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Intel 510 elm crest 120gb SSD Help...

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

i got a question the reason i change in my efi bios to ahci rather ide was because i seen a major increase in read/write speeds...now let say if i get another ssd to make it much faster and majorly more space should i raid it?? and if i do then how will this effect my hhd's i have and my dvdrwr i have on the sata ports??? please any help would be great,...thanks...this is my setup just incase you guys want to see my built:::: http://youtu.be/PJA9YDKE8Hc http://youtu.be/PJA9YDKE8Hc

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Don't forget there are drivers and controllers between the OS and SSD, which can prevent a TRIM command from reaching the SSD.

TRIM commands are sent by Win 7 by default. (0). If a TRIM command gets to a TRIM enabled SSD it will execute the command by default. Exactly when the TRIM command is executed by the SSD is down to the SSD.

With a TRIM enabled OS & SSD "all" you need to do is make sure your controller can pass the command.

The default Win 7 MSAHCI driver enables TRIM pass through as do the Intel RST drivers.

If you use any form of a raid array however TRIM will not be passed to the SSD, unless the SSD is a non member of raid array. (There is some evidence that a pure software raid can pass TRIM, but no concrete prove).

Intel were going to provide a matrix that helped people understand if a system configuration could pass a TRIM command, but they never got around to it.

Shame, because the question is asked over and over again.