Hi all. I am thinking about upgrading my main system in terms of boot drives, preferably looking to replace my 7200RPM WD 2TB HDD with an SSD. I'd like to have about 120GB storage space so I can install Windows 7 x64 and all my programs and have some room to spare (I'll store other stuff on my 2TB drive), but I have got a few questions to ask about SSDs though,
1. Should I get 1x 100GB or 120GB SSD or 2x 60GB SSD in RAID? Which option would be faster? Buying 1x 120GB SSD works out about £10-£20 cheaper than 2x 60GB drives in RAID, but if I put the 2x SSDs in RAID, would my system be faster? I've never really needed to use RAID before, so would putting 2 drives in RAID allow Windows to see both drives as one? A bit like the opposite of a partition? On Amazon right now there is a 96GB Kingston V+100 SSD for about £82, so would two of these in RAID equate to 192GB of total storage for about £164? Does RAID theoretically double the speed if you have two drives? I'm not even entirely sure if you can put SSDs in RAID, so some help here please on my buying choice?
2. Which SSD(s) should I get? Been looking about on the internet and noticed that although the Kingston V+100 96GB does appear to good value for money for about £80 from Amazon, the read and write times are about half of what the OCZ Agility 3 can offer. However, I've done some research and found reviews on the internet about OCZ Agility 3 and Vertex 2 drives with people complaining that they fail after very mild use or (with the Agility 3 especially), people are getting BSODs. Once I had just built my PC, thanks to faulty RAM, I got the BSOD a lot so really I wouldn't welcome it's return. The other option is the Corsair Force 3 6GB/s 120GB SATA, and this offers fast read and write times (read 550MB/s, write 510MB/s) for good value (about £135).
So those are my two main questions, and any buying advice is always welcome.
Thanks
1. Should I get 1x 100GB or 120GB SSD or 2x 60GB SSD in RAID? Which option would be faster? Buying 1x 120GB SSD works out about £10-£20 cheaper than 2x 60GB drives in RAID, but if I put the 2x SSDs in RAID, would my system be faster? I've never really needed to use RAID before, so would putting 2 drives in RAID allow Windows to see both drives as one? A bit like the opposite of a partition? On Amazon right now there is a 96GB Kingston V+100 SSD for about £82, so would two of these in RAID equate to 192GB of total storage for about £164? Does RAID theoretically double the speed if you have two drives? I'm not even entirely sure if you can put SSDs in RAID, so some help here please on my buying choice?
2. Which SSD(s) should I get? Been looking about on the internet and noticed that although the Kingston V+100 96GB does appear to good value for money for about £80 from Amazon, the read and write times are about half of what the OCZ Agility 3 can offer. However, I've done some research and found reviews on the internet about OCZ Agility 3 and Vertex 2 drives with people complaining that they fail after very mild use or (with the Agility 3 especially), people are getting BSODs. Once I had just built my PC, thanks to faulty RAM, I got the BSOD a lot so really I wouldn't welcome it's return. The other option is the Corsair Force 3 6GB/s 120GB SATA, and this offers fast read and write times (read 550MB/s, write 510MB/s) for good value (about £135).
So those are my two main questions, and any buying advice is always welcome.
Thanks