Best Setup for new high end PC.
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:09 pm
I am getting back into slow loading Microsoft Flight Simulator X Steam Edition and so my Primo Cache again.
I need pro advice on best way to go with Cache creation with the new PC I built. Or whether it would be needed even.
I will list the components:
Win 10 Pro
Intel Core i-9 10900KF 10 core OC to 5300mhz
64 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200
Inland Platinum 4TB SSD M.2 2280 NVme
Cruical 256 GB SSD
Samsung EVO 2TB SSD
Samsung 500 GB SSD
SEAGATE 2TB HDD
ASUS ROG Maximus XII Formula Z490 MB
Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR 6 VRAM
I set Cache with no L2 cache. Created a L1 cache with 30 GB and checked retain cache after reboot and the top box above that checked setting for all only READ cache.
Put these in L1 to be cached:
4TB M.2 "C" drive (filled with Steam Games), 2 TB SSD (filled with less used Steam Games), 500 GB SSD (filled with FSX Scenery bought), 2TB HDD (for My Docs & Data storage, oddly showing as a Sub-Drive under Samsung Evo 2TB SSD..weird)
Checked Prefetch on reboot. 4k blocks as all drives show 4k sizes via Mini Tool Partition Wizard though it defaults to 128k in presets options.
Crystal disk tests show Read on M.2 from 3400 to 16,000
with similar results for rest. I tried making the 256 GB an L2 cache drive for all but thought it maybe best for turning slow HDD data to SSD then Ram cache and may slow down M.2 & SSDs speed to Ram Cache of 30GB.
Question is is this the best set up for these components or is Cache needed at all with an M.2. I have long loading times on many games I wanted to speed to the max.
Best, RAW
I need pro advice on best way to go with Cache creation with the new PC I built. Or whether it would be needed even.
I will list the components:
Win 10 Pro
Intel Core i-9 10900KF 10 core OC to 5300mhz
64 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200
Inland Platinum 4TB SSD M.2 2280 NVme
Cruical 256 GB SSD
Samsung EVO 2TB SSD
Samsung 500 GB SSD
SEAGATE 2TB HDD
ASUS ROG Maximus XII Formula Z490 MB
Radeon RX 6800 XT 16 GB GDDR 6 VRAM
I set Cache with no L2 cache. Created a L1 cache with 30 GB and checked retain cache after reboot and the top box above that checked setting for all only READ cache.
Put these in L1 to be cached:
4TB M.2 "C" drive (filled with Steam Games), 2 TB SSD (filled with less used Steam Games), 500 GB SSD (filled with FSX Scenery bought), 2TB HDD (for My Docs & Data storage, oddly showing as a Sub-Drive under Samsung Evo 2TB SSD..weird)
Checked Prefetch on reboot. 4k blocks as all drives show 4k sizes via Mini Tool Partition Wizard though it defaults to 128k in presets options.
Crystal disk tests show Read on M.2 from 3400 to 16,000
with similar results for rest. I tried making the 256 GB an L2 cache drive for all but thought it maybe best for turning slow HDD data to SSD then Ram cache and may slow down M.2 & SSDs speed to Ram Cache of 30GB.
Question is is this the best set up for these components or is Cache needed at all with an M.2. I have long loading times on many games I wanted to speed to the max.
Best, RAW