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As I am upgrading my desktop from the XPS 8500 to a custom built i5-9400f setup (new case, NVMe SSD, RAM, power supply and Win10 Pro license, used motherboard and CPU) I have an SSD in the XPS 8500 I want to migrate to my Mid 2012 MBP - it has spinning rust and it’s slow :-(. I already replaced the HD cable, so don’t worry about that. However, the SSD will be a “used pull” from the XPS and I do not know which type it is. This is the SSD I will be moving to my 2012 MBP. Is it known if this is a DRAM drive or DRAM-less? The spinning drive is painful to use more then ever as I phase spinning rust out!
Hello Nick! This particular drive does not have a DRAM cache. The only SSDs from Western Digital that have a DRAM cache are their WD Blue SSDs. However, this drive will still feel very fast compared to a spinning hard drive. Also, your computer might not even have the SATA bandwidth to take advantage of a DRAM cache. I hope this has answered your question and fixed any problems you might have had.
