Could I have two RAID 0 arrays with this motherboard?

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ArcticGaming

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Hello,

I would like to have two RAID 0 arrays with the Asus Maximus VI Formula Motherboard, but I was not sure if that would be possible with that motherboard.

I want to use 2 Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drives, and 2 WD 1TB 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drives - Caviar Blue.

I do not know if I should use RAID 0 for this configuration, as I am fairly new to RAID, if you think I should use a different type of RAID, please let me know.

Thanks, -Will.
 
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Hi ArcticGaming,

Tom's has previously reviewed the benefits of 2 SSD in RAID and the conclusion was rather disappointing.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

I would recommend you stick with a single as large SSD as you can afford. A 256GB SSD is often significantly faster than a 128Gb version and 480 or 512 versions again often further that performance advantage. Again RAID 0 is a risk for your data.
According to Page 10 of the review boot times are actually faster on a Single SSD vs 2 in RAID. That tells you a lot.

As for normal harddrives, I would recommend you avoid RAID 0. I have been through this many years ago, and it really isnt worth the risk of losing all your data over the speed increase. There...
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So if I didn't raid the SSDs, could I RAID 0 the HDDs? If so would my motherboard support it or would I have to buy a RAID controller.

 
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Hi ArcticGaming,

Tom's has previously reviewed the benefits of 2 SSD in RAID and the conclusion was rather disappointing.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

I would recommend you stick with a single as large SSD as you can afford. A 256GB SSD is often significantly faster than a 128Gb version and 480 or 512 versions again often further that performance advantage. Again RAID 0 is a risk for your data.
According to Page 10 of the review boot times are actually faster on a Single SSD vs 2 in RAID. That tells you a lot.

As for normal harddrives, I would recommend you avoid RAID 0. I have been through this many years ago, and it really isnt worth the risk of losing all your data over the speed increase. There is an option of a seagate SSHDs that have a 8Gb cache SSD that puts only small files of the ones you use the most on the SSD and the rest is on the larger HDD part of the SSHD. They are quite cheap, relative to larger SSDs.

I would avoid RAID with fire as there is no real life advantage for SSD, and for the Harddrive either one 2Tb HDD or 2x1Tb HDD and keep backups of important files between these two drives.
 
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