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Hello HardForum community!
I must say that this post is very long overdue. I have been frequenting [H] since mid-2000 when I was a lad of 14 and building my first computer (Athlon xp 1600+ machine, ah the memories) and this is my first post EVER. So first of all, thank you for all of the years of support, kick ass case mods and generally polite atmosphere.
I have recently upgraded my rig and here are the specs:
i7 2600k
Gigabyte z68xp-UD3
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3
OCZ 650w PSU
EVGA GTX 460 768mb *carried over from previous build will update if Kepler is worthy, otherwise 7970*
I also carried over my HDDs from the previous build. Until now my OS and apps have been loaded on a 150gb WD VelociRaptor and all media, documents, etc. reside on a 500gb WD Caviar Blue. Well the Velociraptor has been hanging up in the past couple of weeks, and while I have considered a fresh install, I'd rather save the hassle and upgrade to SSD.
Now, the z68xp-UD3 has an onboard expansion slot for an mSATA drive for caching with intel smart response. So what I would like to achieve is having 60gb Sata III SSD with the OS and frequently used apps loaded, and then have a Samsung Spinpoint F3 with caching from the mSATA SSD. Is this possible?
The only thing that I cannot figure out is whether or not you can assign the mSATA drive to ONLY cache the Spinpoint, so that it does not hinder the faster Sata III drive.
Thoughts?
Here are links to the products:
Primary SSD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223
mSATA caching:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211580
Samsung Spinpoint:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
Thanks in advance,
Matt
I must say that this post is very long overdue. I have been frequenting [H] since mid-2000 when I was a lad of 14 and building my first computer (Athlon xp 1600+ machine, ah the memories) and this is my first post EVER. So first of all, thank you for all of the years of support, kick ass case mods and generally polite atmosphere.
I have recently upgraded my rig and here are the specs:
i7 2600k
Gigabyte z68xp-UD3
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 DDR3
OCZ 650w PSU
EVGA GTX 460 768mb *carried over from previous build will update if Kepler is worthy, otherwise 7970*
I also carried over my HDDs from the previous build. Until now my OS and apps have been loaded on a 150gb WD VelociRaptor and all media, documents, etc. reside on a 500gb WD Caviar Blue. Well the Velociraptor has been hanging up in the past couple of weeks, and while I have considered a fresh install, I'd rather save the hassle and upgrade to SSD.
Now, the z68xp-UD3 has an onboard expansion slot for an mSATA drive for caching with intel smart response. So what I would like to achieve is having 60gb Sata III SSD with the OS and frequently used apps loaded, and then have a Samsung Spinpoint F3 with caching from the mSATA SSD. Is this possible?
The only thing that I cannot figure out is whether or not you can assign the mSATA drive to ONLY cache the Spinpoint, so that it does not hinder the faster Sata III drive.
Thoughts?
Here are links to the products:
Primary SSD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223
mSATA caching:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211580
Samsung Spinpoint:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
Thanks in advance,
Matt