how raid?

[trevorsom13]

i am thinking about setting up a 4 256gb ssd raid 0 config. How do? Mobo-

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LK/

 

Edit: It is just going to be a game/program drive, i do not care about reliability.

[Izaya Orihara]

You don't. 

[trevorsom13]

You don't. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I have to ask... Why? What are you going to be using 1TB RAID 0 SSD storage for? 

[trevorsom13]

I have to ask... Why? What are you going to be using 1TB RAID 0 SSD storage for? 

games and programs.

[AMICLG]

Just get a 500GB SSD as you have twice the change of failure and if it fails you lose all your data.

[Oshino Shinobu]

games and programs.

Really wouldn't recommend doing it then. 4x RAID 0 is a lot more likely to fail than a single drive. You'd be better off getting either a 1TB drive or maybe 2x 500GB drives. The performance increase will be so small that you won't actually notice it in most applications. 

[trevorsom13]

Really wouldn't recommend doing it then. 4x RAID 0 is a lot more likely to fail than a single drive. You'd be better off getting either a 1TB drive or maybe 2x 500GB drives. The performance increase will be so small that you won't actually notice it in most applications. 

the thing is 4X256 is half the price of 2x500 or 1tb.

[Anthony10]

lol you will not notice any difference in speed with 1 ssd vs 4 in raid if you are just using it for games/programs. Constant large data transferring/rendering files is another story. Dont waste your money.

[Oshino Shinobu]

the thing is 4X256 is half the price of 2x500 or 1tb.

If you're fine with the increased risk of failure, then you just set it up using the motherboard's inbuilt RAID controller. 

[Anthony10]

the thing is 4X256 is half the price of 2x500 or 1tb.

lol how?

[HeathCliff]

Also, Z77 boards only have 2 6Gb/s ports. Unless you want half of your drives on 3Gb/s, get 2 500/512GB Drives or a single SSD with an XTb HDD.

[trevorsom13]

lol how?

4x http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1088&item_id=068532 =$500

 

2x http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1088&item_id=047474 =$600

 

ok, 2x500 is actually looking better now... lol.

[DoubleY]

the thing is 4X256 is half the price of 2x500 or 1tb.

I don't know how they do math in Canada, but in the U.S. a 1 TB drive is cheaper.

 

1TB drive: $499 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA29P1EC5324)

500GB drive x2: $558 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA29P1EC5554)

250GB drive x4:  $576 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248)

 

So just get a 1TB drive. It'll be more reliable 

[Anthony10]

4x http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1088&item_id=068532 =$500

 

2x http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1088&item_id=047474 =$600

 

ok, 2x500 is actually looking better now... lol.

a 1tb samsung evo is $500

[Victorious Secret]

^Almost every single post you make is about pushing Samsung SSDs. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I work for them, and its great. But dial it back a bit, eh? Unless you have stocks in Samsung or something...

[Anthony10]

^Almost every single post you make is about pushing Samsung SSDs. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I work for them, and its great. But dial it back a bit, eh? Unless you have stocks in Samsung or something...

you say ssd i say samsung evo okay okay. you buy samsung evo now okay okay.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

I don't know how they do math in Canada, but in the U.S. a 1 TB drive is cheaper.

 

1TB drive: $499 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA29P1EC5324)

500GB drive x2: $558 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA29P1EC5554)

250GB drive x4:  $576 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248)

 

So just get a 1TB drive. It'll be more reliable 

A single SATA SSD isnt going to give the same performance as multiple drives in RAID0.

 

Why does reliability matter? He obviously knows that he should keep his data backed up.

[xXxYOLOxSWAGxXx_420BlazeIt]

i am thinking about setting up a 4 256gb ssd raid 0 config. How do? Mobo-

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LK/

 

Edit: It is just going to be a game/program drive, i do not care about reliability.

What board do you have? You usually set your SATA mode to RAID, and then you are able to boot into a RAID firmware when prompted while your computer is booting. From there you can create your RAID volumes.

 

I would recommend you keep your data backed up, as you do increase your risk of losing data in RAID0, but the speed benefits are more than worth it in my opinion.

 

A PCIE SSD will also give you the same level of performance, but without the increased risk of losing data.

[DoubleY]

^Almost every single post you make is about pushing Samsung SSDs. 

 

Don't get me wrong, I work for them, and its great. But dial it back a bit, eh? Unless you have stocks in Samsung or something...

Because they are amazing I am a Samsung fanboy I guess

 

A single SATA SSD isnt going to give the same performance as multiple drives in RAID0.

 

Why does reliability matter? He obviously knows that he should keep his data backed up.

Obviously not, but without a proper raid card he will saturate the SATA controller completely. Most people don't need/notice the performance improvement that a 4-way Raid 0 config brings. 

 

Reliability depends on person to person. I personally don't want to take the time to re-install everything if my drive was to fail. Whether I had everything backed up or not, it's still a pain. Obviously the OP doesn't care about that, but he should. 

[trevorsom13]

So basically this

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1088&item_id=062502