-Booting takes a bit longer
-Shutting down takes a bit longer
-A bit less secure
+Blazing fast
I have 16 GB. I thought of maybe (since Windows is unable to) utilizing some of it for a seperate RAM drive.
Other than Web browser caching, and gaming I can't think of anything else where such speeds would actually matter.
(I don't have an SSD)
perhaps install virtualbox on it + some OS = Dat speed :L
thoughts?
I installed UDK into a ram drive once, it made loading assets increadably fast.
yeah, i would usualy keep warcraft 3 and garrysmod on a ram drive... it was amazing.
also, some games dont like if you move them.... ram drive + symbolic linking (mklink) is your friend!
The only problem with RAM disks is that you can't turn off your computer, otherwise you'll lose all your data.
Depends what software you use. Mostly, when you want to stop a RAM disk, it dumps everything onto an ISO file so that tou can mount it again next time you boot up your computer. That's why I said, the boot time and shut down times are increased.
For anyone who is interested, I did a little benchmark with a 4GB RAM drive: My WD caviar black scored 120 MB/s in sequential read/write speeds, whereas the RAMdisk scored 6500 MB/s in read and 9000 MB/s in writeing speed.