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Hey, I've bought a Kingston V300 480GB SSD. After a bit of research I've done some tests and I wasn't getting the performance it was advertised. I'll be getting a refund. I was wondering if I should get 2X Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD and then out them in a raid 0 or get one 500GB version of the same drive. I'll be only playing games on my system and I have games such as GTA 5 that takes ages to load. What do you think would be the best option? I've never done any raid configuration before. Thanks.

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Basically getting the 2 would offer improve performance but a greater risk of drive failure.

 

The performance gained though wouldn't really make a massive difference so personally I would go with a single 500GB.

 

Also if you ever want to increase your storage to 1TB its easy just to add another 500GB instead of adding 2 more 250s and 4 drives is a bad idea.

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oh a v300.

2 ssds would give you better speed but would also add a point of failure if they where raided together, but Samsung 850 evos are great ssds so it would be better than your v300.

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Although it's a tad riskier, I'd go for two as they are super speedy (this is my current set up)

 

They are nice drives so I wouldn't be too worried; if you have super important data you can always back it up.

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Basically getting the 2 would offer improve performance but a greater risk of drive failure.

 

The performance gained though wouldn't really make a massive difference so personally I would go with a single 500GB.

 

Also if you ever want to increase your storage to 1TB its easy just to add another 500GB instead of adding 2 more 250s and 4 drives is a bad idea.

Do you think I should get 2 ssds and then get a 1tb drive at a later date?

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Do you think I should get 2 ssds and then get a 1tb drive at a later date?

I would go 500GB and then get a second if you need more later.

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oh a v300.

2 ssds would give you better speed but would also add a point of failure if they where raided together, but Samsung 850 evos are great ssds so it would be better than your v300.

I was gutted when I found out that the v300 drives and bad! I'm thinking of getting 2 samsung ssds and then get a 1tb hdd for extra storage and back up.

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Although it's a tad riskier, I'd go for two as they are super speedy (this is my current set up)

 

They are nice drives so I wouldn't be too worried; if you have super important data you can always back it up.

Alright thanks! Do you think it would be a good idea to add a 1tb HDD at a later date for backup and extra storage? I won't have important data on it.

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Alright thanks! Do you think it would be a good idea to add a 1tb HDD at a later date for backup and extra storage? I won't have important data on it.

Sure, you can also backup to an external drive if you want :)

 

 

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I was gutted when I found out that the v300 drives and bad! I'm thinking of getting 2 samsung ssds and then get a 1tb hdd for extra storage and back up.

Single ssds give you reliability and can be cheaper than 2 lesser size ssds but 2 lesser size ssds in raid 0 can give you very fast speeds at the risk of losing all data on it, it's up to you mate but a 1 or 2 TB hdd down the road can help when your games are starting to fill up your ssds.

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Single ssds give you reliability and can be cheaper than 2 lesser size ssds but 2 lesser size ssds in raid 0 can give you very fast speeds at the risk of losing all data on it, it's up to you mate but a or 2 TB hdd down the road can help when your games are starting to fill up your ssds.

Just because GTA 5 and other big titles can take ages so I'll probs get the 2 ssds and it's not resally important data in my eyes. I'll get a 2tb HDD for extra storage. I do see where you're coming form tho. Thanks! :)

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Just because GTA 5 and other big titles can take ages so I'll probs get the 2 ssds and it's not resally important data in my eyes. I'll get a 2tb HDD for extra storage. I do see where you're coming form tho. Thanks! :)

Yeah I am in the opposite situation I all ready have my 2TB and I am wanting a ssd for those fast speeds.

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I don't think that having 2 drives in a raid setup increases the chance of either drive failing. It's just that there are 2 drives that can fail instead of one. If your single drive fails you have also lost all of your non backed up data.

 

I think that the speed increase is well worth the non-existent failure increase. 

 

I run a pair of 840 pro drives and love it.

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