12-06-2025, 07:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2025, 07:22 AM by Dude Guyman.)
(12-05-2025, 07:53 AM)CDC9762 Wrote: @Garioch7
Have you ever tested for Better Performance when using a USB drive for writing a large multi-GB file so see if it really helps?
I have. The difference for me moving from an SSD to an external HDD was Windows will report a faster transfer speed (~178 vs 70) until the cache is full (source to cache instead of source to target), and appear to be finished, but in reality, it is still moving the file from the cache to the actual target in the background, so it's no faster in reality. That's why I say all it is in reality is a "Lie to me" toggle. If there is any speed gain, it was imperceptible to me on ~8 GB files. Smaller files are almost instant either way.