m.2 RAID 0?

mynewnameis · Feb 9, 2015

The asrock x99 oc formula has 1 M.2 slot and 1 Ultra M.2 slot, are they the same type of slot? If so can I potentially put 2 Samsung xp941's on that mobo in a RAID 0?

Also what would be faster, 1 M.2 or 2 samsung 850 EVO's in a RAID 0?

boosted1g · Feb 9, 2015

I did not pull up the specs on that asrock board but most m.2 slots are one or the other so you can not use both m2 slots and there is no raid controller hooked up to them.

Unless you are doing data transfers to other ssd drives that exceed the 6gbos bandwidth or have corporate 10gbe network backbone then you will see almost zero gain in real computer performance of doing a raid 0 on SSD drives. But you will have all of the likely probability of data loss issues doing raid 0 on your os boot drive. It comes down having very little to gain but a whole lot to loose kind of deal.

mynewnameis · Feb 9, 2015

so then, should i just use the single m.2 because its a bit faster than the evo ssd?

boosted1g · Feb 9, 2015

Yes, that would be the best option considering both reliability and performance

cin19 · Feb 9, 2015

mynewnameis :

M.2 slot and 1 Ultra M.2 slot is not same, you need read the manual page 45 for more detail.

You can use 2X xp941 for raid0, but from the review you will not get better real world performance, at least for photoshop CS6 installation. http://www.anandtech.com/show/8006/samsung-ssd-xp941-review-the-pcie-era-is-here/9
Also from the same review, for now you are better to buy the single big size SATA type SSD, for raid SSD you only can get better benchmark scores, but not in the real world usage. The M.2 type SSD is nice if you have the budget then get it, but it is up to you.

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