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I've noticed a significant improvement in loading times when i put the game i play most on my ssd. Raid wouldn't improve anything? If so, topic closed

That's because SSDs have drastically faster random read/write speeds than HDDs, which is what games use, for the most part. 

 

Depending on the strip size, RAID could help a bit, but it's not worth the inconvenience and increased chance of losing data. 

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My game drive (1tb) has started to fill up and i'm now considering to buy an extra one. Would it be possible to get a 2tb drive and somehow get it to work in raid 0 where i'd have one array of 2*1tb and make a partition of the 1tb left on the 2tb drive? My motherboard is a msi z170 carbon. Could I manage this with the integrated raid support?

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You know you'll have to formate your 1TB in order to build the Raid Array? I wouldn't do it though. 

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Just now, MrSir said:

formatting wouldnt be a problem when it's only games. As for why, raid 0 is faster.

On paper, yeah. For games, it will make basically no difference. 

 

RAID 0 improves sequential read/writes for the most part, which doesn't benefit loading games. 

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Just now, MrSir said:

I've noticed a significant improvement in loading times when i put the game i play most on my ssd. Raid wouldn't improve anything? If so, topic closed

That's because SSDs have drastically faster random read/write speeds than HDDs, which is what games use, for the most part. 

 

Depending on the strip size, RAID could help a bit, but it's not worth the inconvenience and increased chance of losing data. 

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