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Should I keep "Write Caching" enabled on SSD drives?

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Mar 15, 20264157 views
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Tweaking SSD drives for less wear seems to be all the rage nowadays. On that subject is Write Caching still relevant on SSD drives? Does it make a difference if it is turned off?

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Assuming you aren't going to be hot-plugging drives, write caching should still speed things up, because writes are cached in main memory - SSDs are fast, but not as fast as RAM. More information on how write caching works: http://www.pcguide.com/re…

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