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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

BonzaiDuck For some reason the caching of the data drive just hosed the entire MFT. I mean 99% of the files and folders on the drive were just gone at a glance, of course they were all still there, some corrupted, real pain to recover. Most would have just reinstalled everything. Had I not had...
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- Post #83
- Dec 4, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

I've had it corrupt my game drive once. Game hung up and on reboot the drive was unreadable, checkdisk found hundreds of corrupted folders and hundreds of thousands of files. I managed to restore *almost* everything. I copied the game installs from my laptop to the desktop on the ones that were...
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- Post #79
- Jul 21, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

I upgraded my L2 cache to a Samsung 256GB NVME and my WD Black 2TB (previously thought it was a Red) failed so now I've got a temp 2TB WD USB 5400RPM drive. Without Primocache Cyberpunk 2077 loads a save game in 48 seconds. With Primocache it loads in 18 seconds. Definitely worth it.
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- Post #78
- Jul 20, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

The only thing to add, Samsung Magician is strictly L1 cache, performance is virtually identical to Primocache with a 1GB or 2GB L1. I had Magician running on my 850 Pro and Primocache on my other drives, eventually just ran Primocache as I could use multiple caches or just one big cache with...
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- Post #72
- May 27, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

It's pretty awesome playing with it, the entire video is in the L1 cache, old games like Jedi Knight Academy, Unreal Tournament, etc, fit in the L1, just open the app and fiddle with it for the sheer hell of it. The caching consolidates writes on HD and SSD, extending the lifespan of both. Have...
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- Post #69
- May 17, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

It can always be faster. I just upgraded from an Ivy Bridge to a Ryzen 3700x (basically a 3770 to a 3700x) and it's definitely faster in caching than my old system or my Skylake laptop. Even the SATA SSD is faster, system just has more power to throw at every problem. If you don't have any...
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- Post #66
- May 13, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

I've got multiple SSD's, WD blue in testing @ 550MB/s, not a dramatic improvement over the old Intel SSD as the majority of my wait time is decompression (1 second data burst then 25 seconds decompressing vs 2 second data burst and 25 seconds decompressing), even when loading directly from the...
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- Post #64
- May 13, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

You're still showing a fundamental lack of understanding of how this works. Download it, run a spare SSD as an L2 cache and find out yourself. 30 day trial. The first time it loads it is at HD speeds, admitted. The second time it loads it is coming from a FULL SSD, not a half-assed single...
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- Post #62
- May 13, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

The only issue I have with this is Primocache does cause an excessive amount of wear on the SSD regardless of the type. I wouldn't want to risk my OS SSD for that. A $25 128GB or $35 256GB SSD dedicated would be preferred. I'm looking at some OEM Hynix and Samsung NVME drives on ebay, office...
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- Post #60
- May 12, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

After playing with it a bit more, yeah, it would help.. If you have enough L1 or L2 to fully cache your DB you'll see much better performance. If not, it won't do a lot but buffer writes so they don't interfere with your read speeds.
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- Post #58
- May 12, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

I've got an 80GB Intel SSD that is caching my 2TB 7200 RPM game drive, Windows is on a 1TB WD Blue 3D NAND. With tons of mods Fallout 4 would snag if I ran through the level while reading. Primocache fixed that 99%. Moving it to an SSD corrected it entirely. Gran Theft Auto V, Cyberpunk 2077...
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- Post #57
- May 12, 2021
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Question Is PrimoCache worth it?

Yeah, the design differences between 3dxpoint and MLC, the 3dxpoint should outlast it. MLC and TLC tend to survive a lot longer than their ratings, which is very nice considering the reliability of the first couple of SSD generations. That being said I'm using an OCZ 60GB and two Intel 80GB...
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- Post #49
- Jun 13, 2020
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Teen expelled for wearing a sweater with a rainbow on it in front of a rainbow cake at her 15th birthday.

Idiocy? The kid was suspended because he went shooting with his mother. They actually lost their shit because he went shooting with a family member. There was no threat there except for the obvious intimidation the school was trying to push on the family. That is harassment by a government...
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- Post #110
- Jan 18, 2020
- Forum: Politics and News
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Teen expelled for wearing a sweater with a rainbow on it in front of a rainbow cake at her 15th birthday.

The point of it being a reply to the comment, "Public schools don't usually give a rat's ass about what the students do out of school hours that doesn't involve the school." which is patently false now. Schools are constantly punishing students and faculty for their social media posts. A lot of...
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- Post #109
- Jan 18, 2020
- Forum: Politics and News
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I'm paranoid that Earth will run out of oxygen.....

That depends on the tree. Oak and a lot of hardwood are really only alive on the outer layers, the inner layer is not quite dead but effectively not doing anything. The pine planted by the paper mills is alive through and through and grows year round. There's no way an oak that is only...
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- Post #33
- Jan 18, 2020
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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