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WhoAteMyCookies

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    WhoAteMyCookies got a reaction from TakeToTheShadows in Best CPU AIO water cooler for overclocking i5 4690k?   
    Nzxt x61 kraken though you may want to switch the fans theyre quite loud
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to Captain_WD in To RAID or not to RAID   
    Well, many people use drives in RAID0 (both SSDs and HDDs) and they last for years without a failure. A higher chance of data loss does not mean it would happen. Current HDDs and SSDs are pretty reliable and failures happen occasionally. I simply believe that people should be informed about both the good and the bad part of a certain RAID setup before going for it. It is entirely up to you to decide if you'd like to take advantage of the speed boost and risk a bit more, or go with a regular SSD speed (which is still pretty fast) and have a lower risk of data loss.   Captain_WD.
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to The Dragon in To RAID or not to RAID   
    If you're not looking for the speed and don't really need it then don't do it. If you wanna try and would enjoy a bit of speed, do it. 
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to Extingquish in To RAID or not to RAID   
    Eh, SSDs are still really fast, and I don't think you'd notice the difference in boot times
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to Zweihander in To RAID or not to RAID   
    Soon to be MX100s running in RAID 0 here (x2 512GB).
     
    I've gained the inclination to drop all mechanical drives, as I have no need for tons of storage and the noise sets me off. 
     
    Also, the speed is simply fantastic. If I need extra storage, there is always external devices or cloud services. 
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to Dredgy in To RAID or not to RAID   
    How often do you copy data to and from a device that can match RAID0's theoretical speeds?
    I have 2x Sandisk Extreme IIs RAID 0 and while the performance is great, it's definitely not double my office PCs which use a single Sandisk 128GB drive and is therefore probably, definitely not worth it and the speed is still limited by whatever device I am reading too/writing from.
    And it comes with its own set of problems - my motherboard failed and I'm currently stuck using a HDD on the temporary solution as I can't run my RAID array without formatting it, and recovery was a pain.
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to Unlikelyjoker in To RAID or not to RAID   
    I wouldn't raid it.
    And if you do use RAID 0 you lose both drives if one fails
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    WhoAteMyCookies reacted to Captain_WD in To RAID or not to RAID   
    Hey WhoAteMyCookies,   While giving you a great speed boost, RAID0 doubles the points of failure on your boot drive. You have basically twice the risk of data loss on that drive in case one of the drives fail. IMHO a SSD is already fast enough and the risk of RAID0 for regular consumer usage is not worth the risk. If you are working with heavier programs with huge loading times, this would be a great improvement, but for everyday usage, you won't see such a huge improvement, compared to a RAID0 from two HDDs.  The jump in load times from HDD to SSD is like 10s to 1s. RAID 0 effectively (theoretically) halves the load time. So if you were to RAID 0 mechanical drives, it's 10s to 5s. You derive 5s of benefit. If you were to RAID 0 SSDs instead, its like 1s to 0.5s. You derive 0.5s of benefit. Just to demonstrate that striping SSDs is nowhere as beneficial compared to mechanical drives.   Captain_WD.
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    WhoAteMyCookies got a reaction from ALXAndy in The Shocking Orange - By Zombie Mods.   
    Wow great work ALXAndy I'm loving the attention to detail, very nice!
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