Howdy,
I am planning on grabbing up two ADATA SP550 120 GB SSDs and putting them in RAID.0 to help speed up my system which is currently dependent on a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB. I've heard some saying that two smaller capacity drives in RAID isn't worth it though.
I plan to put Windows on these drives, as well as some of my most frequently used steam games and other applications. I am not incredibly concerned about write speed as I'm not a content creator. The total price of the two drives is around $70 via Newegg, and the read speed in RAID should be pushing 1Gb/s if my understanding of RAID.0 is correct. I'm sure the speeds will drop as I occupy more the of the storage, but the jump from a HDD should be more than noticeable.
My question is whether or not I should go through with this purchase. Is it really worth purchasing two smaller drives and putting them in RAID.0, or should I purchase a larger capacity drive for the same price? Please keep in mind that I will not only be putting my OS on these drives.
Thanks
I am planning on grabbing up two ADATA SP550 120 GB SSDs and putting them in RAID.0 to help speed up my system which is currently dependent on a Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB. I've heard some saying that two smaller capacity drives in RAID isn't worth it though.
I plan to put Windows on these drives, as well as some of my most frequently used steam games and other applications. I am not incredibly concerned about write speed as I'm not a content creator. The total price of the two drives is around $70 via Newegg, and the read speed in RAID should be pushing 1Gb/s if my understanding of RAID.0 is correct. I'm sure the speeds will drop as I occupy more the of the storage, but the jump from a HDD should be more than noticeable.
My question is whether or not I should go through with this purchase. Is it really worth purchasing two smaller drives and putting them in RAID.0, or should I purchase a larger capacity drive for the same price? Please keep in mind that I will not only be putting my OS on these drives.
Thanks