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    Alienware M17xR3 RAID0 SSD Performance

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by bhaikalis, Dec 16, 2012.

  1. bhaikalis

    bhaikalis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does ACHI matter when you have a RAID 0 setup?

    Windows Performance rates my HD performance as a 5.9 with other components at 7+.

    I ordered my laptop with 2 500GB SSD's in a RAID 0 setup. How can I increase its performance?

    Thanks!
     
    bhaikalis, Dec 16, 2012
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    cmacclel Notebook Guru

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    I highly doubt you have 2, 500gb SSD's......you sure about that?
     
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    bhaikalis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes I'm sure. I selected the options when building it so I'm pretty sure its 2 500GB SSD drives for a total of 1TB space in a RAID 0 setup.

    Is that not possible?
     
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    cmacclel Notebook Guru

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    No Dell does not offer 500gb SSD's as a RAID option. You most likely have 500gb 7200rpm drives and from your performance rating of 5.9 I highy doubt they are in raid. When you boot your computer what does the Raid bios say? Does My computer show 2 drives or a single 1TB drive?

    Dell 500gb SSD option is $500 for a single drive.
     
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    Click start and type compmgmt.msc

    Check under disk drives in device manager if it's western digital you ordered HDD's.

    From you score i can tell you already it's HDD's.
     
    ratchetnclank, Dec 16, 2012
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    bhaikalis Notebook Enthusiast

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    See attached, my BIOS shows 2 drives and RAID 0 setup. My Computer shows 1 drive 1TB size.
     

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    In image 2 which is your invoice it has a spindle speed on the disks, listed as 7.2k rpm.

    SSD's don't have spindle speeds. You ordered RAID 0 HDD's.
     
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    i stand corrected then, although i thought i ordered SSD's. Oh well. What can i do to boost performance with my RAID 0 setup in that case then?
     
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    I'm afraid you can't. Raid 0 already gives the maximum performance for the HDD's.
     
    ratchetnclank, Dec 17, 2012
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    Replace them with SSD's :)
     
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    yeah my windows index is 7.9 for my ssd hard drives in raid 0 it is a big difference in terms of speed of installations and bringing up programs and such
     
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    OK, is there a particular brand that is "Alienware" compatable i should look at? Would prefer to have 2 500GB SSD in RAID 0.
     
    bhaikalis, Dec 17, 2012
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    They're all fine, just get 2 of the same brand and size if you want to run raid 0, also make sure you get SATA III compatible and the 9.5mm thick ones

    I liked the Itels because they were rated very reliable, came with everything I needed, and well they were on a hell of a sale on cyber monday, not sure if they make 500gb I think their biggest is 480gb
     
    sonies, Dec 17, 2012
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