RAID0 or new HD?

Lampmaster · Oct 10, 2009

Once I get my i7 system together the weakest part in my computer will be my HD. I've been wanting more space anyways so I want another one. My current HD is WD caviar blue 500 gig.

So, do you guys think I should buy another of my current HD and RAID0? Or buy a different HD like a 640 gig WD black or 1 tb WD black?

LittleLizard · Oct 10, 2009

raid 0 if u feel lucky, caviar black 640 if u dont

Lampmaster · Oct 10, 2009

Why if I feel lucky? I'm a noob when it comes to raid so yeah... Just wondering which would be best performance

RoutedScripter · Oct 11, 2009

with raid 0 you won't lose anything , other than time and steel nerves configuring , well you need to setup the whole system fresh imo (meant afaik

Lampmaster · Oct 11, 2009

RuskiSnajper said:
with raid 0 you won't lose anything , other than time and steel nerves configuring , well you need to setup the whole system fresh imo

I was planning on doing that anyways, so that'd be alright

Meow9000 · Oct 11, 2009

RAID0! Do it...

Lampmaster · Oct 11, 2009

Alright, thanks guys. Looks like I'm going RAID0

_Zod_ · Oct 11, 2009

Raid 0 isn't a true raid and you should be aware that you are more likely to lose data on a raid 0 setup than on just a single drive alone.

Deleted member 67555 · Oct 11, 2009

I would suggest you do a partition for an OS ISO backup...(Recovery Partition)
I have 2 wd 500ALLS hd's in Raid0 with 400gb from each drive for 799gb as my primary partition (raid array1) and 100gb from each drive for a second partition at 199gb(raid array2)
I used Acronis true Image WD edition to do my ISO OS backup(free at wd's website-so long as you have a wd hd connected)
It's really nice to have, in case you screw up your primary partition, I also suggest you make the second partition large enough to keep important stuff like PICS or important files(saved games)

newfellow · Oct 11, 2009

RAID-1 costs too damn much to not trust Raid-0. Data loss is very rare in my opinion I'm using ICH9R and it haven't failed me yet although can't say same on NVIDIA systems. ICH systems can even detect port chances which is nice.

Using 2 disks, 2 RAID-0s on them first one 16K second 128K, first 64GB as root, space split in file system in larger array as 'C:\Application Storage' 64GB, rest of space as storage/downloads/pictures etc etc. Fast as hell and only thing ever failed has been Seagate HDs and that's twice on me but crash never has been so catastrophic yet that I couldn't of recover data.

As for above jmcslob comment. Acronis rules and saving all absolutely needed to 3rd drives or USB as for safety NTFS Filesystem folder junctions are nice on this cause drive to drive.

RoutedScripter · Oct 11, 2009

_Zod_ said:
Raid 0 isn't a true raid and you should be aware that you are more likely to lose data on a raid 0 setup than on just a single drive alone.

I wouldn't say that's it's less secure for data , than single drive, well if you somehow lose one the other is useless but that's just a risk you're going to take , for a setup that maximizes space and speed.

Kursah · Oct 11, 2009

Sure, but it doesn't do much for gaming in my experience. I tried a few different drives, even my 6400AAKS, and really load times were less impressive than single drive results. If you do a lot of large file copies though, raid 0 will treat you nice, but really beyond benches I didn't feel or notice much of a difference between one 6400AAKS drive and two in raid 0. But it still doesn't hurt to give it a shot and see if it's something you like or not.

Lampmaster · Oct 11, 2009

I'm not to worried about data loss, these drives seem pretty reliable. And I plan on doing what jmcslob said about backing up. I'm not really expecting to be amazed by performance considering even a SSD only shaves off a few seconds.

BraveSoul · Oct 15, 2009

go for it,, just get smaller less expansive drives with good reviews.. with raid0 motherboard drivers disk came very handy with each windows installation because everytime u try to install windows u need to load raid drivers to see ur raid0 partiotions

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