Question: Q: 256GB vs 512GB SSD Speed
Using a Samsung 512GB SSD drive for the system and user only (no libraries) will perform better than a Samsung 256GB.
60GB will be used on the main drive, so about 440GB left free for the 512 and about 180GB left free for the 256.
Posted on Jul 15, 2014 8:27 AM
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Both have the same controller. The speed and performance is directly proportional to what traffic hits each SSD. The OS disk usually gets hammered more for paging/swapping.
Jul 15, 2014 9:12 AM
Thanks Loner. Then I think the 512GB would be better for the system since I also use Final Cut to edit movies, even though the FC movies, clips and library reside on a 3.5 drive right?
Jul 15, 2014 9:40 AM
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I think this shows that the 500 is fast than the 250
Jul 15, 2014 8:37 AM
For the system, you using the SATA II drive bays? fine for system, not so fine for scratch etc. where a PCIe and 2nd (or 3rd) SSD can help out.
So 500GB which I have as well is fine, it might be overkill. And CS6 plugins will use 100-200GB on the boot device even if there is a designated alternate primary scratch volume, so keep that in mind.
Larger = more NAND pages but also more channels so it is acting as its own current I/O RAID.
You WILL want to and need enable TRIM is a must and fine. Makes a huge difference and prevents sudden slowing down — install TRIM before you clone the system in fact.
$139 for 250GB is outright steal and an easy choice. Even $250 or less for 500GB, and should keep a mini home user account (the
/Library primarily) on the boot drive.
Those «CID» strings in a URL are the ‘customer ID’ and not needed or wanted.
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