Question Raid 0 Setup on B450 AORUS Elite V2, SSD choice ?

[LGermani]

Hello folks, I'm trying to find a way to setup RAID 0 on my computer, but I'm unable to identify what SSD should I get to pair with my existing one because of the motherboard slots being slightly different.
This is my current setup:

Motherboard: B450 AORUS Elite V2
NVMe SSD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus, 500GB SSD (on M2A_SOCKET)
(Other component not relevant for the question I believe)

The thing is, my original idea was to buy another identical SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus but the slots for the motherboard according to documentation are:

1. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_SOCKET)
2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe 3.0 x2 SSD support)(M2B_SOCKET)
3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
4. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10

I see that the 2nd M.2 slot (M2B_SOCKET) is slightly different, so I'm unsure if another SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus of the same model would fit and work with a Raid 0 setup.
I also see at this manufacturer manual the following: (Note 2) An M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to set up a RAID set either with an M.2 SATASSD or a SATAhard drive

So as someone that have never did this before I'm quite confused on what second SSD should I buy in order to run a RAID 0 setup.
Could you please shed some light if another 970 evo would work or if not, maybe suggest one that would (or the specs I should look for)?

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm trying to find a way to setup RAID 0 on my computer
Motherboard: B450 AORUS Elite V2
NVMe SSD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus, 500GB SSD (on M2A_SOCKET)

Bad idea. Who suggested you that?
Look for some benchmarks for NVME drives in RAID0.
There's basically no benefit in doing so.

 

[LGermani]

Bad idea. Who suggested you that?
Look for some benchmarks for NVME drives in RAID0.
There's basically no benefit in doing so.

I'm not looking for increase in performance.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm not looking for increase in performance.

What for then?
If you need more storage space on the drive, then replace it with bigger capacity drive.

 

[DSzymborski]

Describing what the purpose is would help us make better recommendations and if it even makes sense in the first place. There are only a few scenarios in which it makes any sense whatsoever.

 

[faalin]

You do know that if anything......and i mean ANYTHING happens to ether of those drives in RAID 0 you loose everything.

I once about 12 years ago setup a RAID 0 on 2 SSD's. Everything was fine for months, decided to take my computer to a friends house and somewhere between my house and his something happened. When i tried to boot back up at his house there was no OS to be found, both drives were there and could be seen but just would not boot windows. I then spent the next 4 hours reloading windows on a single drive and then the game we wanted to play on the other.


If you're adamant on running RAID 0 then plan on buying another 1TB drive and make sure you have pristine backups, because if and when it fails you will need it to restore all your data that will be lost.


The only difference between A slot and B slot is

A slot runs at x2 and x4 speed and can take a maximum of 110mm long stick
B slot runs at x2 speed and maximum of 80mm long stick




The M. 2 standard allows module widths of 12, 16, 22 and 30 mm, and lengths of 16, 26, 30, 38, 42, 60, 80 and 110 mm. Initial line-up of the commercially available M. 2 expansion cards is 22 mm wide, with varying lengths of 30, 42, 60, 80 and 110 mm

The most common size M.2 SSD is a 2280 which means its 22mm wide 80mm long

 

[USAFRet]

I'm trying to find a way to setup RAID 0 on my computer

Why?