Question yet another NVMe M.2 SSD's RAID 0 query...

[jonesmalaco]

So I'm about to get a 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade NVMe M.2 HD that advertises as having 7300 MB/s Read and 7000 Mb/s Write speeds... Since they're on sale, I was thinking about getting a couple, and setting up a RAID 0 array on a ASRock B650M PG Riptide motherboard (all new components). Be mindful that I'll use this setup STRICTLY for gaming, keeping all the "important" stuff (personal files, pictures, videos, music, apps and the sorts) on a smaller SATA disk and also an external one... So if one (of the NVMe's) goes defective and I lose the array, I can just re-download / re-install the games, no problem. I had a RAID 0 setup on a couple of PNY's (they were obviously both SATA, not NVMe's) for roughly 8 years (since 2015) until one of them got bricked for reasons unknown to me (I just formatted the remaining one, and still using it) ... Aside from that, I got no complaints besides I guess the game loading times difference were probably minimal, but of course, the read /write speeds of SATA SSD's from 2015 is nowhere near these read / write speeds of the advertised 2TB NVMe.

So, I know this is a somehow "controversial" (in lack of a better word) topic of discussion. But I gotta ask: is it worth to get a second NVMe hard drive and do the RAID 0 array, strictly for gaming ? Or will the game loading times (read / write performance) will be marginal at best, that doesn't make it worth it? Keep in mind that, for an anxious person, even 10 seconds less (or more) of loading time is like an eternity... ; )

Thanks in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

But I gotta ask: is it worth to get a second NVMe hard drive and do the RAID 0 array

Short answer - No.

Long answer - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Longer answer - RAID 0 is a total waste, both in the consumer space with any drives, and especially with solid state drives.
In fact, your overall throughput may be slower than with single drives. The RAID overhead can screw things up.

RAID 0 + 2x NVMe drives will not give you faster level load times.

Benchmarks may look awesome.
Actual user facing benefit, not so much.

As you stated, with your previous SATA III SSDs, benefit was minimal, if any. That does not change with NVMe drives.

 

[jonesmalaco]

Short answer - No.

Long answer - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Longer answer - RAID 0 is a total waste, both in the consumer space with any drives, and especially with solid state drives.
In fact, your overall throughput may be slower than with single drives. The RAID overhead can screw things up.

RAID 0 + 2x NVMe drives will not give you faster level load times.

Benchmarks may look awesome.
Actual user facing benefit, not so much.

As you stated, with your previous SATA III SSDs, benefit was minimal, if any. That does not change with NVMe drives.

Thanks a lot bro! Will only get one NVMe then... Will definitely save me some money ; )