How to RAID 0 my C: drive SSD with a recently purchased SSD

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gsxr1paul

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Hi all,

First of all, apologies if i have posted in the wrong thread?

I have a desktop PC that is running on one 120GB SSD. So, I would like to install another SSD and use them in RAID 0.

As i currently have only one SSD that the OS is on. Will installing the second SSD and setting as RAID 0 wipe my OS off?

My desktop spec is as follows:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3
CPU: Intel Core i7 3930K Unlocked (6 x 3.2 GHZ)
Power supply: 600W
Memory: 16GB RAM
HDD: 120GB SSD

I have an external HDD being used to back up my C: drive.

Any help with this would be much appreciated :)

Cheers,
Paul
 
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1. Yes. To create the array, you'd end up starting with a blank C
2. RAID 0 with 2 SSD's is pretty much unnecessary. You get no performance gain in regular desktop use. And add another point of failure.

You can have two SSD's just fine. I do. Just don't RAID them, hoping for some major performance increase.

Read this all the way through before you go down that road:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

 
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gsxr1paul

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OK, i thought that having the two SSD's in RAID 0 would increase read/write speeds and therefore have a faster PC?

Would RAID 0 make boot up times quicker?

I'll take a look at the link you provided, thanks.

Paul
 
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gsxr1paul

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OK, I think i will leave the SSD that my OS is on and purchase another SSD (which would make 3 in total) and then RAID 1 the two new SSD's.

Also, i have some connectors coming from my PSU which i have no idea what they are for?? Any ideas?



Cheers,
Paul
 
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