RAID - worth it?

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Disco_P

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I have 2 samsung 830 256GBs.

One is used for OS, programs and games. The other is there to look pretty (doesn't even have a partition).

Would it be worth putting them in RAID 0? I have heard varying accounts of RAID with regard to whether it speeds anything up and also if trim works.

Motherboard is a Z77 MPower, CPU a 2550K and OS is 8.1

Many Thanks.
 
Personally, I wouldn't bother..

RAID0 was an awesome upgrade for mechanical hard drives. SSD's are already blisteringly fast. I'd buy a PCI-Express SSD before looking into RAID.

Unless you actually need more speed for video editing etc.
 
I have my C: drive on two SSDs in RAID0. Not for performance, just convenience as I like to have fewer drive letters....and I can let everything install in the default folders. The two 480GB SSDs were much cheaper when I got them than a 1TB SSD. Not worried about data loss as system is imaged frequently and I keep all my data on a NAS.
 
I have 2 x Samsung evo 840s 250GB drives using a sata 2 port.

when I first got them I did try raid but didn't notice any difference between maps loading or general use of the PC.

if you are moving large amounts of data around then I think yes but as I wasn't I went back to using them as separate drives.

when in raid you cannot use the Samsung magician software either as it doesn't detect the drives so any firmware updates have to be done manually and the same with everything else through the software
 
Does TRIM work in RAID? Also would cloning the old windows install onto the new raid array have any negative side effects?

I would like the convenience of having less drives to manage, hence why my 2nd SSD is in RAW format so I don't accidentally select it for something.
 
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