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    TweakBox reacted to gr82banautiger in Raid 0 vs nvme ssd   
    Assuming there is 0 data that he wants to keep I would agree.
     
    Personally, I'd run two half size Nvme's for boot drives in raid 0 (assuming your motherboard supports it).  Since NvME's seem to be pretty much linear for storage/cost.  And if it's a boot drive it's completely replaceable (and theoretically you only have to replace one of them at a time, which halves the cost of your replacement).  You should be able to get 3k read and 3k write with 2 half sized NvME's in Raid-0.  The only potential issue is ambient heat in your system, because they run pretty hot.
     
    As for your system, how much money do you have to spend, and how much storage do you think you need?  There's no point in doing the HDDs at all unless you need a lot of storage.
     
    Ok so on Amazon right now a 1tb EVO pro costs $586.  For that same price you could get:
     
    2x500gb 960 Evo (not pro) M.2 nvme - @ $234 each so $468 bucks.  Then if you need additional space spend the remaining $120 on 2x1TB 7200RPM WD Black drives that will mount to SSD slots:
    https://www.amazon.com/Black-Performance-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B01DOL05OC/ref=sr_1_fkmr3_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510350961&sr=1-2-fkmr3&keywords=10000+rpm+1tb+WD+Black
     
    Put the NvMe's in Raid-0 and the 2x1TB in Raid-0 (if you don't need to keep anything on there) and you end up with the following:
     
    Boot drive 1TB of 3k read/write and 2TB of Sata IIIx2 speed HDD storage
     
    Triple the storage at better speeds for the first 1TB for about the same price as a single 1TB Nvme 960 Pro
     
    If (like most people) there is some stuff you want to keep, then replace the 2x1TB HDD's with something like a single P300 3TB 3.5" (would actually take a drive bay tho) for $80:
    https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Desktop-7200rpm-Internal-Drive/dp/B013JPLOQQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510351465&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=7200+rpm+2tb+WD+Black&psc=1
     
    Or if you want to spend it all and 3TB just isn't enough, then maybe something like this 4TB X300:
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013JPKUU2/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1
     
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