2TB 850 Evo SSD vs (2) 1TB Evo's

[ccqueen]

Amazon was selling the 2TB Evo @ $650 and now they seem to be sold out! Best Buy does have the 1TB on sale for $310 and I was wondering if I should just go ahead and get a couple of 1's..? Any speed difference with having 2 1tb's as opposed to a single drive? I hear that you can run raid arrays to somewhat boost performance, but also heard that their is hardly much of a difference running a raid vs no raid. I will mainly be gaming, and... well that is it. Any feedback would be appreciated. Coming from a 7200rpm black performance drive from WD.

System:
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
CPU: i7-4790k @ stock 4.0GHz w/ Turbo Boost enabled (4.4GHz)
CPU Cooler: Scythe Kotetsu
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW 8GB
Ram: 16gb - G.Skill ARES (2 x 8gb) - DDR3 1600MHz
HDD: WD Black 2TB Performance Drive @ 7200 RPM
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6 (ATX)
PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 80 Plus Gold

 

[USAFRet]

RAID 0 + SSD's
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

tl:dr - Don't bother.


You would have no noticeable difference with a 2TB SSD vs 2 x 1TB
Are you sure you need that much space in SSD for just a gaming system?

 

[ccqueen]

Oh yeah man. My 2TB HDD is a little more than half full. I also take a lot of screenshots while playing games on Steam and that can take up quite a bit of space after a while.

 

[ccqueen]

Actually, I'm just going to buy the single 1TB and use that until it gets full, and I will just uninstall games that I don't play anymore and I will try and keep my fingers away from the F12 key. Thanks dude