Is having 2 Corsair Force 60GB SSDs in RAID0 (Cheaper) better than 1 120GB SSD (more expensive)?

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Is having 2 Corsair Force 60GB SSDs in RAID0 (Cheaper) better than 1 120GB SSD (more expensive)? I am building on quite a tight budget so I am using quite low capacity drives. I plan to do regular backups very often. If 2 SSDs in RAID0 is a very bad idea, can I still se JBOD to get the most out of my money. As I said, data loss is not such a worry for me as I will backup, and performance tests show that adding a 2nd SSD in RAID0 can give a reasonable performance advantage which I am after, as well as making a saving.
 
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If you don't mind the risk of data loss or having to re-install windows, the dual SSD drives in RAID0 are a good thing to use. All things being equal, I'd use that instead of a 120 gig single drive. You'll get a bit of extra speed and if you are not worried about data loss if one of the drives go bad, in your case there is no downside to RAID0.

I have dual 120 SSD drives in my system in RAID0, because I got them free from dead laptops and also because I wanted to run a RAID0 system just for the heck of it. Have not done testing myself, but there is a speed boost.
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If you don't mind the risk of data loss or having to re-install windows, the dual SSD drives in RAID0 are a good thing to use. All things being equal, I'd use that instead of a 120 gig single drive. You'll get a bit of extra speed and if you are not worried about data loss if one of the drives go bad, in your case there is no downside to RAID0.

I have dual 120 SSD drives in my system in RAID0, because I got them free from dead laptops and also because I wanted to run a RAID0 system just for the heck of it. Have not done testing myself, but there is a speed boost.
 
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Your access time won't see an appreciable difference (already incredibly fast) so small file access won't be changed when compared to a single drive, but your read/write speeds (the Achille's heel of SSD's) will be greatly increased. You'll see much faster load times between levels for instance.

This comes at the expense of possibly losing all your data if either drive dies. HDD's don't break that often and with SSD's it's even less of an issue. Go for it.
 
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You may want to check on the age of the post you replied to, it's over 2 years old.
 
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It may be an old post, but it's still a relevant question. It probably won't help this guy (unless he's still waiting on parts to be delivered from China), but there's probably some other guy or gal out there who could use my sage advice.
 
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