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    Does the y500 support Intel smart respone for cache

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by liteon6x, Jun 21, 2013.

  1. liteon6x

    liteon6x Notebook Consultant

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    Does the y500 support Intel smart response for cache or only express cache

    also which is better to use in terms of performance and features

    thanks
     
    liteon6x, Jun 21, 2013
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  2. octiceps

    octiceps Nimrod

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    No it only supports ExpressCache. Intel Smart Response Technology requires a chipset with RAID support, which the HM76 chipset in the Y500 does not have.
     
    octiceps, Jun 22, 2013
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    gnan10 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What exactly this smart response cache do that which differ from what express cache do's?
    I thought both are same but from different vendors

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    gnan10, Jun 22, 2013
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    They do the same thing, but Smart Response requires RAID. It also allows the SSD cache to be up to 64GB while ExpressCache is limited to 32GB. Not sure which solution performs better.
     
    octiceps, Jun 22, 2013
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