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Fair enough. My sotware demands are quite a bit more modest.
I cram everything onto a 20 Gb partition with no probs whatsoever.
No swapfile, hibernation disabled. The usual set of tricks....

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Didn't Intel offer software to do just that ? Could be that only worked with Intel SSD though.

Wouldn't you obtain better performance overall by installing the OS on the Samsung drive...

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BTW, if you're after speed I'd really recommend SSD drives. That speeds up just about any PC or portable to amazing levels.
They're getting cheaper as we speak too. :cool:
Cheers, ;)

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Start up times may be dependent on "fastboot" though.

Cheers, ;)

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Read speeds are always going to be higher than writes. That's to be expected.
The figures you obtain with the AHCI drivers enables seem to be pretty much what you'd expect from a typical HD....

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I still don't get it.
When configured as a raid (what type of raid ?) volume you obtain 50 Mb/s R/W using what drivers exactly ?
Then, you set up RST and obtain 100Mb/50Mb/s R/W.
Next you...

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Not sure I understand what the issue is but from looking at Asrock's website it supports Win 8 so I assume they just didn't bother to update it but I see no reason why it shouldn't accept to...

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One can't help but wonder why some manufacturers (mostly those tied to Intel) keep on pushing Intel software for systems that don't really support it let alone benefit from it.

Naturally...

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LOL. Nah, I doubt it. That model isn't all that old. Maybe he downloaded the wrong version like x64 iso x86 or something.
However, I've no idea if installing RST brings a speed benefit if...