Getting the most out of your SSD

[ShakeThat]

Heyo guys, I would like to know what are the tricks and things to do/not to do/enable/disable, to get the most out of the SSD, in this case it's a samsung 840 evo.

Thanks

[Phllips]

Dont defrag it. Top tip of the day

[ShadowCaptain]

Heyo guys, I would like to know what are the tricks and things to do/not to do/enable/disable, to get the most out of the SSD, in this case it's a samsung 840 evo.

Thanks

 

There is optimisation software that Samsung provide for the SSD, download it off their site, it automatically enables/disables things in windows to give your SSD the best health and performance

[Karumu]

Dont defrag it. Top tip of the day

what does defragging actually do to SSD's i just head to not do it but never actually questioned why

[ShadowCaptain]

what does defragging actually do to SSD's i just head to not do it but never actually questioned why

 

(I think)

Because SSDs write data randomly to cells in the SSD that only the controller knows where

[Karumu]

(I think)

Because SSDs write data randomly to cells in the SSD that only the controller knows where

so it basically just corrups everything because i tries to move data in order?

[ShadowCaptain]

so it basically just corrups everything because i tries to move data in order?

 

Yeah I believe so!

 

Found an article 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047513/fragging-wonderful-the-truth-about-defragging-your-ssd.html

[MetaDrow]

Trimming would be a good idea, if you are on WIndows 8 than it's already there but if on Windows 7 or below use Samsung's software for their SSDs.

[Ginz]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds

 

There's a Windows 8 version too (Google it).

[ShakeThat]

i use windows 7, and the software you are talking about is the samsung magician or something like that ?

[hojnikb]

Trimming would be a good idea, if you are on WIndows 8 than it's already there but if on Windows 7 or below use Samsung's software for their SSDs.

 

Trimming is done on the fly from Windows7 onwards, so no need to do it manually.

[hojnikb]

i use windows 7, and the software you are talking about is the samsung magician or something like that ?

If you have win7, you dont really need to do much.

Its already performing at max.

[MoonSpot]

Defragmenting an SSD isn't a good idea. With that said windows 7 and 8 users do not have to worry about it. Windows 7/8 detects that it is an SSD and changes defeat to optimisation. Vista users do have to disable defrag.

I found that the www.thessdreview.comm has good optimisation guides for each common version of windows.

[MetaDrow]

Trimming is done on the fly from Windows7 onwards, so no need to do it manually.

I guess it was an update or something, I only ran old non-updated Windows 7 when I upgraded to a SSD because I was testing a boot time issue.

[Guest]

I guess it was an update or something, I only ran old non-updated Windows 7 when I upgraded to a SSD because I was testing a boot time issue.

Purple Heart Chan <3

[MetaDrow]

Noire!

[MetaDrow]

Purple Heart Chan <3

 

Noire!

Ops forgot to quote =P

[dalekphalm]

i use windows 7, and the software you are talking about is the samsung magician or something like that ?

Yes, Samsung Magician is the software. Open it up and go into the Optimization section. There are different levels you can choose (Max performance, max stability, etc - this is paraphrasing, FYI, since I don't recall what the options are actually called off the top of my head). Though honestly most of the different settings are fairly minor in the difference they'll make. Windows 7 will by default already be pretty good.

[ShakeThat]

Thanks a lot guys

[hojnikb]

I guess it was an update or something, I only ran old non-updated Windows 7 when I upgraded to a SSD because I was testing a boot time issue.

 

Nope, TRIM is with Win7 from day 1.