So, I'm piecing together a new system (i7 920, HD5870), and initially was going to go with a WD Velociraptor for the system drive, but I've now decided on SSD instead. However, I know that RAID 0 scales SSD performance much better than it does for HDDs, so my question is this:
Which do you think would provide better performance, both initially and in the long run?
The Intel X25-M Gen2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167016
Or three of these PQI drives: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141419
The Intel has advertised sequential read/writes up to 250/70, whereas the three PQI's would have a theoretical read/writes of 462/270, while also having a larger storage capacity. And although they have Intel MLCs, I haven't been able to find anything concerning PQIs and the now-emerging TRIM commands. And without TRIM commands, the PQI's could lose a significant amount of performance as I begin to fill them....but even then, would that slow them all way down equal to or slower than the Intel?
So what do you guys think? The "safe" choice of the already-blazingly-fast Intel, or the "risky" choice of the initially-faster PQIs that may slow over time? (And ultimately have a higher risk of failure, but SSDs already last so long I'm not concerned about that.)
Which do you think would provide better performance, both initially and in the long run?
The Intel X25-M Gen2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167016
Or three of these PQI drives: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141419
The Intel has advertised sequential read/writes up to 250/70, whereas the three PQI's would have a theoretical read/writes of 462/270, while also having a larger storage capacity. And although they have Intel MLCs, I haven't been able to find anything concerning PQIs and the now-emerging TRIM commands. And without TRIM commands, the PQI's could lose a significant amount of performance as I begin to fill them....but even then, would that slow them all way down equal to or slower than the Intel?
So what do you guys think? The "safe" choice of the already-blazingly-fast Intel, or the "risky" choice of the initially-faster PQIs that may slow over time? (And ultimately have a higher risk of failure, but SSDs already last so long I'm not concerned about that.)
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