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| Author: | B3NJ1 [ 21 Apr 2010, 10:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Single 128Gb SSD or 2x 64Gb SSD RAID0 ? |
Just want some opinions from anyone who knows. Im looking to upgrade my C: drive from 2x 10,000RPM drives in RAID0. Willing to spend up to AU$500. Do I go for a single G.Skill Falcon II 128Gb SSD or do I raid 2x G.Skill Falcon 64GB SSD? Or I'm open to other suggestions for high end performance for over 100GB for under AU$500. Cheers... -B3NJ1 |
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| Author: | B3NJ1 [ 23 Apr 2010, 22:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Single 128Gb SSD or 2x 64Gb SSD RAID0 ? |
Cheers... -B3NJ1 |
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| Author: | Gilly [ 24 Apr 2010, 18:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Single 128Gb SSD or 2x 64Gb SSD RAID0 ? |
what chipset are you running? Under RAID you cannot get TRIM, without special drivers on intel ICH10 IIRC. Imo 1 is plenty fast enough, unless you have to move massive amounts of data very fast. Boot up times are not much better and random IO seems to suffer a little infact for running raid |
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| Author: | B3NJ1 [ 25 Apr 2010, 01:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Single 128Gb SSD or 2x 64Gb SSD RAID0 ? |
Thanks Gilly.. Pretty sure I'll just go pick up a 128 today :) Just waiting on an ebay auction to finish, hoping I get outbid lol. |
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| Author: | Gilly [ 25 Apr 2010, 17:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Single 128Gb SSD or 2x 64Gb SSD RAID0 ? |
I would look at the new Vertex 2 from OCZ, it is the sandforce 1200 controller with the 1500 firmware. It is only 100GB (about 93 usable) but is very fast :) The Intel ones have also always been solid, and fast, apart from the firmware issues. |
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| Author: | Bluesilentpro [ 28 Apr 2010, 21:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Single 128Gb SSD or 2x 64Gb SSD RAID0 ? |
I would forget RAID0 since it kills TRIM atm. A nice price/performance pick is still the Intel X-25M G2 80GB/160GB. If you want the real power get some 256GB Cruciall RealSSD C300 with Sata3 and up to 355MB/s. Vertex 2 is cannon fodder for a C300. :wink: I'm pro Intel in SSD since they have the most experience and the most comfortable and reliable drives. Micron (C300) is also nice but I don't trust smaller companies like Indilinx or Sandforce since the tech is new and experiences are still limited. |
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