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It won't increase FPS, but in theory will double loading speeds. If the price is equal or slightly higher, I would. (Assuming you have the necessary equipment to setup RAID).

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Is it wise to pick up TWO 128gb SSD and run them in raid 0 or should I just go with ONE single 256 gb SSD?

 

Is the speed increase in SLI noticable in everyday tasks such as gaming? Reliabilty isn't too much of an issue for me since I cloud storage all my important document

Unless you're trying to do some crazy things, no need for SLI'ing (Raid0) 2 ssds... I would stick with a bigger single drive.... 

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Is it wise to pick up TWO 128gb SSD and run them in raid 0 or should I just go with ONE single 256 gb SSD?

 

Is the speed increase in SLI noticable in everyday tasks such as gaming? Reliabilty isn't too much of an issue for me since I cloud storage all my important document

Its not called SLI, that's only for Nvidia GPUs

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Current sata3 6gb/s are mighty fast, so I would rather a higher capacity drive.

SLI is not a universal term; it's one coined by Nvidia for graphics cards working in tandem.

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It'l make a difference in loading times, positivley. Also increases Snappienes of everything.

 

Would go for it. 

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well if it helps with loading screen times .. i will go for it,

 

what equipment would I need? Isn't it just a BIOS setup? (I am pretty sure I have enough SATA3 connectors on my board...)

Also keep in mind that RAID 0 is least reliable (ramifications of a failed drive) by striping the data across both drives. If one drive fails, then the data on the other goes right along with it.

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Also keep in mind that RAID 0 is least reliable (ramifications of a failed drive) by striping the data across both drives. If one drive fails, then the data on the other goes right along with it.

Yeah but lets be serious, if your single ssd fails, that data is lost aswell? The only difference is instead of better on 1 ssd, it's 2. It's not 2x the frequency of failure, 2x the chance :P SSD failure rate is pretty low lol.

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 2x the chance :P SSD failure rate is pretty low lol.

Exactly, twice the chance for the same data. Yes, SSD failure rates are "low", but it's something you shouldn't overlook.

 

If the OP has a mass storage HDD, then go for it.

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Is it wise to pick up TWO 128gb SSD and run them in raid 0 or should I just go with ONE single 256 gb SSD?

 

Is the speed increase in SLI noticable in everyday tasks such as gaming? Reliabilty isn't too much of an issue for me since I cloud storage all my important document

It's not called SLI. SLI is NVIDIA's term for running two to four discrete graphics cards in a system working towards a single load(games are most common). What you're referring to is strictly called RAID 0.

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Just go with the 256gb, and that is not sli

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At some point loading speeds are limited more by the CPU and the game engine/apps than storage.

 

THIS.

 

 

It's not worth it.

The only thing that gets faster is 'Windows file searching' or Steam/Origin Repairs (which is still file searching)

 

Games barely load faster (if noticeable at all), a very select few types of game engines may be faster but... not worth it.

No normal user apps benefit from the speed either, Windows will take longer to boot with the mobo loading the raid rom as well.

 

VERY select few tasks would benefit, and the risk of data is higher than a single drive, but that doesn't bother me because unlike most people who NEVER backup or system image,....I have system images done, it's a lot easier than doing it from scratch.

 

FYI - I was using 2x 256GB 840 Pro's, saw 998/950 read and write, went back to 2x single drives after 3 weeks of testing benefits and found hardly any 'for my usage case'

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