Hi everyone. Once again I need your help regarding this future purchase of mine.
I'm planning to buy a new computer/upgrade (low-mid range) in the next two weeks and I'm getting ready for it. I already bought an Intel processor (i7 860), case, PSU (Corsair 650TX), cooler (H50). With my old computer, I still have a good amount of mechanical hard drives (2 x 500 GB) that can be used as my storage in my new one. However, Im planning to change those drives to SSD.
I've posted my motherboard query to the right thread so I'll just be asking about SSD.
SSD QUESTION:
Ill be a first time SSD buyer and I still need to be educated about this technology. The operating systems that I use are Windows 7 and Linux (Fedora, sometimes Ubuntu). My old computer uses Raid 0 (via ICH9R) and I would like it on my new computer except this time Ill be using SSDs.
My Budget is $200 (or less) for two drives combined. I dont mind the rebate stuff as long as it is still less my budget (after rebate). But I would not like OCZ because their rebate is so bad, very very bad in my experience.
Ill be using this Raid 0 setup as my Boot drive + a few applications (office, Starcraft 2, etc). Ill be using my old drives as storage. So I dont mind having little space as long as it is fast.
Ive been looking at Newegg and found these 3 options:
Intel X25-V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...7025&Tpk=x25-v
Corsair Nova CSSD-V32GB2-BRKT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-122-_-Product
Kingston SSDNow V series 64gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-132-_-Product
What do you think about these options? Will this perform well in Raid 0? I also noticed that the Intel drive has the lowest write speeds, does that matter with performance?
BTW, Im really not familiar with TRIM but I noticed that people with SSDs consider this as a must before buying. Does Linux have TRIM support? Or does Windows 7 64bit have TRIM support in Raid 0?
Please feel free to educate or give me other options (as long as it is $200) as Im really new to the SSD world.
Thank you so much.
I'm planning to buy a new computer/upgrade (low-mid range) in the next two weeks and I'm getting ready for it. I already bought an Intel processor (i7 860), case, PSU (Corsair 650TX), cooler (H50). With my old computer, I still have a good amount of mechanical hard drives (2 x 500 GB) that can be used as my storage in my new one. However, Im planning to change those drives to SSD.
I've posted my motherboard query to the right thread so I'll just be asking about SSD.
SSD QUESTION:
Ill be a first time SSD buyer and I still need to be educated about this technology. The operating systems that I use are Windows 7 and Linux (Fedora, sometimes Ubuntu). My old computer uses Raid 0 (via ICH9R) and I would like it on my new computer except this time Ill be using SSDs.
My Budget is $200 (or less) for two drives combined. I dont mind the rebate stuff as long as it is still less my budget (after rebate). But I would not like OCZ because their rebate is so bad, very very bad in my experience.
Ill be using this Raid 0 setup as my Boot drive + a few applications (office, Starcraft 2, etc). Ill be using my old drives as storage. So I dont mind having little space as long as it is fast.
Ive been looking at Newegg and found these 3 options:
Intel X25-V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...7025&Tpk=x25-v
Corsair Nova CSSD-V32GB2-BRKT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-122-_-Product
Kingston SSDNow V series 64gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-132-_-Product
What do you think about these options? Will this perform well in Raid 0? I also noticed that the Intel drive has the lowest write speeds, does that matter with performance?
BTW, Im really not familiar with TRIM but I noticed that people with SSDs consider this as a must before buying. Does Linux have TRIM support? Or does Windows 7 64bit have TRIM support in Raid 0?
Please feel free to educate or give me other options (as long as it is $200) as Im really new to the SSD world.
Thank you so much.