-I have a Corsair Force III 120GB SSD drive that my OS is installed on that has about 15GB of free space.
-I have a WD Blue 1TB HDD that I am not sure of brand but it is just for storage and installation of some basic software. I partitioned it into 4 drives just for organizational purposes. I don't really think it was necessary, but I did it when I knew a lot less about computers.
-I recently purchased a Samsung 256GB SSD that I load all resource intensive video games on that is filling up fast.
-I have a Seagate 500GB SSHD that was given to me that I install less resource intensive games on.
Those are all of the drives currently installed and in use.
I, now, have an additional Samsung 256GB SSD that was pulled from a computer that crapped out that I scored super-cheap. The SSD is perfectly fine. Also, I have a regular WD Blue 320GB HDD. Neither have been installed but I do know they are fully functional.
My question is... What is the best way to set all those drives up to get the best speed/performance? I was thinking about RAID0 on the two 256SSD drives and moving my OS there. Maybe purchasing a cheap (SanDisk Z400S 128GB SSD for $50) to RAID0 with my Force III SSD. I read some article about RAID0 on some SSDs and how it increased performance substantially for reads/writes up to a certain amount of drives. Anyway, I have all these dang drives and am not sure what the best way to configure them is. Also, keep in mind, if I change my OS to a different drive, I will have to do some sort of image backup, or whatever. I am somewhat savvy with computers, but would definitely need some guidance on how to do all of this. I just want to set everything up so it is as fast and efficient, as possible. Any ideas?
-I have a WD Blue 1TB HDD that I am not sure of brand but it is just for storage and installation of some basic software. I partitioned it into 4 drives just for organizational purposes. I don't really think it was necessary, but I did it when I knew a lot less about computers.
-I recently purchased a Samsung 256GB SSD that I load all resource intensive video games on that is filling up fast.
-I have a Seagate 500GB SSHD that was given to me that I install less resource intensive games on.
Those are all of the drives currently installed and in use.
I, now, have an additional Samsung 256GB SSD that was pulled from a computer that crapped out that I scored super-cheap. The SSD is perfectly fine. Also, I have a regular WD Blue 320GB HDD. Neither have been installed but I do know they are fully functional.
My question is... What is the best way to set all those drives up to get the best speed/performance? I was thinking about RAID0 on the two 256SSD drives and moving my OS there. Maybe purchasing a cheap (SanDisk Z400S 128GB SSD for $50) to RAID0 with my Force III SSD. I read some article about RAID0 on some SSDs and how it increased performance substantially for reads/writes up to a certain amount of drives. Anyway, I have all these dang drives and am not sure what the best way to configure them is. Also, keep in mind, if I change my OS to a different drive, I will have to do some sort of image backup, or whatever. I am somewhat savvy with computers, but would definitely need some guidance on how to do all of this. I just want to set everything up so it is as fast and efficient, as possible. Any ideas?