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I have 3 SSD, 2 x 120 GB Vertex 4, 1 x 500 GB Samsung 840 EVO.
I'm looking at options with these drives, Raid 0 the OS drive, Raid 0 the gaming drive where steam & games are stored, or use the 500GB drive for everything and have 740 GB of SSD space.
I have a 1TB NAS drive for a backup.
It's going to be a while before I fill 500GB and I have read that SSD performance decreases starting when they get more than about 50% full (from OCZ).
I only have 2 SATA III ports (ASUS P9X79LE). I can get a PCI-e v2.0 card with 2 SATA III ports for $15 and it will fit.
What is the best possible setup for gaming? Is a raided 120 GB vertex 4 going to give a noticeably better gaming experience than a 500 GB 840 EVO?
If I do RAID, should I RAID the game folders or the OS?
If I don't raid, should the OS be on a separate drive than Steam, so that data can be read/written from/to both?
I'm looking at options with these drives, Raid 0 the OS drive, Raid 0 the gaming drive where steam & games are stored, or use the 500GB drive for everything and have 740 GB of SSD space.
I have a 1TB NAS drive for a backup.
It's going to be a while before I fill 500GB and I have read that SSD performance decreases starting when they get more than about 50% full (from OCZ).
I only have 2 SATA III ports (ASUS P9X79LE). I can get a PCI-e v2.0 card with 2 SATA III ports for $15 and it will fit.
What is the best possible setup for gaming? Is a raided 120 GB vertex 4 going to give a noticeably better gaming experience than a 500 GB 840 EVO?
If I do RAID, should I RAID the game folders or the OS?
If I don't raid, should the OS be on a separate drive than Steam, so that data can be read/written from/to both?
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