SSD for system and 2 HDDs in Raid 0

juannfox

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Guys,
currently I have my system running on a Corsair Leforce 3 120gb SSD, with Windows 10 64bits and an Asrock Z97 Pro 4 mobo.
My question is, given the fact that I'm about to buy an HDD disk for games/music storage, should I go for a 2tb HDD disk or 2 1tb HDD disks in Raid 0 mode? Is it possible to setup 2 disks in raid 0 even though the booting happens in another disk (the ssd)?
Prices are almost the same to be honest, like 10/20 bucks cheaper to buy a 2tb disk. (We are talking Western Digital Blue series and the country is Argentina, prices might not be the same for you guys).
Thanks for the help!
 
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That is my setup, an SSD with the OS installed and 2 RAIDed 2TB HDD for games and storage. I try to keep my OS off RAID 0 as it can mean problems latter on.

juannfox

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So it is possible. Now for the technical stuff: since I already have my Windows installed and I do not wish to reinstall, is it possible to add both hdds in raid 0 by just plugging them in and setting up from bios? Does raid mode respect aschi for my ssd still? Thanks man
 

slingsrat

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I believe you can just change from AHCI to RAID in the BIOS without any issues or if something does go wrong switching back to AHCI is generally trouble free.