Question What is the best way to upgrade 2x 250gb ssd to 2x 500gb ssd both RAID 0

[alexander7]

Hi I am wanting to upgrade storage without sacrificing speed and was wondering what are my options. I have 2x 250gb ssd running in RAID 0, I bought 2x 500gb ssd. I know that with RAID 0 when combining all 4 will limit capacity. Do I just clone the 250s to the two 500s and then just either sell the 250s or use them for basic storage? What is my best options here? Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

Ditch the 250+250GB RAID 0
Toss out the idea of a 500+500GB RAID 0

Buy a 1TB SSD. Enjoy the increased space, and the same user facing speed.

If you have a motherboard capable of using an NVMe drive at its full speed, do that instead, and enjoy even greater speed.

 

[USAFRet]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

 

[prophet51]

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

It's not as bad as that review they were using a raid controller that was worse than windows software raid. In another review they showed a single ssd was just as limited as raid 0 running through their raid controller.
If you are going to raid 0 ssd's use at least windows software raid (wont be able to boot from it) or a quality raid controller designed for ssd's which I doubt exist at consumer prices.

I find raid 0 inconsistent for 32k and lower reads, maybe it's inconsistent at higher sizes too but the increased sequential speed of 2 ssd's more than makes up for it.

 

[alexander7]

Thanks for the info guys. I should have researched a little bit more into the NVMe drive. I will just return my 500gb SSDs and get a 1TB NVMe. I'd like to keep all my old data from my 2x 250gb. Could I clone them to my new 1TB drive and then be able to boot from it? I see some people are suggesting to start fresh.

 

[prophet51]

Yes apparently Samsung include software with their drives that can clone old os partition onto a new drive, haven't done it myself with a windows install though. Mini partition wizard would be a good start if the software that comes with your ssd isn't good enough.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks for the info guys. I should have researched a little bit more into the NVMe drive. I will just return my 500gb SSDs and get a 1TB NVMe. I'd like to keep all my old data from my 2x 250gb. Could I clone them to my new 1TB drive and then be able to boot from it? I see some people are suggesting to start fresh.

Samsung Data Migration (only for Samsung drives) or Macrium Reflect.

I've used both, and would only recommend those two tools.

 

[alexander7]

Will a 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD be compatible with my mb? Its a Ga-990fa-ud3 rev. 4.0?

 

[prophet51]

Will a 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD be compatible with my mb? Its a Ga-990fa-ud3 rev. 4.0?

Can't see any m.2 slots on that so you'd probably need and pcie to m.2 adapter which seem reasonably cheap.

 

[USAFRet]

If your motherboard does not have an m.2 port, you'd have to use an adapter in one of the PCIe slots.
And you almost certainly can't use that as the boot drive.

 

[alexander7]

I see I may have to upgrade my mb then... I would like to be able to boot from it and also to have the maximum speed possible. I was looking online for a possible mb without changing my cpu... does anyone know if there is a mb out there that will still support an AMD FX-9590 and has a M.2 slot? I only see ones with the m.2 slot supporting the newer AMD chipsets and they don't say if they support the FX chips or not...

UPDATE: I checked into this I see that the AM3+ socket is basically out dated now and should switch to a Ryzen cpu and mb?

 

[USAFRet]

I see I may have to upgrade my mb then... I would like to be able to boot from it and also to have the maximum speed possible. I was looking online for a possible mb without changing my cpu... does anyone know if there is a mb out there that will still support an AMD FX-9590 and has a M.2 slot? I only see ones with the m.2 slot supporting the newer AMD chipsets and they don't say if they support the FX chips or not...

UPDATE: I checked into this I see that the AM3+ socket is basically out dated now and should switch to a Ryzen cpu and mb?

Yes, you should look to a whole new build.

 

[alexander7]

If your motherboard does not have an m.2 port, you'd have to use an adapter in one of the PCIe slots.
And you almost certainly can't use that as the boot drive.

I found a post on a gigabyte forum thread regarding being able to boot from a pcie to m.2 converter using my current mother board. I may try it, not sure if I want to put that much effort into it though since now im excited about building a new comp.


try this:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4rC7reRUp6QLTVZdVBNRVBCZlE

Important:
The "BOOT" section of the UEFI BIOS and the shortcut to the "Bootable Devices" will not show the NVMe SSD, although it may be bootable!
After having installed the NVMe supporting OS in UEFI mode onto the PCIe/M.2 connected SSD, you will see the new bootable system drive listed as "Windows Boot Manager"
Write if work if no i will try something other.

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Re: Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3 rev4.0 custom bios
« Reply #78 on: April 17, 2017, 01:34:48 pm »

It WORKS !!!
it's so perfect. Windows 10 Installation 6 minutes 33 seconds...In BIOS i clearly can choose Windows Boot Manager on Samsung 960

Thank you sooo much !

 

[USAFRet]

Yes, a custom BIOS can probably provide that functionality.
I personally would not do it.