Is Raid 0 worth it for me?

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2016 at 11:08

Hi, I am still using a single HDD...yeah I know right?
However I have just bought my first SSD. yay! It's a 1TB so will store plenty stuff.
My question is. I should hopefully really see a difference going from a cheap HDD to SSD. But would I notice a big difference going from SSD to 2x SSD Raid 0? Is it a big jump?

Thanks.

Minstadave · 3 Jan 2016 at 11:11

No it's largely pointless for normal desktop use. It also doubles your risk of data loss.

OpenToSuggestions · 3 Jan 2016 at 11:12

To be honest SSDs are so incredibly quick (even limited to Sata 3) that I wouldn't bother with the downfalls of a raid. Yes the read/write would be around 90% quicker but you also have twice the chance of a drive failing.

Ninja Edit: Minstadave beat me to it!

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2016 at 11:21

Very true. But If I returned the 1TB SSD. I could, for the same money get 3x SSDs with 750GB Storage. and really good speeds.

I know it increases the chance of failure...but really...how likely are the drives to fail? If the answer is anything more than extremely slight. well I don't wan't to be using even 1.

Is there a downfall other than potential failure?

Can't help but think this would be cool.

nutcase · 3 Jan 2016 at 11:41

RAID 0 is never worth it IMO.

Type_R · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:07

Sounds like the majority are against RAID 0.

I use it for my gaming PC with Dropbox for any important files and Steam saving all my games.

I have 3 x Sandisk Extreme Pros (240 gb each) in RAID 0 for over 1.5 yrs now, never missed a beat.

Prior to that had WD Raptors x2 in RAID 0 - no issues ever.

If you want the ultimate performance then you definitely need to go RAID 0

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:19

Type_R said:
Sounds like the majority are against RAID 0.

I use it for my gaming PC with Dropbox for any important files and Steam saving all my games.

I have 3 x Sandisk Extreme Pros (240 gb each) in RAID 0 for over 1.5 yrs now, never missed a beat.

Prior to that had WD Raptors x2 in RAID 0 - no issues ever.

If you want the ultimate performance then you definitely need to go RAID 0

YEah Im seriously considering returning the SSD I bought, swapping it for 2x 250GB SSD's having them in Raid 0. I will Save £50, have twice the speed and I'm buying the NZXTs340 so it will fill the two SSD drive bays and looks sweet.

TheVoice · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:23

beany_bot said:
have twice the speed

In benchmarks, sure. In day-to-day use, I doubt you'd really notice the difference.

Besides, the fact you're coming from an HDD means any SSD is going to feel much faster anyway. I'd rather have the 1TB and not worry about game install sizes etc than be faffing with RAID and half the capacity.

Cromulent · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:30

Why bother with RAID 0 these days when you can get PCIe NVMe SSD cards that have better performance than 2 or even 3 SATA SSDs in RAID 0?

Get one of these and you'll be laughing:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/30-p...olid-state-drive-ssdpedmw012t4-hd-070-in.html

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:32

Cromulent said:
Why bother with RAID 0 these days when you can get PCIe NVMe SSD cards that have better performance than 2 or even 3 SATA SSDs in RAID 0?

Get one of these and you'll be laughing:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/30-p...olid-state-drive-ssdpedmw012t4-hd-070-in.html

Because cost.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:33

I did think abou one of these but the storage is still quite small and I'm not even sure my mobo would take it? Its a MSI z97 PC Mate
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...3.0-x-4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-215-sa.html

David Bisset · 3 Jan 2016 at 12:38

You'll have slower boot times due to initialising the array and no gains in random read which is what makes SSDs feel so fast. Total waste of time.

beany_bot · 3 Jan 2016 at 13:00

If I stick with 1 SSD just now I guess I can just clone it over to SSD M2 when they become more affordable?

Minstadave · 3 Jan 2016 at 14:06

beany_bot said:
If I stick with 1 SSD just now I guess I can just clone it over to SSD M2 when they become more affordable?

Yup, that'd definitely be the most sensible solution.

leon4112 · 4 Jan 2016 at 09:20

I have 4 ssds in raid 0 ( Samsung 840 pro) and a 2tb storage for steam (older games) and for my stuff i don't wanna lose and 2 usb externals for other stuff but for the speed 1200mb/sec its so worth it for me and just have my new games that will take advange of the load times on that drive.