What has not been overclocked, falling into the hands of tireless overclockers! How many processors and video cards did not stand the hard test and went into oblivion. But this is not enough for the tireless fighters for high clock speeds. And they are tirelessly looking for an answer to the question - is it possible to overclock a hard disk - the "narrowest" and slowest place in a PC? It is possible to overclock the HDD, but the term "overclocking" in relation to the disk subsystem has a slightly different meaning than overclocking other devices.
Necessary
Computer, MHDD utility, MaxBoost utility, additional memory module
Instructions
Step 1
Some HDD models are equipped by manufacturers with the AAM function - Automatic Acoustic Management, which allows you to adjust the noise level when the disk is operating. The noise level is significantly lower with such discs, but the head positioning speed is also significantly slowed down compared to models without the AAM function. Disabling AAM can significantly improve disk performance. However, not all HDD models support disabling it.
Step 2
One of the utilities that allows you to do this is MHDD. You can change disk parameters using this program without rebooting and undo the changes made at any time. Download the utility, install and run it. Enter the Aam command with the * D key in the window, which will disable AAM and achieve maximum performance.
Step 3
If you own a Maxtor hard drive, you can use MaxBoost, a special utility that allows you to increase the speed of the disk subsystem by caching data in RAM before transferring it to the hard drive. According to manufacturers, the performance of hard drives increases to 5 - 30%.
Step 4
Expand the amount of RAM by adding additional memory. This will allow you to reduce the size of the paging file to a minimum and reduce the number of requests to the hard drive. You can change this setting on the "Advanced" tab by opening the "Properties" item from the "My Computer" context menu. Find the "Performance" section and, by clicking on the "Options" button, change the value to the minimum paging file size.
Step 5
Increase the number of physical disks to two, and ideally use a RAID array. This will give performance gains by splitting the read-write operation.
Step 6
Remember to periodically defragment your disks. Access times with high fragmentation of files on the disk slow down significantly.
