Upgrade to Z77 for TRIM or stick with Z68 F3s ITGC?

[unknownmember]

As the topic says really. Currently running two F3s in RAID0 with 57.2 free and from the attached benchmark, would you say that ITGC has been doing a good job?

Thanks

[Turbonerfs101e]

Hi unknownmember
I don't now why you want to upgrade to z68 your banchmarck is very good you won't get more from Z77 chipset

If you wan't to change system just to get trim support It at lest 500$
Just do a Image ove windows 7 on a HHD and wend you tink performance go down just restor system from image after doing a secure erese ove ssd.
That wath i do, but i don't feel the nead to do it more then 1 a year.
Windows 7 have is image restoring system it worck very well , except if you have ditdefender or program that will use to mutch space on partition reserve to system partition. If u all redy intall ditdefender u could use norton ghost but it not free
Restor windows 7 and all game, about 140gb in 20 min.

Hope this help
Sincerly yours

[richardd43]

RAID 0 does not support trim. You can upgrade all you want but until Intel comes out with new drivers there is no trim support in RAID.

[unknownmember]

Originally Posted by Turbonerfs101e

...Image ove windows 7 on a HHD and wend you tink performance go down just restor system from image after doing a secure erese ove ssd....

Yea I'll just do that actually, coz come to think of it with how I use my PC I barely write that many new data or at all, just reads really.

Thanks

Originally Posted by richardd43

RAID 0 does not support trim. You can upgrade all you want but until Intel comes out with new drivers there is no trim support in RAID.

TRIM now supports RAID0 with 11.2 but is only supported on the 7-series chipset which is a real bummer coz the Z68 and Z77 is essentially the same just that 77 has native USB3.0 support and upgraded to PCIE3.0....dam you Intel!!!!

Thanks

[richardd43]

TRIM now supports RAID0 with 11.2

I thought they had pulled the driver.. Will have to give it a try.

[RAM GUY]

Garbage collection that is built into all of our current SSD's should help to maintain performance on average use but occasionally it may be required to restore the drive performance by doing a secure erase.
However I have three SSD's in RAID running for more than a year and the performance it still within 10% of what it was when Initially installed the O.S.

[modmax]

this is the bios asrock of z68ext3gen3 with slic 2.1 and raid rom OROM 11.5.0.1582 to enable trim in raid 0 with z68 chipset. tested and working 100%.
https://rapidshare.com/files/1672460...1.5.0.1582.rar

[jeroompje]

explain how you test LOL

besides, AnandTech (well respected techside) states only Z77 chipset is doing trim on raid-0:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6161/i...rds-we-test-it

[modmax]

inserted OROM with phoenix bios tool the only difference is in the firmware chip is always ICH10R http://s10.postimage.org/r9d0ycqt5/Immagine.jpg

[modmax]

Intel does not release update z68 because otherwise the only difference between z68 and Z77 is the number after z the production process is the same 65nm

[modmax]

http://ark.intel.com/products/52816/Intel-BD82Z68-PCH ---- http://ark.intel.com/products/64024/Intel-BD82Z77-PCH

[modmax]

new link http://www.filefactory.com/file/ehgifbayn8f

[jeroompje]

my asus maximus iv extreme-z got an ami bios.
which tool should i use to apply the raid option rom?

[modmax]

post bios *************

[modmax]

ami tool ************