raid ssd or raptor

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Which you guys think will be better for gaming? Baring in mind the SSD will prob only fit a few games on lol

2xSamsung f3 1tb in raid +£35

OR

1x 64gb real ssd SATA 3 SSD +£100

OR

1x 300gb raptor +£160

REALLY CANT DECIDE, hard to find proper results on the RAID of the f3 sammys, but heard theyre good cause of burst speed?
 
oh and my budget is as low as possible, more i can spend, more chance ive got of gettin another GPU
 
Zarf said:
If gaming is the only concern, go for the F3's in RAID ... Or even better use 320GB F4's, they're faster.

If you spend much time working/multitasking on your comp or have a particular game that you play a lot of or which might benefit from an SSD (large RPG's and MMORPG's usually) Then an SSD is still worth considering - you just keep the games that benefit form fast storage on the SSD and others on a mechanical drive.

There's no real cut and dry answer, It's all about individual circumstances.
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i see what you m,ean.
so f4s are faster, and almost cheaper? dont get that... considering thyre less than half the size lol

i wanna try raid anyway although im a little worried about what happens when one fails.

will the data still be acessable if i plug the hdds into another computer? ike save games and files and stuff. dosent raid just mirror the drives?
 
do pretty much all sandybridge mobos have raid?

also does anyone kn if using raid puts any stress on cpu or mobo? ive heard there is 2 different types - hw and sw. im assuming with a mobo that supports it thats hw based right? which is good, my new i5 (when i get it) wants to focus on what its good at - the gaming
 
i do like the look of the sata 3 real ssd drives, but the write speed is terrible, slower than my current HDD. i do a bit of writing with backups so i dont want it. shame
 
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