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Why would I need to put RAM into RAM...? That's useless. And I don't have an SSD. I'm also using the same software.
Once again, the reason why I've created this thread is to get more precise idea of what I can do with it. I know that it has fast r/w speeds, loses contents on shut down, etc., etc.. What I don't know is what useful stuff I can do with it.
That's a great idea, I'll keep that in mind next time I'm starting up VirtualBox! But that doesn't happen often nowadays though.
Putting pagefile into a ramdisk is pointless unless I'm missing something obscure. You only need pagefile if you run out of ram. So leave your extra 8gb of ram free and you won't need the pagefile at all. That's what I do.Ram into ram?
Putting pagefile into a ramdisk is pointless unless I'm missing something obscure. You only need pagefile if you run out of ram. So leave your extra 8gb of ram free and you won't need the pagefile at all. That's what I do.
Today was looking for SSD vs. HDD performance charts and I came upon something called a ramdisk. I understand how it works, etc., but... What can I use it for?
Software I use, from daily to once a week or so:
Browsers (mostly browsing the same websites, sometimes going to new ones, very rarely using Youtube on this PC, or anything video-related for that matter), mail client (lots of mailboxes), Photoshop (rarely, very light use), Premiere (usually only encoding), Steam (an occasional game, that wouldn't fit on a ramdisk), Skype (a few times a week for calls), FRAPS (~50-100gb recordings), and that's pretty much it.
So... I'm really unsure what I can use those 8GB of space for...
It can, but...There are other threads about this. You can use it for a r/w intensive app to keep the r/w's away from your ssd. It is useful for resident cache directory and files. Pagefile.sys can go on one.
Actually, you are missing things, but they're all more reasons not to do it .Putting pagefile into a ramdisk is pointless unless I'm missing something obscure. You only need pagefile if you run out of ram. So leave your extra 8gb of ram free and you won't need the pagefile at all. That's what I do.
On one hand, sure. On the other, 120GB SSD would be more versatile, given the cost.You can def use it for games.
Especially any game where there are lots of loading times as you move between areas (games like dragon age, skyrim, etc). Load the whole sucker onto a ramdisk and you're looking at probably a factor of 10 decrease in load times.
Today was looking for SSD vs. HDD performance charts and I came upon something called a ramdisk. I understand how it works, etc., but... What can I use it for?
Software I use, from daily to once a week or so:
Browsers (mostly browsing the same websites, sometimes going to new ones, very rarely using Youtube on this PC, or anything video-related for that matter), mail client (lots of mailboxes), Photoshop (rarely, very light use), Premiere (usually only encoding), Steam (an occasional game, that wouldn't fit on a ramdisk), Skype (a few times a week for calls), FRAPS (~50-100gb recordings), and that's pretty much it.
So... I'm really unsure what I can use those 8GB of space for...