let me know a year from now.
1) agree with groberts101 on CG w/SF22xx controller, it is better than my choice of drives (How it is implimented) - The M4 and the Samsung 830.
2) I am a big fan of Raid0 - (A) for older systems as the OS + Programs + data. In fact I'm currently working on two computers 10+ years old. Both with Raid0, one is so old it uses the KR7A chipset for IDE raid. (B) For newer systems when a lot of work is with LARGE files (ie > 1 Gig) or you work a lot editing High res Photos. Preferably using HDDs vs SSDs.
3) I dought you would see much difference in real life when using two SSDs in raid0 vs two SSDs where one is for OS +Programs and the other is for "over flow " and for files most often used EXCLUDING large Video files. A blu-ray video file can be 13 ->30+ gigs for a single file, a good canidate for High Sequencial performance provided by raid0.
A) Raid0s primary benifit is in its Sequencial preformance with is consirebly improve; How ever of OS + programs this is the LEAST important aspect - What is Improtant is 4 K random and access time and here raid0 offers little improvement. As I stated I do use Raid0, but have 3 systems all with a pair of SSDs - none are in raid0 - Have one setup as OS + Programs and the 2nd as a "scratch/often used files.
B) This is probably my biggest concern with Raid0 for SSDs - Long term effects (yr or 2 downstream). The SF22xx has not been out their long enough and with enough users to truely determine suitability - But I guess you can always RMA the drive if it bricks in a yr or two. The reliability in the corporate world is somewhat mixed. There use to be a poster here who indicated that where he worked there was a much higher failure rate than "home users", My son indicated that they had a much higher failure rate with SSD that were used in TVs to provide internat capabilities, and I'm having to deal with a SLC SSD that is probmatic after about a year ( In flight hardware so will have to revert back to a mechanical HDD. Hey I have 10 SSDs and my Intel G1 is still working - but Not ready to convert to Raid0 for SSDs.
So Yes I agree with Johnny and WyomingKnott.