SSD RAID 0

First off, welcome to the forums, second, let us see your config so that you get most power for your money, third raid ssd is great (if its intel IMHO), but what is the use for the pc? in gaming loading will be faster then a single ssd but thats about it, (of course os loading and file transfer speeds are great/amazing), but in gaming a single ssd will do.

So what is the use of the pc? and tell us your build, budget and resolution if its for gaming.

A ssd will be faster then raid regular hdds, the seektime and 4k file size speeds are not even gonna be comparable.

raid 80GB, if you like it and are familiar with raid then go for it.

what res you gaming at? it does not hurt to run by us what you are thinking about.

worst case senario we give you some recommendations, which you are not obligated to follow.

Edited by DST4ME - 18 Feb 2011 at 8:16am

See I'm glad we talked, the killer 2100 is waste of your money, will not offer you anything you will notice.

what res you want to game at? I will not know what kinda gpu power you need without knowing the res.

the best future proofing, is to get only what you need now, and then upgrade to a future gpu when you need it, no matter what you go with now, its not gonna be future proof, it won't support future dx, and vram wise it could fall short.

Gotcha, for some reason right now the configarator is not working, so I can't config yet.

so you want LC on cpu, or do you want LC on gpu also? it not needed, so don't feel like you have to get it, but if you like it I can show you builds with LC on cpu/gpu and a build on air.

just cpu ,   cost goes up rapidly for anything else ... my gaming room is a converted washer /dryer area in an apartment ,  it gets warm in here quickly , not much circulation . so heat is a concern . i just put a nice zahlman heatsink on my current rig and opened a vent on top of it by removing a disfunctional usb / headphone thingamajig and its working great now, even when girlfriend cranks up the  heater to blastfurnace       its running a pentium d 3.0 and an nvidia 8600

i guess future proofing goes to the motherboard as technology allows , ... i generally just read tech reviews when im researching something .... but anyway ,duly (sp?) noted about the killer card ... hmmm  other questions ?    over clocking ram ?  upgrade to ram 2000 ?  high tech air cooling , will it be enough ?  asetek LC with  240 radiator ?  performance fans make that big a difference ? thanks for your attention ,  and im mesmerized by your pretty pictures , must have lights

OK now just to get a better idea of the picture in your head, tell me what you think about this one:

Here you go Ticket# 487681 --- $3056 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 2x (80GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 4: Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System: CPU Only
H20 Tube Color:Red Tubing with High-Performance Fluid (UV Lighting Reactive)
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Install/Test Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty



Now this system is build to support sli 570, so you can drop a second one in if you see you need gpu power, for MMO games you won't, sli won't help much with those anyways.

the haf x has 3 x 200mm fans with room to add another to the top, for a total of 4 x 200mm fans, for plenty of airflow and room to work in, we can also make all 4 fans to be led red or blue if you like, stock the front fan is the only led and its red.

the HDD setup is suppose to be like this:

HDD1 = fast small drive: os/apps/games

HDD2 = regular large drive: media/personal/work file storage

the 1TB black caviar is a very fast drive, some of its transfer speeds are faster then the veloci.

I had raid 0 on my last system.  Then 3 years into the system Warhammer online(computer game) gave me a bluescreen of death.   Some reason the raid controll didnt like this bluescreen and both HD gone.   I lost all the data on the HD drives and reinstalled everything this time not as raid 0.

Clone your raid to a single hdd and you can always restore from it, clone, twice a week and you won't lose much if any.

you can follow my clone guide here

there is always the chance , but ive ran raid 0 on my current system which i upgraded one time,  flawless for 6 years ,  now my backup drive where i kept stuff i didnt want to lose , just stopped working the other day , lol , so.... ya never know....  the load speeds and startups , im spoiled now .  ssd raid 0 , just wanna know  how quick a pc can be . 

haf 200mm fan , got a product not found from the link , and light it up :)       i will look at the cloning ... ive had to reload my os more than a few times for various reasons, its never really a bother to me,  its a chance to clean out the junk and start fresh . just like a brand new pc that way .

If you keep pc clean, there is not real junk or anything that will matter.

simple use of ccleaner and making sure you delete regkeys and files left over after an uninstall is all you need.

I rarely ever do a fresh install and will put my os's speed against a fresh install any day, personaly I hate having to reinstall all my apps and make the settings and etc, but thats just me.


they keep moving the fan's page, check the link again it should work.


Edited by DST4ME - 18 Feb 2011 at 3:29pm

IF you are not using CCleaner, then start, it cleans your pc's temp folders/files and any other directory you ask it to clean, it also clean app's left over files also, like browser history and etc.

It has a build in uninstaller you can use to unistall apps, it has a section were you can edit the apps that startup with the pc, and it has a registry cleaner, but I always say leave your registry alone unless you are getting errors from it, all it takes is one time for the app to mess-up and one could be left having to reinstall OS, but ya use ccleaner and let it clean all those files.

SHOULD BE PUTTING IN MY ORDER BY MIDWEEK ,  STARTING TO GET EXCITED .  YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT ,

Glenn there are other ways to read hijackthis, if you know whats what.


I hope you don't think EVIDENCE ELIMINATOR really makes it impossible to retrieve those files, there are only a couple of ways to really do that.

Hope everything goes your way but remember you gonna be waiting or the mobo fix till march/april.

Our pleasure and good luck

ahhh , found it , Mason@ASUS says they have the fix and it should be posted in a day or two , thanks for headsup .

very funny !          what kind of issue is it with the  MB then , practically speaking , and you still recommend getting one ?  the issue they were talking about was a double post from a cold startup . not exactly clear on that btw , as to the cause or effect .