb drive as cache but for the sake of my OCD I really want the OS and programs to be sat on a seperate drive.
Thanks!