flip-mode wrote:You really disable TRIM?
No, I just read about it so that I know what it does, and don't just assume "SSD" == "magic". I don't think many here would make that assumption, but many Joe Averages do. I've heard of a number of horror stories very similar to the hyperbole I gave.
TRIM is good for you, on average. It does have costs to go with those improvements, though, and it's not magical, intelligent, or capable of overcoming stupid.
DON'T disable your pagefile
DON'T partition 100% of your SSD
DON'T keep the disk filled to 90%+ of capacity on any regular basis
DON'T run any defragmenter or "optimizer" on your SSD. These never help.
DON'T use an existing Windows install + Ghost/dd/PartitionMagic/etc on your new SSD, unless you are willing to invest some time in reconfiguration.
DO install Windows clean on an SSD, if you were on a HDD before. Windows will adjust a lot of things for you automatically. Alternately, you'll want to do a lot of legwork to make things right.
DO leave at least 2-3% of the SSD totally unpartitioned, preferably at the 'end'. This gives TRIM/garbage collection a working area that won't be used by accident.
DO disable all indexing services. Keeping a compact, quickly-accessed index of the data on your compact, quickly-accessed drive is kinda pointless, and generates a TON of I/O.
DO leave your SSD-equipped laptop or desktop powered on but totally idle a few hours a week or more. SSDs generally do their garbage collection and levelling when the PC is idle. If your PC sleeps after 5 minutes, maintenance never gets done, and your SSD gets slower.