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Clinker42   12-17-2011 at 09:18:51 AM

Hi Gents
I have $500 for XMAS and thinking of investing in an SSD, but I only have a mid level knowledge of computers.

Currently I can get an OCZ RevoDrive 3 PCI-Express SSD 240GB for $500 or two OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD and maybe put them in Raid 0.

If I Raid 0 the 2 Vertex 3 drives I will only have 120gb vs the 240gb of the Revo.

Is the PCI slot faster than a SATA 3 slot and which way would you guys go.

Thanks

My system

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Intel I7 950 clocked to 3800
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Two 1tb WD Black drives in raid
HIS Radeon 5900
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JackNaylorPE   12-17-2011 at 09:41:34 AM

For $628 you could buy two 240 GB Mushkin Chronos Deluxe ....a Tier 1 SSD

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 070-6.html

But again, other than Benchmarks, video editing and large databases / spreadsheets, RAID offers little real world speed increases.

Here's a good read

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index. [...] mitstart=8

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sminlal   12-17-2011 at 07:42:43 PM

If you're coming from a hard drive then I'd suggest not bothering with RAID 0. You'll see very little difference in the improvement from a HDD to a single SSD than to a pair of RAIDed SSDs. And with a single SSD you won't loose TRIM capability which is important to keep the longer-term performance of your system at optimum levels.

In other words, the first SSD is a terrific bang for the buck - the second one a lot less so.


Message edited by sminlal on 12-17-2011 at 07:43:10 PM
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JohnnyLucky   12-17-2011 at 10:26:18 PM

^5 +1 what sminlal said.

One ssd is plenty unless you are doing some sort of special professional work.

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