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Best of the best SSD (SATA, M.2, PCI)

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  • NAS / RAID
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September 29, 2014 1:07:23 PM

I am looking for the best SSDs for my new workstations. I divided it by interface:

SATA: Samsung 850 Pro
M.2: Samsung XP941
PCI: ? (Plextor M6E, OCZ RevoDrive 350, Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe, OWC Mercury Accelsior)
SATA EXPRESS: none

My WS is based on latest Intel Haswell-E CPU. I working in arch-viz industry (AutoCAD, 3ds Max, Vray, Photoshop)

I don't know which to choose and if it is worth it to go with SATA in RAID 0.


What are Your advices?

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September 29, 2014 1:14:29 PM

Start here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-...

RAID 0 is a complete waste of time on a CAD Workstation .... at least according to Samsung .... I tried it on my CAD box, called them about my disappointment and they said "We recommend against RAID 0 as it results in decreased performance".
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September 29, 2014 1:22:28 PM

And if you get M.2 it can use up to 2 SATA ports., So, you wont be able to use them
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October 1, 2014 4:49:50 AM

M.2 can work as PCI or SATA. So Xp941 is PCI so it doesn't use SATA ports.
Yea, i think i will stay witout raid option.

Thanks!
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