SSD....which would be faster

F1refly

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I already have a SLC samsung, but its getting old, (100mb read) I wanted to know which would be faster

ONE of these (slc)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820167014

OR

2 of these set up for Raid 0 array. (mlc)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820167005

I also want to know if you guys think i would notice much difference in speed if i got either one. My current is a samsung mccoe64g5mpp-0va which is a 64gb SLC. its fast n all but i want the best atm.
i'm not sure if OCZ has anything faster than Intel.
 

masteryoda34

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Two of the MLC's in RAID 0 would probably be faster in everything except sequential write performance. Just FYI, Intel has released the second generation (G2) of the MLC drives. They should be showing up in e-tail soon. And they're the same price as the G1 in that newegg link. You may want to look at this: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3607
 

JackBurton

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Originally posted by: masteryoda34
Two of the MLC's in RAID 0 would probably be faster in everything except sequential write performance. Just FYI, Intel has released the second generation (G2) of the MLC drives. They should be showing up in e-tail soon. And they're the same price as the G1 in that newegg link. You may want to look at this: http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3607

They also support TRIM, which believe me, you want. The G1 Intel SSDs do not support TRIM.
 

masteryoda34

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Originally posted by: JackBurton
They also support TRIM, which believe me, you want. The G1 Intel SSDs do not support TRIM.

I dont think TRIM works on drives that are in RAID 0 arrays though does it?
 

F1refly

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ok, i'll wait for G2. Now i just need to confirm from more people if 2 MLC's in raid 0 is better than 1 SLC.
 

JackBurton

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Originally posted by: masteryoda34
Originally posted by: JackBurton
They also support TRIM, which believe me, you want. The G1 Intel SSDs do not support TRIM.

I dont think TRIM works on drives that are in RAID 0 arrays though does it?

Good question. I'm not sure.
 

masteryoda34

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Originally posted by: JackBurton
Originally posted by: masteryoda34
Originally posted by: JackBurton
They also support TRIM, which believe me, you want. The G1 Intel SSDs do not support TRIM.

I dont think TRIM works on drives that are in RAID 0 arrays though does it?

Good question. I'm not sure.

As far as I know, there aren't any RAID controllers that support passing through the TRIM command to the RAID members.
 

JackBurton

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Originally posted by: masteryoda34
As far as I know, there aren't any RAID controllers that support passing through the TRIM command to the RAID members.

I believe your right. And if that's the case (which I believe it is), I would definitely go with a single fast drive. So for the fastest drive, Intel G2 SLC SSD it is. ;)