Hello Forum,
I recently bought two Samsung 830 SSD's planning to RAID 0 them, but when setting up the RAID the Mobo only has one raid controller for 6Gb/s (Marvell). My results were far from optimal which I found was most likely due to the controller. At this point I would like to upgrade my mobo+cpu combo, but would like some suggestions at what I should be looking at. I'm a little confused as whether to go for a LGA2011 mobo or an 1155. I know the LGA2011 is newer, but with Ivy Bridge coming out would it make more sense to grab a 1155 board+cpu now and just wait for ivy bridge? My thinking is a i5-2500k, but am unsure of what to get in regards of a mobo. Please feel free to give any advice or ask any questions for things I may have left out.
PS: Any deal advice would also be greatly appreciated, I have access to a Microcenter if that helps.
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomsfield 3.06 Ghz LGA1366
ASUS Sabertooth x58 LGA1366 Intel x58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 PSU
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
G.SKILL PI Series 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB GDDR5 PCI-E 2.0 x 16
2 x Samsung 830 128GB MLC SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
APEX Vortex 3620 SGCC / ABS ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
I recently bought two Samsung 830 SSD's planning to RAID 0 them, but when setting up the RAID the Mobo only has one raid controller for 6Gb/s (Marvell). My results were far from optimal which I found was most likely due to the controller. At this point I would like to upgrade my mobo+cpu combo, but would like some suggestions at what I should be looking at. I'm a little confused as whether to go for a LGA2011 mobo or an 1155. I know the LGA2011 is newer, but with Ivy Bridge coming out would it make more sense to grab a 1155 board+cpu now and just wait for ivy bridge? My thinking is a i5-2500k, but am unsure of what to get in regards of a mobo. Please feel free to give any advice or ask any questions for things I may have left out.
PS: Any deal advice would also be greatly appreciated, I have access to a Microcenter if that helps.
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomsfield 3.06 Ghz LGA1366
ASUS Sabertooth x58 LGA1366 Intel x58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 PSU
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
G.SKILL PI Series 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB GDDR5 PCI-E 2.0 x 16
2 x Samsung 830 128GB MLC SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
APEX Vortex 3620 SGCC / ABS ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case