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| System Name | BarnacleMan |
|---|---|
| Processor | 14700KF |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B760 Aorus Elite Ax DDR5 |
| Cooling | ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 + P12 Max Fans |
| Memory | 32GB Kingston Fury Beast 5600 cl36 Oc'd to 6000 cl32 |
| Video Card(s) | Asus Tuf 4090 24GB (non-oc version, undervolted) |
| Storage | 2TB Netac nv7000 + 2TB P5 Plus + 2TB SN850X + 2*(4TB MX500) in raid 0. 14TB Total. |
| Display(s) | Dell 23.5" 1440P IPS panel (P2416D) |
| Case | Lian Li LANCOOL II MESH Performance Mid-Tower |
| Audio Device(s) | Logitech Z623 |
| Power Supply | Gigabyte 850w (ud850gm pg5) |
| Mouse | Some piece of shit from China |
| Keyboard | Some piece of shit from China |
| Software | Yes Please? |
When my motherboard only had two m.2 slots that were both occupied and I had a 1tb mx500. I saw that the mx500 went onsale (only $50 for another 1TB) I bought it and put it in raid 0 with the old one. I was afraid it might not work since there were several years between them, but it did work and quite well. I just did it through windows.
Now I use this drive for steam games and as my downloads folder, so anything from a browser or qbittorent, goes in there. The benefit? Its very fast, especially when having to move files around or when installing something. Some say raid 0 reduces random r/w but that doesn't appear to be the case here, at least according to my benchmarks. And of course everything that I can't afford to lose, goes somewhere else. Even after changing systems (cpu, motherboard, new windows installation, everything) the drives still stayed together. All I had to do was assign it a drive letter and it worked.
But it seems like so many people are against doing this. Why? Is it just because of potential data loss? I've been nothing but impressed at how fast it is for the value. Sure it probably makes more sense to get a quality m.2, but if those slots are all occupied I find this works quite well.
Thoughts? Any other reason not to do this, other than potential data loss?
Now I use this drive for steam games and as my downloads folder, so anything from a browser or qbittorent, goes in there. The benefit? Its very fast, especially when having to move files around or when installing something. Some say raid 0 reduces random r/w but that doesn't appear to be the case here, at least according to my benchmarks. And of course everything that I can't afford to lose, goes somewhere else. Even after changing systems (cpu, motherboard, new windows installation, everything) the drives still stayed together. All I had to do was assign it a drive letter and it worked.
But it seems like so many people are against doing this. Why? Is it just because of potential data loss? I've been nothing but impressed at how fast it is for the value. Sure it probably makes more sense to get a quality m.2, but if those slots are all occupied I find this works quite well.
Thoughts? Any other reason not to do this, other than potential data loss?
