Maximising potential of ssd... pci card?

[devavictrix]

I use an ssd with my desktop but the controller (Intel 5000v) only goes up to SATA II.

I am wondering, if I get a PCI raid card will the transfer speed from the x4 slots exceed the transfer speed I am using with the onboard slot? I was thinking about setting two drives as RAID 0 in hope to see some speed improvement.

Thank you!

 

[kanewolf]

SSD in RAID 0 has almost no practical performance benefit. It may benchmark higher but will not change day to day activities.

 

[USAFRet]

I use an ssd with my desktop but the controller (Intel 5000v) only goes up to SATA II.

I am wondering, if I get a PCI raid card will the transfer speed from the x4 slots exceed the transfer speed I am using with the onboard slot? I was thinking about setting two drives as RAID 0 in hope to see some speed improvement.

Thank you!

SSD + RAID 0 = don't bother.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

 

[devavictrix]

Thanks for you replies. I won't go buying a second ssd then!

But if I get a sata controller card and put it in one of my x4 slots will the sata3 ssd perform better than when I plug it directly into the sata 2 motherboard?

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for you replies. I won't go buying a second ssd then!

But if I get a sata controller card and put it in one of my x4 slots will the sata3 ssd perform better than when I plug it directly into the sata 2 motherboard?

A second SSD is fine. I have 3 in my main PC.
Just don't RAID them.

As for a PCI-E adapter? Is this for your boot drive? Can your PC actually boot from that? Not all can.

 

[devavictrix]

Yeah, I hoped to be able to boot from the ssd that is connected via a sata controller. I assumed it would work because the computer was shipped with an ide raid card and two drives. The raid card died and a like-for-like replacement costs a fortune so I bought an ssd to replace the ide drives. I couldn't use my ide drives because the motherboard wont boot from the onboard ide.