Raid vs. Ide

[Strings]

Ok, so i've setup raid 0 for two ssds, but windows 7 doesn't boot up as fast as i'd like since i'm running ssds. I've heard that ide boots much faster than raid since it doesn't have to load the ctrl-i raid bios, but if i change the mode back to ide will it delete my os or mess up something?

 

[jbakerlent]

I think you're confused about IDE... IDE is another interface like SATA (and it's far slower than SATA).

 

[sub mesa]

Show us benchmarks.

 

[SkepticDave]

I think you're confused about IDE... IDE is another interface like SATA (and it's far slower than SATA).

I may be wrong, but I think the OP is talking about the IDE or RAID setting in the BIOS...where IDE would be used when drives are used separately.

I would have a hard time believing that IDE would be faster than RAID 0, but as sub mesa said, I'd like to see some benchmarks.

 

[sub mesa]

You're probably right and he probably means the added boot time delay for the RAID BIOS to display when he has onboard RAID enabled in the BIOS.

However, selecting IDE or AHCI transfer mode in the BIOS will disable the boot capabilities of onboard RAID; as it will function as SATA controller.

 

[Strings]

Yes, you guys are correct. I was talking about the boot mode. Sorry, I just put together a new computer and am new at this. I just wanted to see if there was a way to speed up my boot time since, after all I'm running ssd's. I guess if I disable the Raid boot mode and enable the IDE boot mode... my ssd's won't work and it might possibly disable my os or corrupt it. If you guys know anyway of speeding up my boot time with ssd's then I'd really appreciate it. I boot up in about 40 seconds (including all the loading menus, msi, dr. mos, and raid menu, and windows startup). I thought I'd be fully booted at 20-25 seconds. :/ My TB hdd is for extra storage.

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