Worth RAIDing for program files?

[m0rte]

A hoy hoy

I'm reorganising my hard drives, which include 2x Seagate 500GB drives, and was wondering if there would be any performance benefit from setting them up in RAID 0 or 1 (don't mind losing the capacity) and using it for Program files - mostly games? Got a 170gb steam folder so Raid 1 would sort of be like a backup for that + better loading speeds for maps and the such?
ta in advance

 

[GoogalyMoogaly]

RAID 1 wouldn't increase loading speeds, it would give you security against a drive failing.

RAID 0 would increase speed, but if one drive goes you've lost everything. I've often considered RAID 0 but this has always put me off. I don't back things up nearly as often as I should!

 

[m0rte]

hrm yeah risk of drive failiure probably outweighs loading time gains. I'll use the 2tb drive for what I bought it for - backup!
Actually it was for media storage...but whatever