SSD SUCCESS!

[BuntzenB]

Just put two Kingston drives (SSD now 300) in RAID 0 and installed Windows and ran a benchmark. I hit writes of up to 900 MB/s and read speeds of a bit past 1 gigabyte a second!! needless to say I am very happy! (One reason (aside from feeling really happy about myself) is that I would like to disprove those people that say that RAID is stupid and doesn't provide much of a performance boost.)

Thanks for listening to my ramble.

Pics are included

[Guest]

We know that it will give you greater speed but do you really need it or even notice it? That's the question.

[Fate]

Nice, but don't put anything crucial on them that you aren't going to back up since they're known to fail. (The newer V300's)

[asim1999]

Good to see that, but V300s wont last as long as say, an 840 EVO.

[BuntzenB]

Good to see that, but V300s wont last as long as say, an 840 EVO.

 

Nice, but don't put anything crucial on them that you aren't going to back up since they're known to fail. (The newer V300's)

 

yeah i will be backing them up pretty regularly.

[BuntzenB]

We know that it will give you greater speed but do you really need it or even notice it? That's the question.

 

As i do a lot of video editing i think i will benefit from them.

[asim1999]

As i do a lot of video editing i think i will benefit from them

Meh, V300s arent that good, look at the AnandTech article on it, and you will see what i mean

[Guest]

As i do a lot of video editing i think i will benefit from them.

There are always extreme situations like that. 99% of users wont benefit from raid0 ssd.

[BuntzenB]

There are always extreme situations like that. 99% of users wont benefit from raid0 ssd.

 

Probably.  

[BuntzenB]

Meh, V300s arent that good, look at the AnandTech article on it, and you will see what i mean

 

As I am getting Gigabyte speeds I don't really think that mine have speed/performance issues.

[asim1999]

Probably.  

raid 1 and 10 are useful. Watch the 2 techquickies on raid

[BuntzenB]

raid 1 and 10 are useful. Watch the 2 techquickies on raid

 

I know what RAID is. As I dont have anything that I care about that I dont backup regularly I don't need RAID 1 (I backup to my NAS which is RAID 1). And I don't have enough money to afford RAID 10. But if I did i would probably use it.

[Fgtfv567]

what's your boot times?

[BuntzenB]

Around 9 seconds on average.

[Dimwitted]

Make sure you can do trim on them.

[BuntzenB]

Make sure you can do trim on them.

 

I cant. I realize that this is kinda bad, but i will live

[Dimwitted]

That's what I thought. I will wager that you'll miss the trim function long before the speed increase impresses you. One reason I don't like RAID.

[BuntzenB]

That's what I thought. I will wager that you'll miss the trim function long before the speed increase impresses you. One reason I don't like RAID.

 

Hmm. I hope that they last long enough that the new SSD technology will be a "must have" and be really cheap. I'm wagering about 3 years...when I'd have to get a completely new build anyway. I hope it lasts that long.