Ssd Raid

[DataVampire]

After just buying the wife a new ssd. I am getting the itch to buy myself some new ssds.

So looking at buying x2 ssds to run in raid.(raid 0)I presume raid 0 would be good for a os drive raid with also the odd steam game on ?

I have been looking at the following 2 combinations

x2 Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-167-SA

or

x2 Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120BW/EU

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-190-SA

I would be running them off my mobo(which I believe or hope would be good enough)

So my finger is on the buy button guys which combination would you get and why.

Oh before I forget the main uses of the raid would be my main os and 1-2 steam games or possibly just my os drive and use the m4 250gb ssd for steam.

Anyhow I would be great full for the advice

 

[DataVampire]

Thanks for the reply.

Would you rate the new 850s over the older ones ?

 

[DataVampire]

Why are people so obsessed with raiding ssd's, it seems largely pointless to me. Maximum read/write speeds are only really relevant if you're transferring to an equally fast drive. 4k random read/write are what matters.

Because all of the reviews I have seen on you tube, all recommend setting up a raid for the 850s at least. apparently you gain a 15-20% performance increase.

I mean I am no expert but surely the performance is worth it, and running raid 0 on ssds I think/feel is not so bad nowadays because of the failure rate, seeing as there is no moving parts ?.

And since as I put in mu op. it will be a main drive os, with a few steam games. surely I am making the most/best of it ?

thank you for yoru reply though