Hello all.
So here's my situation, I have:
2x 120GB SSD (identical)
1x 500GB 5400RPM HDD
1x 149GB 7200RPM HDD
I don't use the 500GB drive for game, is my backup/junk drive.
I use one of the SSD for the OS and some software, and the other SSD and the 7200RPM HDD for games.
That means some games I can't play for lack of space (example RDR2).
My OS SSD usually have plenty of free space so I wanted to join it with my other SSD on RAID0 but I never done Raid so I have a few questions:
1 - I have an H110M-C motherboard, meaning no hardware raid support, but I see I can do trough software in Windows 10. That being the case, does this means I can not put my OS in the SSDs that are on Raid?
2 - Is doing through Win10 the best option or there's a better -- and free -- software I should use?
2 - Having the two SSD on Raid, can I still have my two other HDD as separate partition?
3 - Does it offer any extra risk for the drives? I'm aware that if one fails, I lose everything on them but since the files that matter are in the 500GB HDD (and cloud), that's fine. But I see this being repeated so much that makes me wonder if drives on RAID are more likely to fail?
4 - Any special care/tips I need to have for doing/using it?
5 - Any reason to not do that?
So here's my situation, I have:
2x 120GB SSD (identical)
1x 500GB 5400RPM HDD
1x 149GB 7200RPM HDD
I don't use the 500GB drive for game, is my backup/junk drive.
I use one of the SSD for the OS and some software, and the other SSD and the 7200RPM HDD for games.
That means some games I can't play for lack of space (example RDR2).
My OS SSD usually have plenty of free space so I wanted to join it with my other SSD on RAID0 but I never done Raid so I have a few questions:
1 - I have an H110M-C motherboard, meaning no hardware raid support, but I see I can do trough software in Windows 10. That being the case, does this means I can not put my OS in the SSDs that are on Raid?
2 - Is doing through Win10 the best option or there's a better -- and free -- software I should use?
2 - Having the two SSD on Raid, can I still have my two other HDD as separate partition?
3 - Does it offer any extra risk for the drives? I'm aware that if one fails, I lose everything on them but since the files that matter are in the 500GB HDD (and cloud), that's fine. But I see this being repeated so much that makes me wonder if drives on RAID are more likely to fail?
4 - Any special care/tips I need to have for doing/using it?
5 - Any reason to not do that?