Raid or single ssd?

[ChaseDown]

hi I'm,builing my new pc and I have a silly ssd question and concern. I want a small nvme and large ssd for games. But also want to be budget conscience, and am concerned with having multiple programs for the varying ssds( we has one, Samsung, adata, micron etc) so I was trying to have all the same company to have just one program( for system overhead). So here's my question is it better to save 40 bucks and get 2 x 1tb drives in raid to have all the same company( as my single nvme too) or is it better to have a 2tb drive using yet another program to monitor and costing bit more? The raid or single drive will be for steam and other storage(documents, photos, video) only. My nvme will be my boot and most other apps with few games.

[SidM]

Single drive anytime, the combined speed of 2 nvme drives cannot be harnessed my most applications, you many only see faster boot times in windows and thats it. Games will pretty much still have the same loading time.

The reason why is say single drive, is bcuz if one of the drives in raid encunters an error, both the drives will go down.

 

I am assuming you mean to run the drives in raid 0.

Another feasible option is running 2 smaller drives on non-raid.

[ChaseDown]

13 hours ago, SidM said:

Single drive anytime, the combined speed of 2 nvme drives cannot be harnessed my most applications, you many only see faster boot times in windows and thats it. Games will pretty much still have the same loading time.

The reason why is say single drive, is bcuz if one of the drives in raid encunters an error, both the drives will go down.

 

I am assuming you mean to run the drives in raid 0.

Another feasible option is running 2 smaller drives on non-raid.

I really wasn't concerned with speed lol. Just wether it would be worth the savings and not using yet another monitoring program for the ssd. I was gonna get the adata nvme 8200 and a 2 tb 860. But 2 1tb adata Ssds would be like 45 bucks cheaper. And could use adatas ssd tools for everything.

[Xplo1t]

There is really nothing to monitor and the software typically is used to flash the firmware.  

[ChaseDown]

On 12/16/2018 at 10:43 AM, iHaveAGreatName said:

I would get the 2 1tb SSDs, but not put them in raid. If you put them in raid 0, which would make the capacity 2tb, If one failed, you would lose all of the data. I would just store 1/2 of the data on one and 1/2 on the other.

Can I set up a steam library for multiple drives?

[Alef]

2 hours ago, ChaseDown said:

Can I set up a steam library for multiple drives?

You could create a spanned volume in windows. Allows the OS to view the two disks as one. It's not raid 0, so if one drive fails you won't lose everything. 

[Spotty]

2 hours ago, ChaseDown said:

Can I set up a steam library for multiple drives?

Yes. You can create and add additional steam libraries across multiple drives.

 

Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders. Then click "Add library folder".

 

When you install a game it will ask you which library you want to install to.

[ChaseDown]

On 12/17/2018 at 11:42 PM, Spotty said:

Yes. You can create and add additional steam libraries across multiple drives.

 

Steam > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folders. Then click "Add library folder".

 

When you install a game it will ask you which library you want to install to.

Ty!