ASUS X79 - RAM Cache / RAM Disk

JJ From ASUS goes through some of the unique features of the ASUS X79 Motherboard.

RAM Disk and RAM Cache are 2 features that take full advantage of the 8 DIMM Slots. With RAM Cache you can see write speeds of up to 7054MB/s.

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System Specs:

1.ASUS P9X79 PRO LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS
Item #: N82E16813131800

2. Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite grey and black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
Item #: N82E16811139008

3.Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Item #: N82E16822136792

4. ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video ...

5. CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 (CMPSU-750AX) 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active ...

6. CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML16GX3M4A1600C9B x 2

7. Intel Core i7-3960X Sandy Bridge-E 3.3GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73960X

8. Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F120GB3A-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Item #: N82E16820233206

9. CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

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[Tech4Toys]

JJ can you please post a tutorial?

[asusrog]

We did actually release one in the forums. If you search for creating a ram cache you find some of the fourms online where we released a step by step process on how to do this. Thanks for the view.

[Paddy8D]

@asusrog jj what's the limitations on size for the ram cache and when dose the scaling start losing effect eg 8gb vs 10gb chache? And is it possible to set up 2 ram caches in one system ie C: drive and D: drive?

[asusrog]

There is no limit you can define what you feel is your requirement ( up to the current max of memory on X79 which is 64GB ).

In regards to the scaling this varies depending on the applications you are using and how much control you have over defining how the cache is performed ( for reads and writes ) all these affect performance. Additionally depending on the type of applications or content or games being used on the system you will have varying level of performance based on the cache.

[asusrog]

Additionally you can create multiple caches for different drives. Although if you are looking to create a RamDisk this is different than a RamCache.

[harley7777777]

been looking for ages for the software to do this but cant find it i manages to find one but everytime i restart my pc is wipes everything from my ram drive :S

[asusrog]

This depends on whether the application support persistent image support ( applications like FancyCache or software from companies like Raxco support this option so you can maintain your RamDisk ) In regards to a RamCache generally this will be persistent so not sure why you are losing it after a period of time.

[zpardos]

Calling this a unique feature of the ASUS X79 is false advertising. This is a feature "exclusive" to any system with memory.

[valvedray]

Every time i see this video, he gets fatter.

Can't explain that.



[aj r]

Thanks for posting this. I know have justifiable cause for plugging 32GB of RAM into my new Rampage IV Gene :) Enjoy all your vids as usual, thanks JJ. Also, for others, search "ramcache asus x79" and you'll hit the proper link to the ROG forums.

At Piixel PC, you should be able to. In fact, you should be able to plug in 64GB of that memory in but keep in mind the more memory modules you plug in, the harder it will be run them all at their rated speed.

[Piixel PC]

jj please help me can i put 16 gigs of 2133 mhz adata in an asus px79 deluxe motherboard please respond quick

[Allen Jones]

The increased performance when using the ram disk is interesting. But how do you configure that?

[Allen Jones]

What happens when you are using SSD caching and your SSD crashes? Is there risk of data loss? Is recovery just a matter of replacing the SSD drive or do you have to replace it and then restore all data from a backup?

[Richie Bulthuis]

Watch this with closed captioning. Enjoy the absurdity.

[Alan Li]

will i lost all the data if i turn off computer on Ram disk on x79?

[Parsa Tehrany]

Would it be possible to Ram cache a HDD that is already caching from a SSD?

[Siwok Omlas]

Please maka video with 64/128 GB ram, with a game(test load area ex.). It is workable in a workstation? What is the thermal consuption?. Any one had some info?

I would make a game drive for every day use.

[Alexander B]

Thank you!

[jason mosler]

finally found your tutorial on how to set this up. really a let down that you have to do it with trial ware.