Windows 10: Does the Intel RST need to be active on a non-raid system?

Have a question -

Have another DELL XPS-8930-SE desktop with one internal 2TB m.2 SSD for boot and a 2TB SATA-6 HDD for secondary.
Do I need to have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology active?

Look at this BIOS - Isn't AHCI enough? The system is in a non-RAID configuration.
Yet, the BIOS warns we about changing it. Is this a "blanket" statement?





Can the IRST application be deleted? No Optane memory is installed (obviously.)

I want to make sure that my logic is correct.

Thanks.

*Think

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Does the Intel RST need to be active on a non-raid system?

I always just extract the AHCI files from IRST and install them by right clicking the iaAHCIC.inf*Smile

You should use AHCI when using a SSD and an Intel CPU.
It's the iaStorAC you don't need(the system tray icon and disk failing warning)

 

Does the Intel RST need to be active on a non-raid system?

Have a question -

Have another DELL XPS-8930-SE desktop with one internal 2TB m.2 SSD for boot and a 2TB SATA-6 HDD for secondary.
Do I need to have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology active?

Look at this BIOS - Isn't AHCI enough? The system is in a non-RAID configuration.
Yet, the BIOS warns we about changing it. Is this a "blanket" statement?





Can the IRST application be deleted? No Optane memory is installed (obviously.)

I want to make sure that my logic is correct.

Thanks.

*Think

 

Does the Intel RST need to be active on a non-raid system?

Zbook, that is exactly why I said that IRST is not necessary, or useful in this case... It is for accelerating HDDs, in the times that SSDs were small . We are talking about system on the NVMe drive here.

OK, One could use it to speed up data read / write from (second) HDD. And you have to have RAID enabled for this. If not, turn it off