Samsung EVO 840 and General SSD Questions

[boozie]

I just bought a Samsung EVO 840 250 GB and am wondering if it’s worth transferring my OS from my Intel 320 to the Samsung. I’m not using this for anything beyond normal day to day and games.

With that in mind, I’m also wondering if I should run the Samsung Performance Restoration Software and use Magician to run Rapid (which I hardly understand).

 

[tweakboy]

Look at their warranties get that one.

 

[BlueWeasel]

I just got the EVO 840 (250GB) and that's what I did. Used v1.1 of the Performance Restoration on the blank drive, and then used the Data Migration app to clone my previous SSD to the Samsung. Finally, enabled Rapid mode using Magician.

Absolutely run the performance restore tool, as this also updates the drive firmware.

Not sure how the EVO drive compares to your Intel drive, but I'm really pleased with the Samsung. It's way faster than the Kingston it replaced.

 

[aviator79]

You should run the restoration tool, since the newest firmware does not come with magician yet. Only with the restoration tool.
And RAPID, I do not like it, it causes some problems sometimes and it can decrease your performance significantly under some circumstances.
http://techreport.com/review/25282/a-closer-look-at-rapid-dram-caching-on-the-samsung-840-evo-ssd/8