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Upgrade Question: add 3rd SSD in raid 0 or newer SSD

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Enigmatosis

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I'm running 2 Intel X25-M G2 80GBs on a nforce 790i motherboard. I'm still running out of the 160GB after moving everything I don't use regularly to my storage drive.

What are people's opinion to get more space, should I add a 3rd 80GB X25 (or 320) for under $190 or save up to get a single 256GB drive for $350+?

My goal is to keep the same performance I have with at least 200GB formatted storage.
 
Enigmatosis said:
What are people's opinion to get more space, should I add a 3rd 80GB X25 (or 320) for under $190 or save up to get a single 256GB drive for $350+?

My goal is to keep the same performance I have with at least 200GB formatted storage.
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no... save up
 
on a nforce 790i motherboard.
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If you're thinking speed, change to Intel.

AMD/Nvidia doesn't have anything that will take full advantage of SSDs.

The Intel X25-M G2 80GB drives are classics and I ran RAID0 with them on an Intel MB.

If I were you, the MB would be my first upgrade. 🙂
 
Old Hippie, after some research I see what you're saying about the intel boards being faster but my primary concern is getting more ssd space either by expanding the array or getting a bigger drive, getting a new mb too would put me over budget for this round of upgrades.

Blain, do you know of any articles that compare raid 0 performance to single drives, and do you have a specific drive you would recommend looking to upgrade to?
 
I would think a new 6Gbps SSD would be a far better option. Newer SSDs are quite fast, and with a setup that supports TRIM, you shouldn't see much performance degradation over time. Plus, I don't think RAID controllers scale up in performance with SSDs like they do with HDDs.

Agree with Old Hippie - get yourself a new mobo with 6Gbps SATA ports and a drive big enough for what you're looking for.
 
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