Photoshop and SSD's

I had a problem show up lately. Windows warned me about running out of memory and urged I shut down Photoshop. Among suggestions as to why, the notice indicated that the paging file may be too small. Now here is where the SSD comes in.
I have the Samsung 840 (not the Pro) 240G. Samsung's optimization setup configures the paging file min 200MB Max 1024MB. Windows says 200 min too small for error data collection, suggests 800 min and also suggests max to be about the size of RAM. I have 12G.
So it's between a rock and a hard place. I haven't seen this error since early days of Photostiching with inadequate RAM.
So for the moment, I have C configured to the Samsung spec, 200 to 1024MB, and a separate HDD configured System Managed. That maxes out to approx 12G
Any thoughts?

Chris, I read that link and decided it was plain wrong. However Samsung "Magician" (now there's a title that is going to fill one with confidence!) sets the page file as indicated in my post, in either max reliability or max performance. Under these circumstances, would you ignore their settings and run the paging file as I have in the past, using MS recommendations, or will allowing the page file to reside on a different drive at full settings?
Of course, I could go out and buy more RAM!
When the warnings appeared, the system was using close to 11G. Photoshop was not busy but minimized and scratch was practically empty.
Thanks!
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