Single SSD or two in RAID0?

[Unlocker9000]

Hi.

 

So I found someone selling SanDisk 128gb ssd's (SDSSDP-128G) for cheap and want to buy one for a friend of mine, but it is so good of a deal that I want to replace my current ssd in my rig (OCZ Vertex Plus 60gb (still running stong after 3 years )). But I don't know if I should buy two and set them in RAID0, so I can have my games on them and have greater speeds (these ssd's have low iops compared to others), or if I should just have one. And I do also want trim, but that doesn't work in RAID0 with my AMD chipset.

So, what do you guys (and girls) think I should do?

Btw, I will take copies of important data and most of my important data won't be on the ssd anyways, so that won't really be a problem.

 

Thanks

[o3871]

Always two RAID 0 is (sould) only be supported with 2, because that RAID 0 is writing to both drives, not 1. RAID 0 on 1 SSD is not RAID 0 ... Hard to explain so here is two videos ...

 

Vid 1

Vid 2

[Unlocker9000]

Always two RAID 0 is (sould) only be supported with 2, because that RAID 0 is writing to both drives, not 1. RAID 0 on 1 SSD is not RAID 0 ... Hard to explain so here is two videos ...

 

I know that, I just wanted to know if I should buy two ssd's and run them in RAID0, or just buy one (and not run it in RAID).

[o3871]

I know that, I just wanted to know if I should buy two ssd's and run them in RAID0, or just buy one (and not run it in RAID).

 

Buy 2

[L.E.D]

If you want a bigger ssd space, as well as just to say I have ssds in raid then 2, other then that get one : /

[Unlocker9000]

Buy 2

Okay, but won't it be slower to write on filled blocks (or blocks that have not been cleared yet), as trim is not enabled? And won't it also have an effect on the lifetime of the flash? Just curious, that's all.

[o3871]

Okay, but won't it be slower to write on filled blocks (or blocks that have not been cleared yet), as trim is not enabled? And won't it also have an effect on the lifetime of the flash? Just curious, that's all.

 

I run it, it's not slower, and haven't had a problem yet, but always remember backup

[Unlocker9000]

I run it, it's not slower, and haven't had a problem yet, but always remember backup

Okay, I just wasn't sure, but thanks.

[SkilledRebuilds]

I'd go with two, even if you lose TRIM, they still have a "basic" garbage cleaning mechanism still running.

Vertex to Raid0 Sandisk, even if they don't hit the usual 500/450 speeds, the two drives would make up for that too.