RAID 0 on G50VT

I've used RAID before on a desktop, but never in a laptop. I was wondering what are the actual speeds that I would see? I'm just trying to figure out if the speed and performance increase is going to be worth the $100 for the extra 320GB HDD. I don't really care about the extra space cause my last laptop had a 120gb and it was fine. I considering buying another 320GB to do RAID 0 or I might buy two 64GB SSD's and RAID 0 those

As far as "Not Safe" goes, im not too worried about that, I backup all of my important data on a daily basis to my external drive cause you can never be too sure, so the risk factor in a RAID 0 for me isn't really a factor. Thanks guys

 

Hi,
id have to say that raid on a laptop is about the same as a desktop. i have two 120gb drives in a raid 0 on my g50. the loading times are noticeably faster, but if your a patient person, it may not be worth the money. i personally love raid and add it every time its available. let me know if you decide to try raid, and ill give you some pointers. also, forgive my grammar mistakes as im replying on my phone.

 

Yeah, I'm very familiar with RAID as I work with it everyday at my job (Configure RAID 1's, 0's, 10's, etc.) I have just never done it on a laptop. For working in the managed hosting business I know how important it is to backup data, and how at any second it could crash, so I backup my important data daily. I assuming configuring the RAID isn't too much different from a desktop, however I've only seen RAID in action on server environment equipment (CentOS, RHEL, etc.) and not in actual gaming situations. Would one SSD be better than the RAID? I'm not familiar with SSD's either as we don't use em, lol

 

I am seeing loading times increase in my G50vt. Windows Vista boot takes less time and such.

I would say go for it.

 

Configuring it is super easy if you've done it on a desktop; the only thing to worry about is your driver if you are doing XP. That can be slipstreamed or put on a USB floppy. SSD would be ridiculously faster, but at great expense. If you don't need a lot of storage, but need the fastest, go SSD. Otherwise go for regular magnetic storage. I run raid 0 on my G50V-A2 and dual boot XP 32 bit and Debian. It's fast, linux loads in about 30 secs, it loads games much quicker (avg load time for CoD WaW mp levels is ~10 secs), Photoshop CS4 loads in about 15 secs, etc. Just make sure not to try booting with eSata plugged in configured with RAID, there is a bug that will prevent you from booting until you remove esata and go through a few cold boots.

 

Thanks alot for your guys' opinion. Since I used to have a 120GB hdd in my old laptop and after a year I still had 60 gig's free I think Im gonna go for a 64GB SSD, and slave my current 320GB HDD