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How to Set up SSD Cache

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Hello all, I recently got a WD Green 2TB Hard drive for my computer, which I origonally built with only a 250GB SSD. (Samsung 840) I installed it and moved all my games, music, movies, and none crutial programs to the hard drive, and went from 20GB free on the SSD to 190! I have heard about Intel Rapid Storage Technology, but I don't want to expirement with it myself and risk losing all my data.. How can I set up part of the SSD to cache the hard drive? Thank you!

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Aren't you meant to do that with a seperate small ssd?

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only a GTX 1080, just a single 1080, where my glorious PC once stood....

For that is all I need, For the Emperor of Man, Jen-Hsun Huang, protects. We march for Nvidia, and we shall know no fear!

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maybe your motherboards instuction manual will tell you if  thats possible..   I thought this was a speacial feature that your motherboard has or doesnt have..  

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Aren't you meant to do that with a seperate small ssd?

Thats what Im wondering, can i set up a partition on my drive and dedicate it to caching?

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video says that its limited to a 60gb drive, looks like im outta luck, thanks for the responses everyone :)

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video says that its limited to a 60gb drive, looks like im outta luck, thanks for the responses everyone :)

why dont you just buy a 60gb ssd?

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only a GTX 1080, just a single 1080, where my glorious PC once stood....

For that is all I need, For the Emperor of Man, Jen-Hsun Huang, protects. We march for Nvidia, and we shall know no fear!

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