- Feb 22, 2010
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Hi Everyone,
On my Windows 7 (x64) computer I have just migrated from a RAID0 array to a Solid State Drive. My computer is about 4 years old, and when I built it RAID0 was a good answer for increasing system performance. Of course SSDs have come down a great deal in price over the last couple of years so upgrading with an SSD now makes sense.
The motherboard in my computer is a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R and it is currently set to RAID within the BIOS. More specifically I have configured a single RAID0 array using two hard drives (to boost read / write times).
It is my understanding that in order to get maximum performance from an SSD the correct BIOS mode is AHCI. However if I set my BIOS mode to AHCI I will no longer have access to the data on my RAID array.
Will leaving the BIOS set as RAID (rather than setting it to AHCI) reduce the performance and / or longevity of my SSD?
Any advice here will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Davo
On my Windows 7 (x64) computer I have just migrated from a RAID0 array to a Solid State Drive. My computer is about 4 years old, and when I built it RAID0 was a good answer for increasing system performance. Of course SSDs have come down a great deal in price over the last couple of years so upgrading with an SSD now makes sense.
The motherboard in my computer is a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R and it is currently set to RAID within the BIOS. More specifically I have configured a single RAID0 array using two hard drives (to boost read / write times).
It is my understanding that in order to get maximum performance from an SSD the correct BIOS mode is AHCI. However if I set my BIOS mode to AHCI I will no longer have access to the data on my RAID array.
Will leaving the BIOS set as RAID (rather than setting it to AHCI) reduce the performance and / or longevity of my SSD?
Any advice here will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Davo
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