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Hey guys dont know to much about raid but is it better to do a raid 0 with 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148395 110$

or should i just go with a 1TB Western digital caviar black 95$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Or would the speed gain be worth the extra money for 2x wdc black 640gb 150$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319

Message edited by deathmustard on 09-22-2009 at 05:22:41 AM

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I would go with this...

2x Samsung F3 500GB in RAID 0 - $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

But make sure you dont have any important data on the RAID drives as they have higher failure rate than single config drives...
So I would say - 3x Samsung F3 for about $150 -
2x in RAID 0
1x For data backup

Reply to gkay09

Thanks looks like i will pick those up.

Reply to deathmustard

Just check if this coupon works - EMCLXLW22
Might bring the price down to $45.

And before going with RAID 0, just make sure its performance is worth it...

Reply to gkay09

performance at all cost my friend. Sadly code does not work any more.

Message edited by deathmustard on 09-22-2009 at 09:19:08 AM

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^ Hmm...Even I would go with performance

But just make sure you backup your data regularly...

Message edited by gkay09 on 09-22-2009 at 09:22:50 AM

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I second gkay09 "Performance" increase and a "No compromise [aka regular] Backup process" go together (especially with RAID 0) to give peace of mind to the user in the long run

Reply to foxy_roxy

The problem with motherboard RAID implementations is that if you change motherboards, you cannot just move the disks over to the new motherboard. You need to have backups and rebuild the array. With a relatively small array, that's not much of a problem.

On another thread, a poster wrote in about the problems of moving two 2 TB arrays to a new motherboard. That's why I pretty much decided against using RAID.

Reply to jsc

What RAID controller will you be using? The actual benefits of RAID 0 are so situational that I would advise against it. Why are you interested in RAID

Reply to PsyKhiqZero

@jsc - Yes it is very difficult to move RAID drives from one mobo to another...
It would only be successful if both the boards(Current one and the mobo that you are changing to) have the same RAID controllers...

Reply to gkay09

Whether or not RAID will benefit you is dependant on what you do, and where you are looking for a speed increase. If you move around a lot of large files, if you would like your PC to boot 3 seconds faster, and some programs to load 2 seconds faster, then RAID may be for you. Be sure you run a good backup. Be sure to run a good backup. Oh, and be sure to run a good backup. You also will actually suffer a slight overall hit in performance as latencies on a RAID setup are longer than on a single fast drive, but it is not a big noticable amount. Also, be sure to run a good backup.

If you are a normal user who stores pictures, plays an occasional game, loads up your MP3 player, and checks email, maybe a little Photoshop or other application, you do not need RAID. Period.

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