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by Zyxel
Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:41 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?
Replies: 14
Views: 22011

Re: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?

I only use the L2 cache and with deferred writes. Windows' own memory manager handles files well enough that I haven't seen any gains from using the L1 cache. It's not something that I'd use unless you explicitly need faster-than-SSD write throughput since Windows' MM only works as a read cache. .....
by Zyxel
Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:42 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?
Replies: 14
Views: 22011

Re: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?

Just keep in mind that Win7 is unsupported on the Z370 platform so it's probably not a good idea trying to hack Optane to work on this OS. I wouldn't want to rely on hacky workarounds (that might brick the system) Do you realize, that there is no natural incompatibility between the Intel Z370 chips...
by Zyxel
Sun Mar 18, 2018 8:19 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?
Replies: 14
Views: 22011

Re: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?

I already wrote, that in my opinion Windows 10 is shite. I do not want to have anything to do with it. If I could tolerate Windows 10, I would not be on this forum looking at Primo Cache because Intel Optane System Acceleration works with Windows 10 as advertised. On my continent, only 35% of Window...
by Zyxel
Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:34 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?
Replies: 14
Views: 22011

Can PrimoCache rival the Intel Optane System Acceleration ?

I have a Z370 motherboard with Intel Optane System Acceleration support and a 32GB M2 NVMe Optane module and a slow 4TB mechanical SATA drive. I cannot use the Optane module to accelerate the mechanical disk with Windows7 x64 because Intel's Rapid Storage Technology driver(v15.9.1) GUI displays: &qu...