Anyone have some advice on the below setup?
I'm planning on building a new gamer system built around the EVGA X58 SLI #132-BL-E758-A1.
I'm considering using 2x Crucial CT128M225 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disks in raid 0 for the OS boot and applications. Possibly partitioned into C: and D: drives for OS/application separation.
Additionally, I'd like to put the page file onto a separate Crucial CT64M225 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk.
Memory will be 12GBs of: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D
OS: Win 7 64bit
Now, here is where I'm wondering how to squeeze out the best performance from a system like this.
Should I use the on-board raid controller from the MB? Or would a third party raid controller be better?
My logic for using a separate SSD drive for the page file is the heavy use it will endure from games paging to the drive. I'm thinking this will spare the main raid 0 drives from excessive read/writes, thereby extending the optimum operating life of the primary drives.
The page drive could be replaced periodically as its performance degrades (if applicable).
I welcome constructive criticism.
Thank you.
I'm planning on building a new gamer system built around the EVGA X58 SLI #132-BL-E758-A1.
I'm considering using 2x Crucial CT128M225 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disks in raid 0 for the OS boot and applications. Possibly partitioned into C: and D: drives for OS/application separation.
Additionally, I'd like to put the page file onto a separate Crucial CT64M225 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk.
Memory will be 12GBs of: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D
OS: Win 7 64bit
Now, here is where I'm wondering how to squeeze out the best performance from a system like this.
Should I use the on-board raid controller from the MB? Or would a third party raid controller be better?
My logic for using a separate SSD drive for the page file is the heavy use it will endure from games paging to the drive. I'm thinking this will spare the main raid 0 drives from excessive read/writes, thereby extending the optimum operating life of the primary drives.
The page drive could be replaced periodically as its performance degrades (if applicable).
I welcome constructive criticism.
Thank you.