This article mentioned the importance of using AHCI mode (BIOS setting) for the disk controllers, and made me re-think should I switch? I've been running my Intel SSDs in IDE/ATA mode for over a year now, but I've always felt the drive performance is not exactly what it should be... especially in multitasking.
Overlord, or anyone else who's using SSD (and why not regular SATA HDD too), do you have any experience using these two different modes?
With quick look on this test the results show better write/read speeds in AHCI. It also enables some modern features like NCQ and hot-swapping, so I guess it would be best choice for the SSDs. Apparently WinXP supports only IDE mode.
Perhaps I'll try it soon after doing a clean Win7 install. I've read that AHCI <-> IDE can be switched without reinstalling with some registry editing, but it's about time to do wipe all anyway.
Overlord, or anyone else who's using SSD (and why not regular SATA HDD too), do you have any experience using these two different modes?
With quick look on this test the results show better write/read speeds in AHCI. It also enables some modern features like NCQ and hot-swapping, so I guess it would be best choice for the SSDs. Apparently WinXP supports only IDE mode.
Perhaps I'll try it soon after doing a clean Win7 install. I've read that AHCI <-> IDE can be switched without reinstalling with some registry editing, but it's about time to do wipe all anyway.