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    GS60 4k Pro i7 6700 - m.2 SSD (Should I buy SATA or PCIe) for RAID 0

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Kevin Khuong, Jul 20, 2015.

  1. Kevin Khuong

    Kevin Khuong Newbie

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    I just bought the new MSI GS60 Pro 4K with the Intel i7 5700. It only comes with one (1) m.2 128GB SSD hard drive. I want to RAID 0.

    Do I buy the m.2 128GB SATA or PCIe?
     
    Kevin Khuong, Jul 20, 2015
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    You want m.2 SATA.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jul 20, 2015
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  3. Kevin Khuong

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    Why did you recommend SATA over PCIe? m.2 PCIe is a lot faster than m.2 SATA. Will m.2 PCIe work in a RAID 0 configuration?
     
    Kevin Khuong, Jul 20, 2015
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    The slots support sata only and your drive will be sata. At the moment pci-e does not provide much of an advantage due to chipset limitations and a small selection if drives.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 20, 2015
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  5. Kevin@GenTechPC

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    SATA is a mature and popular technology, PCIe is still catching and will eventually.
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Jul 21, 2015
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    Why RAID 0 as well? I really understand its appeal in a spinner but unless you are big into benchmarking it gives little real world performance increase and if one drive goes down all data is gone.
     
    KCETech1, Jul 21, 2015
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