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Need upgrade advice please

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perdomot

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Just tested my Agility 1 60GB SSD and got this:


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Given the much better scores of newer SSDs, I'm considering getting two of the Intel X25-V SSds and making a raid 0 array. Just one of those drives scores about 320 on the AS-SSD test and from reviews I've read, a raid 0 array is an awesome performer. The drives are on sale now for $90 each. Should I make this jump? I've heard new SSDs should be out this month but I have no idea of the cost/performance compared to this raid array. Please advise.
 
RAID 0 won't help you check your email any faster.
"Benchmarking" isn't a good enough reason to flush $90-$100 bucks.
 
Well, decided to go to Best Buy and check out the Intels and got the last two in the store. Hooked one up and ran Atto and AS-SSD to compare to my current Agility 60 GB SSD. Since I put up the AS-SSD one for my old drive already, here is the Intel's result:


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Here's is my old ssd on ATTO:


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Now, the new Intel:


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AS-SSD shows a tremendous increase in the 4K Write and 4K-64 test as well as cutting the access time by about 75%. In ATTO, the read and writes increase on the first two tests and the reads stay ahead of the old OCZ drive until the 64K test. This is just a single drive so I expect these numbers will increase to something along this articles result:
http://www.servethehome.com/intel-x25v-40gb-raid-0-benchmarks/

I'm going to have to reinstall Win 7 as a raid array in order to test it but how would you guys compare these results to the more popular Corsair and Crucial SSDs?
 
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