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can the raid driver be installed from usb stick or burnt to cd without slipstream

http://www.anandtech.com/show/1371
the above says its only good for benches no real world benefit Is this true
post #2 of 14
SSD/Raid what have you is just good for benches. Most use SSD so they can boot their OS faster. If you're a gamer than you won't see much benefit.
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I woul djust go with an SSD, 128GB SSD totaly worth it.

Besides, the only decent way to handle Raid 0 with HDD's is to short stroke them. that would put you at about 100GB of usable space in order to gain performance and better seek times.

I went from 2x250gb Raid0 at a 100GB Shortstroke and my performance was much better than standard HDD, but not by much, when I did the 128GB Crucial SSD , at only Sata2 Speeds I must add, the diference was HUGE

I will never go back to HDD for main drives ever again
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post #4 of 14
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I am a photographer looking for more image editing speed
I guess my raid0 idea
doesnt fly
thanks for timely replies
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I have short stroked raid 0 500GB partition across three F3's. The read speeds and load times for games are comparable to my 830.
    
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I am a photographer looking for more image editing speed
I guess my raid0 idea
doesnt fly
thanks for timely replies

the best thing you could do for that would be to upgrade your cpu and get an ssd. It's hard to say, but thats the bottom line.
    
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also i dont know your motherboard

the only reason why I did raid 0 on my System was because I had known that the chipset on my mobo was great for simple raid setups
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msi 890fxa-gd65
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/890FXA-GD65.html
from website msi RAID 0/1/5/10
getting cold ssd feet but
post #9 of 14
well i mean the mobo has raid sure, but so doe smy wifes MSI 775 board. and that thing has terrible raid performance.

So I dont know what raid contrioller it is using on yours. the Gains you see might be extremely small and not worth diddly

Ok, Maybe I should ask this

Do you aklready Own the 250 gb Raptors?

If not, how much are they each?

SSD Drives are getting really cheap compared to the bloated HDD Prices out there.
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Solid State Drives are just as easy to install and use as Hard Disk Drives.  The only real differences are that they cost more per gigabyte, and they don't have to be defragged.  I know that there are guides out there for installing and using Solid State Drives, but following them isn't absolutely necessary in order to have nothing but positive experiences with a Solid State Drive.

    
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