PC Storage Configuration Options

reyazjunior

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Sep 17, 2017
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I am making a new gaming cum rendering pc. All components have been settled, but storage is a concern. I was thinking of the following setups-

1) Samsung 850 Evo 512 GB SSD (OS Drive)
Four 1 TB WD RED 5400rpm/Seagate IronWolf 5900rpm HDD in RAID 10 inside Rosewill RSV-S5 external enclosure which connects with an included PCIe 2.0 card

2) Dual Intel 750 series 800GB PCIe NVMe SSD in RAID 0
2 TB WD BLUE HDD for system backup

3) Intel 750 series 800GB PCIe NVMe SSD
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB SSD



Which configuration should I go for?
(Can I put PCIe storage devices like Intel SSD's in RAID?)
 
Solution
Keep in mind you don't get double performance from RAID0. Actually, you don't even get a decent +50% in write speed over single SSD.

I would definitely go with option #3