How should I use my drives??

[edgedemon]

I have
2 x 128Gb M4 SSD's
1 x 60GB OCZ agility 3
1 x WD green 2TB drive
32GB 2133Mhz RAM - maybe set up a RAM drive

The original plan was to install Win 7 on the M4's in RAID0 and use the WD HDD for storage

Then I bought the 60Gb OCZ to cache the HDD, but ended up changing my mobo to one that doesn't support it, so it is spare now

Option 1

Install the OS on the RAID0 M4's and use the OCZ 60GB drive for cache/tmp files/pagefile
Good as I can use the native intel ports sata3 for RAID 0 as they are faster, but seems a waste of a SSD for the OCZ

Option 2

Install just the OS on 60Gb OCZ drive, use the raided M4's for Apps and HDD for storage

Seems the most efficient option, but then I would lose using the 2 native intel sata3 ports for the OS as the M4's would use them, and I would be using the AS Media sata3 port which is slower?

Intel sata3 551/523MB read/write
ASMedia 402/367MB read/write

reviews indicate that there is quite a difference

Hmmm, choices choices

 

[kerrgreg]

I would go with the 2 m4s in raid0 and the 2tb and sell the ocz to me

 

[edgedemon]

lol - you never know..

 

[xBLiNG]

I would RAID the M4s, get rid of the OCZ, you already have 256GB of SSD, but depends if you are short on room or would really need the space.