To raid or not to raid

[andy14hd]

Hello! I want to buy a secondary drive for my system. Please note that my primary disk is a Samsung 850 Evo 240 GB and I need a little bit of storage for my games. Data redundancy is not a factor considering that I backup everything. So what should I choose? 2 x Western Digital Blue 1 TB in raid 0 vs 1 Western Digital Black 1 TB (1x WD black more expensive than 2 blues here I live).

 

[CompGee]

What's your budget?

 

[USAFRet]

What problem are you trying to solve with a RAID (of whatever type) ?

 

[andy14hd]

What problem are you trying to solve with a RAID (of whatever type) ?

By RAID 0 i want to get the fastest loading in games... my SSD is pretty small, and I need a larger, inexpensive drive but fast as possible... So is there any gain in striping 2x WD Blue or should I stick with WD Black? I know read/write speed will be faster with the raid setup, but what about acces time? Is it worth investing in a Black drive?

 

[andy14hd]

What's your budget?

Well ~100$US but i can stretch until 200 if spending more grants me a significally boost in speed.

 

[USAFRet]

Unselected, per your request.

Generally, a RAID 0 is not really a great idea.
Zero impact on FPS in games, and faster level loading is much faster with an SSD.

 

[andy14hd]

Unselected, per your request.

Generally, a RAID 0 is not really a great idea.
Zero impact on FPS in games, and faster level loading is much faster with an SSD.

Well i know about the FPS... But 1TB SSD are a bit over my budget, so can you recommend me a good HDD?

 

[USAFRet]

Unselected, per your request.

Generally, a RAID 0 is not really a great idea.
Zero impact on FPS in games, and faster level loading is much faster with an SSD.

Well i know about the FPS... But 1TB SSD are a bit over my budget, so can you recommend me a good HDD?

A WD Black is a good HDD.

1TB SSD? 960GB, $260.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173013
Was $200 a few weeks ago.