Performance between 2xHDD (RAID 0) and 1xSSD (SATA 2)

Hi all,

I have A GT680 with 1 HDD Seagate 7200 rot/min.

I' thinkin' in upgrading it with an additional HDD in RAID 0 but I'm also considering in getting an SSD (a SATA 2 SSD due to the fact that SATA 3 SSD is very expensive).

My question to you is what would be the performance difference betweet 2xHDD (7200rot/min) in RAID 0 and 1xSSD (SATA 2).

Regards!

 

I just put a vertex 2 in my gt780 that was in raid0 and it is much faster. In reality I couldn't tell the difference between a single hdd and raid0. but going to a ssd the difference is very noticeable.

 

I think that is enough to make the proper choose. So based only on one replay I think I'm going to give a try to a SSD storage device.
Here in Poland the prices are quite expensive for a SSD s.d. but I'm thinkin' about: OCZ Vertex 2 E SSD 2,5" 60GB which is around 100 euro.

 

The SSD should be faster, and more reliable

Boot times on mine are sick

less than 20 seconds

 

I'm a little confused.
I have 2 options for the SSD:
1. OCZ Solid 3 SSD 2,5" 60GB SLD3-25SAT3-60G (100 EURO)
2. OCZ Vertex 2 E SSD 2,5" 60GB OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G (90 EURO)

First drive has almost twice the read/write speed but the price is practically the same.
What should be the best choice (also in terms of reliability)?

 

Why only those two?

Tried looking at the 64GB M4?

 

Thanks for the suggestion... I've looked and it seams that comparing the specs OCZ SSD 60GB 2,5'' Solid 3 is much faster. I don't know what about the realibility so I look forward for your opinion.
OCZ SSD 60GB 2,5'' Solid 3 - read 550 MB/s, write 450 MB/s
CRUCIAL m4 SSD 64GB - read 415 MB/s, write 95 MB/s

What do you think?

 

From me experience and that of many others, OCZ ssd's and MSI do not play well together. The Crucial M4 would be a much better option and from a users perspective, you would never notice the difference in speed.

 

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.
Based on your opinion and following the threads related to your suggestions I made my made and ordered the CRUCIAL m4 SSD 64GB.
Tomorrow I'm supposed to receive it. I will definitely post some scores.

Regards!

 

My system starts up before the windows 7 logo comes together even with an i3 2310M, I don't think you will be disappointed.

While under optimal conditions (compressible data) the OCZ might be a bit faster, when working with non-compressible data then the M4 will come out ahead.

 

Guyes, could you please tell me if moving the users and programdata folder during the installation of the win7 will give me something more then making some free space on the SSD?

Thanks.

 

Install windows, when it is complete remap (right click folder and choose the location tab) your account folders (documents, videos, music, pictures, etc) to your data drive.

 

Thanks for the tip. I do not intend to keep my documents on system partition.
The question is if this workaround gives me something additional to the space allocation.

 

I have to say: it's f... awesome... When I saw the first boot I said to myself OAUH!

Anyway I post the benchmark for it:

 

Well after the firmware update to 0009 version which was released a couple of days ago the read/write values are even much higher. It's awesome.

 

Thanks for that but Win7 already did some of those tweaks and some of them were done by me manually.