rmb938 Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Hi, I just got another 1TB hdd to put into raid 0. I would of just gotten an ssd but it is cheaper for me since I am a student. I play games,watch movies and listen to music on this computer and I was wondering what a good stripe size would be to use in the raid? I read online that if you use big file like video editing and stuff to have a big stripe size but that doesn't really help with gaming since games are big but with many files. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dihartnell Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Hi, I just got another 1TB hdd to put into raid 0. I would of just gotten an ssd but it is cheaper for me since I am a student. I play games,watch movies and listen to music on this computer and I was wondering what a good stripe size would be to use in the raid? I read online that if you use big file like video editing and stuff to have a big stripe size but that doesn't really help with gaming since games are big but with many files. I went with the defaults. TB drives are pretty large to be putting into a Raid 0 array. Thats a lot of data to lose if one of the drives packs up and I've always thought raid 0 arrays performed better if you kept the partition to smaller sizes. THere are other more experienced users on this forum who could expand a bit more on that last point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb938 Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 Well I am really not worryed about losing data. I format my pc at least 2 times a year without any backups since its mainly for gaming. I didn't order anything as of yet so if what your saying is true about the performance I'll just keep the money for something else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidare Posted October 9, 2010 Posted October 9, 2010 I would just put 2 320 wd blacks in there and raid 0 those, or equivalent hard drives. I have 2 500gb wd drives in raid 0 and only have a 200 gb partition and it installs all my games and programs fine. If you have a lot of games installed at any given time then maybe don't make a partition at all. The reason i have the partition small like that is where the partition is created by default is the fastest part of the drive(hope that made sense). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb938 Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) oh ok I got you. I might do that then. Just want something fast without spending like $150+ for a low range ssd. Oh and btw wd blacks start at 500gb not 320 xD I might just get 2 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074 yes its only a 16mb cache but it will be in raid 0 so it shouldn't make a huge diff. Edited October 10, 2010 by rmb938 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddictedGamer93 Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 I might just get 2 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074 yes its only a 16mb cache but it will be in raid 0 so it shouldn't make a huge diff. Ive got one of those sitting unused in a box under my bed. Used to be my main boot drive, but i upgraded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmb938 Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Well was it good when you had it as your main drive? Have you tryed it in raid 0 if so how was the performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidare Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 oh ok I got you. I might do that then. Just want something fast without spending like $150+ for a low range ssd. Oh and btw wd blacks start at 500gb not 320 xD I might just get 2 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074 yes its only a 16mb cache but it will be in raid 0 so it shouldn't make a huge diff. Actually they do start at 320 they are just 2.5" form factor. X P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 10, 2010 Posted October 10, 2010 Well was it good when you had it as your main drive? Have you tryed it in raid 0 if so how was the performance. You won't see much a performance improvement if any with regular HDDs in RAID 0 unless you're doing video editing and need huge amounts of raw bandwidth. It's not worth spending money on if you already have a working system - that's for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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