Sell my 64Gb raid for 1 x 128Gb SSD?

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I keep getting raid errors for no reason these days, worried that I will lose my install.

Am I right in thinking the Samsung 128Gb on its own would give about the same performance as my 2 x 64Gb in Raid0?

I could sell my 64's and buy the 128 and it wont have cost me that much.

Good idea or should I stick my my Raid0?

Thanks
 
That's a tough one m8, not sure myself about the performance difference but I would be surprised if a single larger SSD drive beats a RAID 0 array. I'm sure there are others better experienced with the Samsung's to answer that one for you!

Anyway if you are getting RAID errors then yes I would look to change, and to do so before a drive fails.

On another note - I may need to pick your brains m8 as I'm going i7 this weekend, with same mobo as yours and am looking for 4Ghz. Cheers:)
 
Cool, I'm no overclocking expert, if your getting a D0 it should be easy.

My drives read at about 180mb/s and the 128Gb says 220mb/s with faster write too.
 
Yep, D0 sat here ready and waiting, gonna do the honours sometime this weekend but not sure when as having got home from work earlier I find that most of my time has already been 'arranged' for me lol:(

Still, the sun is shining and the beach is about 3 miles down the road, so it's not all bad!:)
 
if your useing SSD do not bother with RAID with samsung,corsair or OCZ thay run very fast, no stuttering problems and no slow small Write speeds or large latency (you only need raid if you are useing the OCZ core APEX or G.skill drives as thay use JMicron and can suffer from small Write stuttering issues)

on my x48 motherboard i was allso getting raid errors second disk was going into an warning state all the time Use AICH set that in the and install windows on that (make sure you get the new intel matrix / nvidia chipset driver from the web site not from the CD that comes with your motherboard)

if your getting SSD just buy 1 drive that fits your needs (size) and is Not based on JMicron SSD drives, One SSD is norm cheaper then buying Two SSDs

corsair S128 90mb/s read ,70MB/s write but do not be put off with this drive i have it now and its way faster then an hdd access times are super low (due to cache and samsung inside it)
OCZ vertex and samsung second gen both operate around 200 read and write (the samsung been an little better on random data transfers)

128GB SSDs
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-000-CS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 corsair 128GB £170 (first gen samsung SSd)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-078-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 samsung 128gb £270 (second Gen samsung SSD)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-015-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 OCZ 128GB £330 (new Indilinx but the samsung is as fast or faster so no point get the samsung one £50 less)

256gb SSDs
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-077-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 samsung 256GB £540 (second gen SSD)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-016-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 OCZ Vertex £640 (new Indilinx but the samsung is as fast or faster so no point get the samsung one above £100 less)
 
to get the same affect more space (unlikey your going to use 400MB/s data rate speed) 1 SSD is norm faster then 2-3 raptors or 15k RPM hdd

still not sure on that quote the single SSD thats 256gb is around the same or cheaper then 2 x 128gb SSDs
 
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this explanes my point completely

watch all of it but the time index below is what i am trying to explain (with SSD data rate does not mean better performance) basicly do not get sucked into RAID when using SSD (when using the above SSDs i have posted)

3:50 is the part he says about faster data rate but watch all of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsIHsr0bxEg
 
Agreed, the new SSDs we're really wanting on the market at the moment are slower ones at lower prices but with >=32mb cache. The Corsair 128GB goes a long way towards that, even if it's a previous generation drive - it's by far the cheapest SSD £/GB, and it has no stuttering issues due to cache.
 
I can't find any where selling the G.Skill Falcon, looks nice though.

If I can find a drive in stock this week then I will order one.
 
That article reckons 309 USD for the 128GB G.Skill Falcon. I remain to be convinced..

Also, make sure not to get confused between the G.Skill Falcon (the one reviewed) and the G.Skill Titan.
 
They claim to be in stock, but I hardly ever trust on line stores stock levels.

Edit On close examination they say 0 stock :D
 
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explicit4u said:
Don't get a samsung or a vetex, get a Gskill Vertex 128GB, Faster then a vertex and a Samsung, yet cheaper then the vetex, click here for a review
Click to expand...

still quoteing Constant transfer rate Guru3d thay need to add HD Tune Pro and do Random read and write latency tests

in any case this is an OCZ vertex drive Most likey the results they have used from older review (do not know if the OCZ was retested on that review or not as they are now on 1.1v now on the firmware)

i trust samsung over OCZ (seem to have to Faff a lot to get the SSds working right on OCZ side, you get none of that in the corsair fourms, samsung just put it in and go )
 
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