Sata3 Drives in Raid 0 or SSD

[xizorgetspeed]

Hey guys,

building a new system here.

Going w/ i7 930, and the mb is the gb udr3 the one that supports usb 3 and sata 3.

I'm trying to figure out if I should get 2x 1tb sata3 drives and put them in raid 0, or go with a SSD for the OS and throw all my apps on 1x1tb drive.

Here's what I do/want.

Snappy feel to the OS, fast boots, overall feel.

I game a lot.

I encode a lot of video and would like to have multiple apps open.

I'm really undecided.

 

[xizorgetspeed]

or is neither option worth it, just go with 1tb sata3 drive and be happy...

 

[xizorgetspeed]

Anyone? Thanks

 

[505090]

a ssd for os and apps with another drive for data would be the better option, than raid

 

[sminlal]

In performance terms, an SSD large enough to hold the OS and your most commonly used apps will blow away any other HDD-based configuration.