im aware i need 2 drives for raid.Originally Posted by billbartuska
You can't run a raid array on a single drive, you need at least two.
So, the answer is yes if you motherboard supports it. See your Owner's Manual.
But, be aware that you can't create a bootable Raid 0 after Windows is installed, In order for a RAID 0 drive to be bootable, you have to set up the raid during a Windows install. There are work arounds, but if you have to ask about them, then you don't want to go there.
thats what i was wondering.Originally Posted by billbartuska
If you set up a Raid array with two different drives (different speeds and/or sizes) the array will use the size of the smallest and the speed of the slowest.. So you'd would need to buy two M.2 NVME drives to take advantage if their increased speed.
You can set up two arrays though. One with identical spinners and one with identical SSDs.
Better for what?
will be an OS drive, along with PS/vegas/ vid editigin, i spose i could use the 850 as a scratch disc. hmmOriginally Posted by The Pook
Better for what?
General use or for gaming, no point going RAID 0 at all. Just get a single NVME SSD and use your current SSD for backup or extra storage.
I'd run RAID 5 or RAID10 before I went RAID 0 with an SSD. The gains for most use cases on SSDs/NVME drives in RAID 0 are so small it's not really worth it unless you're moving tons of data around constantly.
nothing major, steam/bluerayrips/etcOriginally Posted by The Pook
Better for what?
General use or for gaming, no point going RAID 0 at all. Just get a single NVME SSD and use your current SSD for backup or extra storage.
I'd run RAID 5 or RAID10 before I went RAID 0 with an SSD. The gains for most use cases on SSDs/NVME drives in RAID 0 are so small it's not really worth it unless you're moving tons of data around constantly.