SSD Question - Using 2 as 1 drive?

[fearthisinc]

Ok... So I had a friend who is into gaming build me a computer just for gaming.. I don't use the computer for anything other than that.. He suggested a 60gb SSD drive which is the main drive on the computer (Drive C).. So the 60gb ssd has all the windows files and games and whatnot... I have a secondary drive (drive e) which has 1tb of space.. Barely anything is on this drive as I don't save anything on this computer like pictures and whatnot.. Anyway.. I made a comment to my friend that I need more storage as the 60gb is gone.. I checked today and only had like 312mb left so i did a dick cleanup and now have 2gb of space.. I said I was thinking of getting a bigger ssd and he said that i could get the bigger ssd and that he could configure it so that the 60gb ssd and the new ssd would work as 1 ssd combining the space.. I think he mentioned something like RAID 0 or something.. I don't know much about computers but figured I would ask on here what would be my best option.. I did a quick search and some people say combining and running the ssd's will shorten their life and double the chances for problems.. Thanks for any help..

 

[johnb35]

Raid O provides faster read/write access which gives faster boot up times but there is no fault tolerance, meaning if one drive fails, you lose all your data. Plus you would have to reinsall windows if you want to go raid 0. Is it cost worthy to have raid 0 on 2 ssd's... Thats only a question you can answer when you already have a bigger storage drive that you move your installed programs to.

 

[Benny Boy]

If you can fresh install the os, then you could start over with your current ssd and hdd and configure it where you benifit from the speed of the ssd, but use the 1TB for storage/games/programs that dont really benifit from being on the ssd. This way you don't fill up the boot drive.
You'll need to be able to back up important data, map some folders, know how to install what you use to the proper location(ssd or hdd/logical drives(partitions).

Help is available if you decide to go that route.