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Processor | i5-7600k |
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Motherboard | ASRock Z170 Pro4 |
Cooling | CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ AC MX-4 |
Memory | 2x8GB DDR4 2400 Corsair LPX Vengeance 15-15-15-36 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Twin Frozr 1070ti |
Storage | 240GB Corsair Force GT |
Display(s) | 23' Dell AW2310 |
Case | Corsair 550D |
Power Supply | Seasonic SS-760XP2 Platinum |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
I finally got my Corsair SSD up and running. Now I need a couple of tips to ensure that my drive will last me as long as it can and operate at its peak potential. I've read up enough on SSDs to know a few things.
For example, I've disabled these services using run and going msconfig:
Bluetooth Support Service (I don't use Bluetooth)
Disk Defragmenter
Task Scheduler (I will schedule everything manually)
Print Spooler (I don't have a printer)
Superfetch
Remote Desktop Services
Windows Search
Windows Indexing (Seen below)
I've enabled AHCI mode before doing a fresh W7 64-bit install on the SSD. After I installed, I ran ATTO and came up with these numbers:
I'm still probably going to use my old HDD, but here are some of its numbers just to give you a comparison:
So far I think I have set up and tweaked most of the settings that helps keep an SSD stable, but I'm sure I missed and/or I just don't know how to do a few things.
#1 I don't know how to disable Windows Prefetch, I checked the services list and it wasn't there.
#2 How do I disable Write Caching? Did I do that already by disabling Windows Search?
#3 How do I check if TRIM is running? (DONE)
#4 How do I enable TRIM? (DONE)
#5 How do I disable hibernation? (DONE)
#6 How do I know if Background Garbage Collection (BCG) is doing it's thing? (DONE)
#7 What do I have to do in regards to my pagefile? I use Firefox mostly, with occasional IE useage.
For example, I've disabled these services using run and going msconfig:
Bluetooth Support Service (I don't use Bluetooth)
Disk Defragmenter
Task Scheduler (I will schedule everything manually)
Print Spooler (I don't have a printer)
Superfetch
Remote Desktop Services
Windows Search
Windows Indexing (Seen below)
I've enabled AHCI mode before doing a fresh W7 64-bit install on the SSD. After I installed, I ran ATTO and came up with these numbers:
I'm still probably going to use my old HDD, but here are some of its numbers just to give you a comparison:
So far I think I have set up and tweaked most of the settings that helps keep an SSD stable, but I'm sure I missed and/or I just don't know how to do a few things.
#1 I don't know how to disable Windows Prefetch, I checked the services list and it wasn't there.
#2 How do I disable Write Caching? Did I do that already by disabling Windows Search?
#3 How do I check if TRIM is running? (DONE)
#4 How do I enable TRIM? (DONE)
#5 How do I disable hibernation? (DONE)
#6 How do I know if Background Garbage Collection (BCG) is doing it's thing? (DONE)
#7 What do I have to do in regards to my pagefile? I use Firefox mostly, with occasional IE useage.
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