2x SSD's vrs 4x HDD's

[overlord15]

i was looking at getting faster performance less loading times less wait time. anyway i was wondering what would be better 2x SAMSUNG 470 Series MZ-5PA128/US 2.5" 128GB SATA II in a raid 0 or 4x Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s in raid 10 or would 4x Corsair Nova Series 2 CSSD-V60GB2 2.5" 60GB SATA II SSD do better im not worried about space all im gonna have is Win 7+updates Mircosoft word and 1-3 Games max at a time windows rating is currently 5.9 lowest is the hdd wanted to get it up to 6.9 like everything else. also want to not spend more then $500 dont really want to spend over $200 but not sure how much space i would need http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147063 ======= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136296 ======= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233188 k im done rambling any help is appreciated im noob to raid also

 

[jpidata]

I will go for ssd, but RAID 0 is too risky for the data.

 

[WyomingKnott]

RAID 0 will increase the transfer rates of HDDs, but not do anything for the seek times. SSDs will blow them away on seek times.

Why not buy a 256 GB SSD and avoid the risks inherent in RAID 0, plus the possibility that the TRIM command is not effective for RAIDed SSDs? In any case, if your motherboard supports SATA III get an SSD with SATA III interface - SSD transfer rates are now well over 500 MB/sec, and SATA II limits to 300 MB/Sec.

If your motherboard does not support SATA III, go buy a new one!

 

[overlord15]

my mobo supports sata 2 i would love to go out and buy a new 1 but i work on walmart money takes me a long time to save for the drives i did look some into getting a pci express x1 sata iii card and get a sata 3 thats why i was wondering about the alternative unless you have a great suggestion for a sata iii card i can use This is my mobo http://www.msi.com/product/mb/H55M-E33.html#/?div=Detail

 

[sminlal]

Why even bother with two SSDs? A single SSD will blow away any number of hard drives in RAID for seek times, and that's the most important performance factor for tasks like booting or starting up programs.

 

[overlord15]

Best answer selected by overlord15.

 

[woody213]

I looked at your board and you seem to be in the same boat I was. Stuck with SATA 2 wishing for SATA 3. I tried two SATA 3 cards in my rig and they both were very flakey as the reviews state. 1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115072 and 2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124044

I found a good balance with the same two Corsair Nova drives in RAID 0 and 3 WD 300GB Velociraptors in RAID 5 (ICH10R South Bridge controller). I also have a JMicro controller which controlls 1 SATA, 1 IDE port, and 1 eSATA. I have it running my Optical drive.

I paid $199 for the Corsair pair and $223 for the 3 Velociraptors.




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INtel Q9650 (OC from 3.0 to 3.8ghz)
G.Skill DDR2 1066mhz RAM 2 x 2GB
Asus Xtreme 4890 1Gb Video Card
Corsair Nova Series 2 60GB SSD x2 (RAID 0)
WD 300GB 10,00rpm VR x3 (RAID 5)
Samsung Blue-Ray Burner
Antec 850 Watt PS (MOdular)