Fastest SSD Solution for $400

[Kevin Spring]

For my new build, I was planning on using 2 Samsung 840 Pro 256GB in raid 0, which is about $400, but I wonder, would it be faster to use 4 PNY XLR8 240GB SSD's in RAID 0, which would be about the same price? I have enough SATA 6Gb/s ports, and it wouldn't change the budget so it seems like a viable option

Also, the mushkin Chronos, Adata SP600, and Crucial M500 are all at that same price point, so it wouldn't necessarily need to be the PNY

 

[legokill101]

first thigns first tomshardware did a test and in regular use their is no perciviable benifit to puting ssd in raid 0 second i wouldnt go with more than 2 ssd in raid 0 as then if a single ssd has a issue all your data is lost and while ssd are reliable with 4 of them falure is still likely

 

[TyrOd]

None of the above. Wait until you can get a 1TB SSD on sale for ~$400. RAID will have little perceivable advantage over a single large SSD.