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Thank you for your reply. The only thing I have not found is how the card performs in a desktop computer in 16x vs 4x PCIx. The card will be used for streaming, so I will be using the Aorus software to create a custom profile for the card using a lower amount of power and a lower temperature point.

Hi. I am going to get ahold of the Gigabyte eGPU 1080 device to be paired with a Lenovo Yoga Gen3 (i5). https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1080IXEB-8GD#kf I am planning on testing the eGPU with Time Spy / PC-Mark on different displays 1080/1440/2160. I am also planning on running the gpu itself with a desktop computer running pcie at 16x vs 4x on the same resolutions. The eGPU device will be used for business/streaming purposes and I am wondering what tests or comparisons you would like to see.

I have not had a chanse (yet) to test the differences in speed With Windows Dynamic raid vs motherboard software Raid. Hope everything Works out for you One of the benefits I have had With Windows Dynamic Raid is on Windows Server. It is much simpler to be able to move the raid between machines (in the unlikely event of a motherboard crash).

If your motherboard is the one in the comments you have a Raid-controller configurable on your motherboard (-> [CTRL] + [ I ] <-) http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-z170x-ud3_e.pdf Under Chapter 3, you will find how to setup a software raid using the motherboards raidcontroller. You could also try creating a Windows Dynamic Disk raid to test, but you have to enter the motherboards Raid-Controller software first to remove the raid.

Please define Hard Drive experts I Guess many People have input they want to share. I have read through your thread and I am wondering about your drive setup. Do you have 4 drives were: Disk 0: 240GB Disk 1: 500GB Disk 2: 500GB Disk 3: 1000GB Or 4 drives were: Disk 0: 240GB Disk 1: 500GB Disk 2: 500GB Disk 3: 500GB (and something went wrong when using Raid 0 on the motherboard Controller)? Reading the thread again, I think it is the latter. What you should do, is og back to the motherboard raid-Controller software and redo the Raid. You can do this without having any other harddrives Connected to the computer so you do not accidently destroy your OS disk. So, in short. Turn off your computer. Remove the drives you do not want to raid (disconnect the Sata-cables) Open the Raid-software when available. Follow your manual's instructions on how to disassemble the incorrect raid Do the same for re-creating the raid. Turn off your computer again. Re-Connect the Sata-cables and boot Windows to see if the issue persist.

@Columbo Thanks! Have you any idea if there is a big difference in Windows Dynamic raid and Controller raid? (Windows 10 only supports Raid 0 and Raid 1)

Hi. I have seen many videos showing that raiding 3,4 etc SSD's does not give a boost (in terms of MB/s read/Write). 3 Things I Wonder about: 1: What about SSD's spanned over multiple Raid-Controllers? Will the use of one Raid-Controller on the motherboard limit the Maximum read/Write from the SSD's? Will it help to have 4 different (inexpensive) Raid-Controllers for 4 SSD's? 2: What about IOPS? Will raiding more disks help on IOPS if it doesen't help With read/Write? 3. Windows (Dynamic disk) Software Raid. Is it OK to use (performance wise)? I do not have Access to huge amounts of SSD's and Controllers to test these things, so any input would be appreciated. Case scenario is: Any motherboard With 2 Controllers for sata-drives (Mine is: Socket 1150 - GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 ) Any Processor (Mine is Intel Core i7-4790K ) Any Graphics Card (Mine is ATI (AMD) Radeon HD 7850 ) Any 8GB+ memory. ( Mine is Crucial DDR3 Ballistix Tactical 32GB 1600MHz memory CL:8-8-8-24) Sata - SSD drive for OS 4x (sata) SSD's (available) 2x raid Controllers (the cheap ones without buffer and memory) ( Performance Low Budget computer) What I want to achieve: Faster/lower loading times in games (Fallout4 /GTA V). Bottom line: Will loading times be better With SSD's in raid spanned over many Controllers be better? Or are the SSD's performance (in total) Limited to the CPU/chipset ? Or are there any other modifications that will improve the loading times?