2 x SSD in RAID0 or not?

Skunkworks

Skunkworks

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I have 2 x Kingston Hyperx 3k 128 drives on a Asus P6T (SATA 2) motherboard.

Option 1

Put both drives in RAID0 for OS (Win7 64), apps, and a few of my most played games. Obviously this will be faster, but I’m a bit worried about TRIM, which I must admit I don’t fully understand.

Option 2

Leave the drives separate and have 1 for OS and apps, the second for a few games. This is the easiest option, but the drives will be limited to Sata 2 speeds, but I’m guessing still noticeable faster than my HDDs.

Which option would you suggest and why?

Bonus question:

I have 2 HDDs in raid 0 at the moment. Will I be able to move them from SATA 0 & 1 to 2 & 3 without losing my data?

Thanks.
 
The TRIM command is basically the OS communicating the SSD's onboard controller which blocks of space on the SSD that have become free because of file deletion without it because of the way SSD's work write speed will slow right down. I personally would'nt bother with RAID0 with SSD's as you won't notice the difference except in benchmarks.

And your bonus question the answer is yes you can move the harddrives to different ports as long as it is the same controller controlling those ports.
 
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DIABLO said:
The TRIM command is basically the OS communicating the SSD's onboard controller which blocks of space on the SSD that have become free because of file deletion without it because of the way SSD's work write speed will slow right down. I personally would'nt bother with RAID0 with SSD's as you won't notice the difference except in benchmarks.

And your bonus question the answer is yes you can move the harddrives to different ports as long as it is the same controller controlling those ports.
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I have 2 Corsair Force 3 SSD`s an put them in Raid 0, it did double the speeds but SSD`s are that fast, that in real world use i did not notice any difference. so i split them again as Raid can sometimes cause problems, and loose one drive and all your data is gone.
 
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