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1 SSD vs. 2 RAID 0

Which is better. 

 

One Samsung 840 EVO Series 250GB or two  Samsung 840 EVO Series 120GB (I was also thinking Crucial MX100 128GB) in RAID 0?

 

Performance wise the Two in RAID 0 would win. Stability wise the Single 840 would win.

 

Which would you choose?

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Just grab the 250GB.

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It's up to you. If you want more speed, go for RAID 0, if you want to be safe, then just get a single SSD. I'm running RAID 0 right now and I only put games that I want fast load times, and also the OS

 

Edit: But I also have a RAID 1, so that kinda saves me a bit in case of drive failure

 

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Which is better. 

 

One Samsung 840 EVO Series 250GB or two  Samsung 840 EVO Series 120GB (I was also thinking Crucial MX100 128GB) in RAID 0?

 

Performance wise the Two in RAID 0 would win. Stability wise the Single 840 would win.

 

Which would you choose?

 

 

Hey Theinsidiousgeek,
 
Performance-wise RAID0 would bring you a huge boost with file transfer speeds, games and programs' loading times, working with huge files, editing, etc. But it would actually have longer cold booting time compared to a single SSD. IMHO a single SSD is already fast enough for pretty much everything and RAID0 wouldn't cover the risk of losing everything if either of the SSDs fail.
 
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Which is better. 

 

One Samsung 840 EVO Series 250GB or two  Samsung 840 EVO Series 120GB (I was also thinking Crucial MX100 128GB) in RAID 0?

 

Performance wise the Two in RAID 0 would win. Stability wise the Single 840 would win.

 

Which would you choose?

 

 I have 2 x 840 250GB in raid 0 which yields about 1016MB/s.. With one expect about 500 or less.. So if you want quicker get 2 as raid 0 at 128 will give you 256Gb.. Even i have a kingston 3K which was cheaper(maybe it was on sale)..

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I would go with the single, larger storage device for sure.  I had this same debate with myself a week or two ago.  I came to the conclusion that the two smaller SSDs in RAID 0 might be fast, but the increased performance of a single larger SSD counteracts that quite a bit.  On top of that, I considered the future.  I would rather have a larger SSD, and then down the road expand my storage with another larger SSD (I can put those into RAID 0 at that time if I want).  I'd rather not be one of those guys with like 10 SSDs years down the road that are all linked together (that's just sloppy and a pain).  Not only that, but it makes things simpler.  If the benefit is marginal, you might as well go with the convenience of just one drive.

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