How to set up 4 SSD's ?

[Poponfu]

I am building a new system soon for school and was wondering if anyone could list the steps I will need to do to install these. I have put 2 comps together before but never SSD's or raid

I am getting this mobo here Newegg.com - ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer "Ultimate Gamer" choose 3Way SLI + PhysX at Real X16 X58 CEB Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

and 4 of these Newegg.com - OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - SSD

I want 1 to be for OS(win7) another by itself and 2 in a raid 0

[lowfat]

It is really easy. In the bios you need to set your SATA ports to RAID. Then when it prompts the RAID bios on boot, hit the keys used to enter it (usually CTRL+I). Then select the drives you want to add to the RAID. Select 128k as your stripe size. Then just install your OS.

[Poponfu]

I don't need to do aligning or any of that stuff I kept reading about for the SSD's ?

[Perineum]

Originally Posted by Poponfu

I am building a new system soon for school and was wondering if anyone could list the steps I will need to do to install these. I have put 2 comps together before but never SSD's or raid

I am getting this mobo here Newegg.com - ASUS P6T7 WS Supercomputer "Ultimate Gamer" choose 3Way SLI + PhysX at Real X16 X58 CEB Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

That's quite the "school" computer.... I would almost guess that's overkill for a spreadsheet or word document

[lowfat]

Originally Posted by Poponfu

I don't need to do aligning or any of that stuff I kept reading about for the SSD's ?

You only need to do partition alignment w/ Windows XP.

[Poponfu]

Yes I am going a bit crazy with it. http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=12464665


Oh I did not know that lowfat , thank you .. I hope it goes as easy as you make it sound D:

[Perineum]

Who the hell is paying for it? I'm guessing you aren't.....

Have you built a computer before? Not to be insulting but I'm guessing you haven't. Maybe I'm wrong.

I don't see a video card in that list, either...

And what the hell are you doing with that system?

[Sushi Warrior]

Originally Posted by Poponfu

Yes I am going a bit crazy with it. Newegg.com - Once You Know, You Newegg


Oh I did not know that lowfat , thank you .. I hope it goes as easy as you make it sound D:

1. BFG PSU? I would go for a Corsair HX850. Don't think you need 1200w either....
2. All that in an Xclio case.... well I suggest at least a CM 690II but preferably something like a Silverstone RV02.
3. Wouldn't getting 3 Intel X-25M's be better? I don't think you want SSD's in RAID anyways, you lose TRIM....
4. RAM seems awfully cheap.
5. Is an i7 980X REALLY needed? An i7 930 should be plenty....
6. What GPU's?

[Poponfu]

No I am paying for it... with loans and yes I have built 2 before. Its for rendering / video editing

Is it really bad to raid them ? I will have a look at those you mentioned instead I just remember they were more expensive

I went with cheap ram cause I had to cut somewhere.. but really wanted 24 gigs for video editing epically.

The GPUs is what I am waiting for , I want to get one of the gtx 480's due out in a few days

[gingerbee]

no it's fine to raid them i would still do some tweaks and that's just me. Windows 7 - Ultimate SSD Speed Tweaks