New High end Build, just need to replace Hard Drives!

[RM - Ottawa]

Hi all,

I recently went all out on a high rig, but I am still using two dated lowe-end 300gb hard drives -- I'm ready to upgrade my storage components! However, I am a noob and need your assistance.

I am thinking of getting two 64GB SSD's in RAID 0 and hoping for TRIM or maybe drives that would allow TRIM in the future? I don't even know if that makes sense, but please let me know.

I would also like 1 or 2 TB of mass storage HDD's. I recently helped a family member with their new computer purchase, and selected for them:

1 x Buy Seagate [ST2000DM001] Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 64MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 64MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive
$203.50


1 x http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/234806/CT064M4SSD2/CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY/Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 64GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps
$120

[r3v07ut10n]

SSD should have been first on the list for high end build. What is the purpose of this PC? gaming? multi desktop? Photo/Video editing? 64GB isn't alot of room IMO.

[RM - Ottawa]

I was thinking of 2 64 Gig's, and I am a noob but I read about RAID 0 and TRIM, and was kind of hoping to gain some sort of benefit over getting a single 128gig going this route. I would also like to employ similar tactics on the mass storage, eg. Get 2 1TB's insted of a singel 2TB drive? I actually have plenty of room for drives, as I just upgraded to a Raven 03 case. To answer your question, my pc is mainly for gaming, but not to be prejudice I want the best speed option. I do not want to sacrifice speed for security, becasue my files will not be important enough to justify a comparitive drive.

To give you a sense of the rest of the pc, I have the as rock z67 extreme 7 gen 3 motherboard, 8 gigs of memory and two 3GB 580 GTX's. These power 3 24" screens in 1900x1200 16:10 aspect ratio. I play some games in nvidia surround, and others I prefer to use 1 screen per game. However, when I use 1 screen for a game, I sometimes run a second game network on an alternate display, and the internet on the third simultaneously. I notice small sacrifice when running skyrim and starcraft and youtube simultaneously, but not much.

I know hard drives should have been included in my original build, but it didn't pan out that way. I think I will have to read more about RAID0 and Trim and SSD's in general, before I make a decision -- if someone wants to help that would be great too.


Thanks all

[RM - Ottawa]

So, is it best to get 2 1TB's in raido 0 and let's say a single choice 128gb ssd? Or is it better to get two 64gig SSD's?

[Soultribunal]

SIngle Fast 128GB SSD, and then the MEchanical Drives as Storage.

That is what I would do if I had the coin and was in your situation. Raid on SSD's is a no no in my books.

-ST

[jumpload]

That is what I would do if I had the coin and was in your situation. Raid on SSD's is a no no in my books.

Why do you say that ? twin 64gig ssd owns if combined with hardware based raid.

As for the other 1Tb hdd if you added one more in their {3 total} you could do raid 5.

Then add in a 120gig hdd formatted in fat32 for backup drivers and toolz ;)
Handy if you know how to work at the command-line ~ dos.

[dlactin2408]

I would have to agree with the no RAID on ssd's, I believe that its because they do not support Trim in Raid 0 setups. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I built a high end gaming system for a customer with two 128GB SSD's in raid 0 and he ended up having to reformat and re-install every month or two. To be honest I could barely tell the difference when they were in Raid 0 from when he was just using 1 as a boot drive. Yes its faster but I do not know how much of that you will notice in the real world.

[rkim86]

Intels 11.5 RST driver will support TRIM in RAID. I've heard there's an alpha version out there now, so I'm guessing the official version isn't too far off.

[RM - Ottawa]

Hi All,

So I've purchased from NCIX yesterday the kingston hyperx 120gb. It was (and is) on sale for $199.97. What do you guys think of this decision? I will now just need to decide on storage drives. :)

Kingston HyperX 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 SandForce SF-2281 SSD Solid State Disk Drive With Mounting Kit

[Squeetard]

Great SSD. To hell with OCZ and their stupid mail in rebates.