From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE4D1381F3 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5248A21C034; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:09:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out4.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out4.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.220]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F0B521C043 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:08:00 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABbAslDLOzJV/2dsb2JhbABEhii6AhZzgh4BAQUjZgsNCwICJgICVxmIDKwckWiBIosVgRqCFIETA4hckxAiijeCfA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.83,317,1352044800"; d="scan'208";a="61088917" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([203.59.50.85]) by icp-osb-irony-out4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 26 Nov 2012 09:07:59 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4388327F92B for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:07:59 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4NvNYX1h_d99 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:07:56 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.41.7] (bunyip.wifi.localdomain [192.168.41.7]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id F098627C44A for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:07:55 +0800 (WST) Message-ID: <1353892080.18229.2.camel@bunyip> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd? From: Bill Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:08:00 +0800 In-Reply-To: References: <1353883588.13218.5.camel@moriah> <3158938.dnhSv8A60p@energy> <1353889424.14417.1.camel@moriah> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: c0add027-65fe-466d-b521-47535c4f2c93 X-Archives-Hash: 8f55435c74a5a56c1520590355e077f8 On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 08:29 +0800, microcai wrote: > 2012/11/26 William Kenworthy : > > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 00:02 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > >> Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy: > >> > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? - > >> > any other effects? > >> > > >> > I have a system that is maxed with with 4G ram and tends to use swap > >> > heavily at times which slows things down ... so I am thinking a small > >> > ssd might help here. > >> > >> you know what helps even more? replacing those 4g with 8g. > >> > > > > I would if I could - physical max is 4G ... > > a new mainborad is cheaper than SSDs. sell the currently used one and > buy new one. > > > > > BillK > > > > > > > > > I dont think a new quality mainboard, cpu and 8 or more GB ram costs $au69 or less :) I will upgrade eventually, but even then I would start with an ssd as well. BillK