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Nvme and Raid 0

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1 minute ago, Wayne Tai said:

Hi LTT,

 

Question: If you have a pair of Sata based SSD in Raid 0 and an NVME SSD from Samsung, which one would you use for OS and which one to store games?

 

storage capacity out of the equation.. just looking to maximize game performance and start up time.

 

 

NVME for the boot. Even with the theoretical double transfer speed of raid 0 over sata 3, it is still way slower than PCI-E based storage. Also, if one of your raid 0 SSD dies, you would probably still want your computer to boot and have critical data

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Hi LTT,

 

Question: If you have a pair of Sata based SSD in Raid 0 and an NVME SSD from Samsung, which one would you use for OS and which one to store games?

 

storage capacity out of the equation.. just looking to maximize game performance and start up time.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Wayne Tai said:

Hi LTT,

 

Question: If you have a pair of Sata based SSD in Raid 0 and an NVME SSD from Samsung, which one would you use for OS and which one to store games?

 

storage capacity out of the equation.. just looking to maximize game performance and start up time.

 

 

NVME for the boot. Even with the theoretical double transfer speed of raid 0 over sata 3, it is still way slower than PCI-E based storage. Also, if one of your raid 0 SSD dies, you would probably still want your computer to boot and have critical data

“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what the hell am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!”

- Cave Johnson, founder and CEO of Aperture Science, in Portal 2

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2 minutes ago, Redsun20 said:

NVME for the boot. Even with the theoretical double transfer speed of raid 0 over sata 3, it is still way slower than PCI-E based storage. Also, if one of your raid 0 SSD dies, you would probably still want your computer to boot and have critical data

That makes complete sense. I can't wait for the new Samsung 960 Evo.

Mobo: ASUS X99-A  // CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 ROG Strix //  Ram: 4 x 4 GB 2666 Mhz G.Skill Ripjaw // SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB NVMe //  PSU: Cooler Master V850  // Case: Corsair 760T Arch White // Mouse: Logitec G903 Lightspeed // Keyboard: Logitech G Pro // Headphones: Audio Technica Ath-R70x // Monitor: BenQ BL2710PT

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