RAID 0 Vs SSD

original.wood · 21 Apr 2009 at 17:05

looking in to building a new PC and got up to the HDD's,

i'd like a SSD just for having the OS on there aswell as apps and games, but i was wondering whether or not i could just buy 2 Samsung SpinPoint F1 RAID 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HE753LJ) and be done with it?

i seem to be able to soak up large ammounts of space on my PC's so i think with 1.5TB should be enough, but do i REALLY need a SSD if im going to RAID those 2 F1's?

original.wood · 21 Apr 2009 at 17:36

OCZ Apex Series 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive is the SSD ive selected, is this the best SSD for the money, would 2x30GB in RAID be better? and perhaps the 1TB Seagate Barracuda for Data?

original.wood · 21 Apr 2009 at 17:43

and what Raid controller would i need?

original.wood · 21 Apr 2009 at 19:39

after reading yours and others inputs on the OCZ Vertex thread on this forum i realise i need the Vertex's i think i chose the Apex's by accident

i've gone for this mobo Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard and got the Samsung F1 already in my Basket.

original.wood · 21 Apr 2009 at 20:15

rig comes to just under £2k unfortunately, ill get the pic of what im willing to get,

thinkin of stickin a SSD in my laptop, have you seen the supposed Samsung SSD's without the casings on the bay?

original.wood · 21 Apr 2009 at 20:52

well, it is important, i just want a reputable futureproof rig,i have taken parts off the list so its just the basic, i gotta order a 64bit version of Vista, fan controller, optical drives and a large enough monitor to get the best out of the Card and CPU, if money was no object, a water cooled kit would have been included!

original.wood · 22 Apr 2009 at 10:11

i was unsure about the RAM, so i just went for the highest speed 6gb pair i could find, im suprised to see so much DDR3 RAM from the start i dont know which is best for me.

original.wood · 22 Apr 2009 at 13:51

Blue Cypher said:
You would probably want a powersupply with that

yeah i took some of the componants off the list as i couldn't fit them all on and do a screen shot at the same time.

FaceplantSi:=-

i chose the Titan as read good reviews in Custom PC magazine, it didnt mention the thermalright nor heard of it till i read a couple of pages on here regarding OCing the D0 I7 920's and a lot of people was using them.