Any OCZ Synapse Experience?

[sm625]

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this drive and the caching software? I am looking for a simple easy HDD performance upgrade for several aging windows xp machines in a corporate environment. I hear this caching solution only works with win7, but I see no official word on OCZ's site, not to mention it is totally retarded to offer a product to boost the performance of older machines, only to require windows 7. Duh?

 

[Coup27]

SSD Caching will only work with a Z68 chipset. As these machines are "aging", they're not likely to be Z68.

Why just buy a reliable SSD instead and clone the machines onto them?

 

[Hardlin]

The Dataplex software the Synapse ships with doesn't require a Z68 chipset, but does require Windows 7.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/synapse-faq

The product sheet shows the Windows 7 requirement

http://www.ocztechnology.com/res/manuals/OCZ_Synapse_2%205in_Product_sheet_1.pdf

 

[groberts101]

there's a special section for that drive over at OCZ. Why not ask there?

although.. the site has been down on and off for the last fe days.. so it my take some time for a response.

 

[sm625]

Major bummer. I cant believe they would release a product meant to help aging computers but require windows 7. Talk about schizoid.

 

[groberts101]

I think the term "aging" may be slightly misinterpreted. The hardware might be more like "ancient" if you can't run a more modern OS to take advantage of that tech. I've only been forced to use XP on the kid's P4 system. Otherwise W7 works on any of the other 5+ year old systems used amongst myself and family/friends.

BTW.. there are other hybrid drive solutions out there and OCZ did not invent the tech. Thye just jumped on the bandwagon to get a piece of that action, is all. Here's a cheaper solution right here.
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/PDF/RH122x/hybrid_application.pdf

Another option would be to add another SSD and cache part of that disk with Fancycache by Romex. I've tried that config and it works fairly well too. Saves much data from being scratched to the main OS volumes SSD.