can't setup raid, AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, ASUS ROG Strix X570-E, 2 of Samsung 970 PRO Series - 1TB

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I was following this guide and made it to the part where he selects 'create array' in bios, but the option is grayed out for me. I don't even know how to get my OS to see the two m.2 drives. I think i'm way out of my depth on deciding to do this.

 

Edit: Windows 10 is installed on a 500 GB ssd so I don't want to install it on the raid. I want to set up Raid 0, and I'm unsure what settings I'll need to enter for the cache or w/e once I can create the raid. I don't know what to search for or I'd just google that info.

 

[Streetguru]

13 minutes ago, nh_ said:

 

Is this just to run some benchmarks or something? because software RAID 0 isn't going to be stable and shouldn't be used daily unless you really don't care about that data.

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12 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Is this just to run some benchmarks or something? because software RAID 0 isn't going to be stable and shouldn't be used daily unless you really don't care about that data.

just games, they can be redownloaded. how unstable? the pc is connected to a battery backup.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, nh_ said:

just games, they can be redownloaded. how unstable? the pc is connected to a battery backup.

Well games aren't really going to load any faster off of raid 0 SSDs, vs any modern SSD. So I wouldn't really suggest raid for any of that.

You can just make a raid array in windows, you may just need raid drivers from the manufacturer's website.

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Well games aren't really going to load any faster off of raid 0 SSDs, vs any modern SSD. So I wouldn't really suggest raid for any of that.

You can just make a raid array in windows, you may just need raid drivers from the manufacturer's website.

I would settle for windows recognizing the drives; I can't manage that.

[Streetguru]

9 minutes ago, nh_ said:

I would settle for windows recognizing the drives; I can't manage that.

Go to disk management and try to initialize the drives if you can see them.

Otherwise make a Gparted live USB using Rufus and format the drives using that.

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edit: duplicate post

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7 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Go to disk management and try to initialize the drives if you can see them.

Otherwise make a Gparted live USB using Rufus and format the drives using that.

I spanned them that should do the trick right?

[Streetguru]

3 minutes ago, nh_ said:

I spanned them that should do the trick right?

That just gives them a bigger volume I think, you can just run crystal disk mark to check the speeds.

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5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

That just gives them a bigger volume I think, you can just run crystal disk mark to check the speeds.

crystaldisk is a neat little program. Everything is working now. You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you.