candeh Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hey, I am planning to get the new Neutron XT SSD when they will be available. And I am not sure what to get. 2x 240GB in RAID 0 or 1x 480GB. Will my system be much faster in RAID 0 mode or there wont be much difference? Also are there any cons for running in RAID 0 instead of single 480GB SSD? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 If you are always writing or reading files from/to the SSD, it would technically be faster in RAID0 than a single drive. The downside of RAID0 is the loss of all data if one drive fails. A single SSD is already, quite fast. The performance difference from a single to a RAID0 may be small if you are only comparing it to loading times e.g. Windows start-up, application loading times etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candeh Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Ok, thanks. I am thinking about getting 1x 240GB and after some time I'll buy another one for RAID0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candeh Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Another thing if someone could help me. SATA3 has maximum bandwidth of 600 MB/s. Does this mean I wont see read/write speeds for RAID0 around 900 MB/s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Technobeard Posted January 17, 2015 Administrators Share Posted January 17, 2015 Think of it this way: One truck can move 300 pounds of material down the street. If you have two trucks, you can move 600 pounds of material down the street. Now because there's some overhead speeds may not double exactly. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2365767/feed-your-greed-for-speed-by-installing-ssds-in-raid-0.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candeh Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thanks, I got confused that SATA3 might bottleneck RAID0 conifguration. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthGaming Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Neutron XT SSD is available for purchase at newegg.com SSD with Raid Arrays are unnecessary for home computer since SSD's don't have the high failure rate like mechanical HDD's. Just create a custom system image for restoration if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthGaming Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 If you want an SSD for shear speed then purchase a PCIe based SSD (read and write speeds will be over 800MBps and up to 100,000 IOPS) if it's within your budget. SATA based SSDs can't compete with a PCIe based SSD at those speeds. SSDs in raid arrays are a Marketing Tactic of Manufacturers to increase hardware sales. Tom's hardware (the oldest and most trusted authority) did extensive testing with SSDs in raid arrays and found that in some cases a Single SSD was faster than the array. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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