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Hi guys, 

I was thinking of buying 2 250GB 840 EVOs and running them in RAID 0, but My ASRock Extreme 3 x79 only has 1 free accessible SATA 3 port, the other is being used by my 128GB 840 Pro. The board does have anothers spare SATA 3 port, and I'd have to run the 840 Pro off of it, seeing as it's on a seperate chipset and can't RAID with the others and is a pain to run a SATA cable to. I want to keep the 840 Pro as a boot drive because its more reliable, and RAID 0 is non-redundant, and then just use the EVOs for programs and games. 

Here is a photo of where the other SATA port is:

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Jobobee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi guys, 

I was thinking of buying 2 250GB 840 EVOs and running them in RAID 0, but My ASRock Extreme 3 x79 only has 1 free accessible SATA 3 port, the other is being used by my 128GB 840 Pro. The board does have anothers spare SATA 3 port, and I'd have to run the 840 Pro off of it, seeing as it's on a seperate chipset and can't RAID with the others and is a pain to run a SATA cable to. I want to keep the 840 Pro as a boot drive because its more reliable, and RAID 0 is non-redundant, and then just use the EVOs for programs and games. 

Here is a photo of where the other SATA port is:

FK7htOY.jpg

Thanks in advance, 

Jobobee

Why not get a dedicated RAID card and throw it down in the bottom PCI-E slot? That's gonna be your best bet. Rather than mickey-mousing it. 

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i think you can also get a sata splitter cable

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why can't you just put the 128Gb one on the lonely Sata 3 in the middle of the board and the other 2 on the sata 3's on the side.

 

Why not get a dedicated RAID card and throw it down in the bottom PCI-E slot? That's gonna be your best bet. Rather than mickey-mousing it. 

A raid card just for that? better just get a new mobo.

 

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NVM this post.

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i think you can also get a sata splitter cable

The poin of RAID 0 is speed, he might as-well put them on the sata 2 ports. He would get better speeds that way.

 

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i think you can also get a sata splitter cable

That would ruin the whole point of putting it on a SATA 3 port, if I did that I might as well just put it on SATA 2 :P. And I'm not really sure if that would work..

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Why not just get a larger 840 Evo?

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Why not just get a larger 840 Evo?

I'm able to get a special deal on 2.

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I'm able to get a special deal on 2.

But you can't fit two on your board.

 

How much are you saving over a single 500GB drive?

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But you can't fit two on your board.

 

How much are you saving over a single 500GB drive?

I'd be saving €60 ($80, £50). 

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I'd be saving €60 ($80, £50). 

So put the 840 Pro on the other SATA controller. It'll cost you about that much money to get another add-in SATA controller, so you'd save nothing overall.

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So put the 840 Pro on the other SATA controller. It'll cost you about that much money to get another add-in SATA controller, so you'd save nothing overall.

Thanks for your help. I  think I'll do that. ASRock doesn't recommend booting from the other one though.

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Thanks for your help. I  think I'll do that. ASRock doesn't recommend booting from the other one though.

If it doesn't work, your options are to either get an add-in SATA controller or get a single larger drive. Either way you won't be saving much money, so I recommend a single large drive.

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