Hey All -
I'm doing an OS re-install of Windows 8.1 this afternoon and wanted to post a quick question about the paging file since research turned up multiple responses.
First, here's my laptop's specs:
- Dell Latitude E6420
- Windows 8.1 x64
- x1 128gb SSD (OCZ Vertex 4) in primary drive slot
- x1 320gb 5400RPM HDD (ST9320325As) in module bay which I purchased to replace DVD Drive
- 16gb RAM (DDR3-1333 DDR3)
(Even though the max specs for the E6420 said the laptop supported a max of 8gb, i found a post that it actually supported 16gb. Sure enough, I installed it a few months back and 16gb seems to have worked great!)
My current config (prior to os re-install) was having a page file on the HDD and have it set to 32gb (which I think is honestly too high so don't know what I was thinking.) AIDA64 showed that at the time I ran it, 3301mb of the paging file was currently being used - why, i don't know.
I'm upgrading the 320 HDD in the near future. Don't know if possible with my laptop, but perhaps I may put another Vector 4 in and run them in RAID!
So... Here are my questions?
1. Should I put the Page file on the SSD or HDD?
2. Set statically or just let Windows manage?
3. If answered SSD to #1, would answer change if I got faster HDD soon?
Thanks!
2. Let Windows manage it
3. No
Any hdd you will buy will be slower than any ssd, so the page file will still need to be on the fastest drive, the ssd.
HTH,
Dan