ringfinger Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Need some suggestions on what would provide the best performance with my pagefile assuming I have a 74GB Raptor on a SATAII controller and another 120GB (7200rpm) backup aslo SATAII. On the Raptor I want a 10GB C: for system/program files, and the other 60GB as backup. I want the 120 as one partition, all backup. Which of the following scenerios would be the best:1) Pagefile on the 10GB C: partition along with Windows and program files2) Pagefile on the 60GB D: partition along with backup3) Pagefile on a completely different drive, the 120 I guess the other option is to leave the Raptor as all one partition, which I won't mind, having it divided makes things easier for me generally though. FYI, this will be on a system with initially 2x512mb Kingston PC2 5300 @ 667MHZ, and eventually 2GB. All ideas/other options are welcome as well. Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 on the 120! and do part the raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Thats what I was thinking. Most likely won't need the page much though ya think? I mean 2GB of RAM is quite plenty for most everything out there nowadays, unless an app specifically requires it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 you are actually able to turn off the page file with that much ram, but u should have just a little b/c some programs need it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Alright, thanks ripken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Can I throw in another suggestion... put a pagefile on both the raptor and the secondary hard drive. Windows will take care of the rest to give you the best overall performance. It will find where it can fastest access the pagefile and the files that you need, and adjust as needed.If you have two disks, I've found it better to put a System Managed pagefile on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davor Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 I can confirm what Zxian said. I had a PIII system with 256MB and when i put another HD in it (not on the same IDE channel!) and split the pagefile, the increase in performance was very! noticable, mainly because of lack of memory.GreetsDavor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 I'll try splitting it among the 2 drives. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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