raid 0 Raid 0 - capacity combo

Tiso · February 18, 2016

Hey guys,
I have just ran across a good deal on 240gb kingston SSDNow v300 on ebay.
And i've been wondering if i can raid 0 my existing 120 SSDNow v300 with 240 one?
or do i have to use same capacity SSDs for raid0?

Thanks in advance!

Zach Is Kill · February 18, 2016

You can do that, but it will only be a total of 240GB of storage. Also keep in mind, that some of the SSDs on ebay have their firmware edited to look like they have more capacity.

Tiso · February 18, 2016

1 minute ago, Zach Is Kill said:

You can do that, but it will only be a total of 240GB of storage. Also keep in mind, that some of the SSDs on ebay have their firmware edited to look like they have more capacity.

Thanks for a quick reply! So it's a waste of 120gigs.. I think i might skip this 1.
I'll keep this in mind... if the deal looks too good to be true it probably is, right?

Zach Is Kill · February 18, 2016

Just now, Tiso said:

Thanks for a quick reply! So it's a waste of 120gigs.. I think i might skip this 1.
I'll keep this in mind... if the deal looks too good to be true it probably is, right?

Yeah, i imagine there are some legitimate sellers out there, but some people will buy really low capacity ssds, swap the cases and edit the firmware on them to look like they have a really high capacity. So once you exceed the actual amount of storage, you'll be reading and writing a bunch of garbled data. I was in the same position you were in a while back, I saw a 480GB ssd for about 40 bucks. Fortunately, i read up on it, and didnt buy it. Storage and power supplies are just about the only things that I wouldnt buy used.

Tiso · February 18, 2016

6 minutes ago, Zach Is Kill said:

Yeah, i imagine there are some legitimate sellers out there, but some people will buy really low capacity ssds, swap the cases and edit the firmware on them to look like they have a really high capacity. So once you exceed the actual amount of storage, you'll be reading and writing a bunch of garbled data. I was in the same position you were in a while back, I saw a 480GB ssd for about 40 bucks. Fortunately, i read up on it, and didnt buy it. Storage and power supplies are just about the only things that I wouldnt buy used.

can they somehow make it look factory sealed? If they can, i will never trust ebay on this again (the cardboard box that it comes in etc.)