Old SSD

[CPOMorty]

I just had a drive failure so I am installing a new drive right away in my tower. I have a couple Samsung 64 GB SATA 1 SSD's that were in an Alien laptop that I bought in Jan 2008. They were used for about 2 years until I needed more space and I am really only looking to repurpose the old drives if there is value in them. (Yes they cost a fortune back then, but that is mute to this decision)

I have the option of putting these into a desktop and setting them up as a RAID 0 array so I would have a roughly 128 GB SSD to run Windows 10 on and then a new WD black drive that would be the data drive.

Would these SATA 1 drives provide enough performance to justify their installation or would I be better just sticking with the SATA 3 HDD?

Thanks,

Murray

 

[VirtualLarry]

I don't recommend SSD RAID-0 unless you have a real business case for it. Generally, for consumer use, a single SSD gives enough IOPS.

And those SSDs, are basically too small, they're close to useless. Go with a 275GB Crucial MX300, or a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO.

Or roll the dice with someone like Adata or Mushkin.

 

[Shmee]

If they are Sata 1, they are pretty old and likely have earlier controllers which were meh. I would go with a more modern SSD, as mentioned by Larry. Both those are good options, as are ones like the WD blue SSDs. Adata also has some decent offerings, IMO, for a basic SSD, go for any modern one at the best price.