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    HDD Raid 0 / Msata Cache / Msata Boot?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by christo493, Jun 16, 2012.

  1. christo493

    christo493 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to decide which one to buy. Either a 64gb Msata caching drive / Double 750gb 7200rpm drives in Raid 0 or an Msata Boot drive. Which one would make the most difference without breaking the bank? (and no, SSD for storage is not an option)
     
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    Shox Notebook Geek

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    mSata boot drive would be the best option of the 3.
     
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    yes crucial has relative cheap msata card up to 256gb.
    boot from msata and go with raid0 750gb if you need the storage.
     
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    Is raid 0 HDD a big performance increase? I'm considering going for 500gb raid 0 then buy a 64 gig msata later on from newegg and installing myself.

    Edit: Scratch that, XoticPC has a great deal on raid 0 500gb so I'm just gonna raid 0 + Boot drive. Thanks for the help guys.

    As for SSD, do any of you have a recommendation? I don't know the actual size of the drive required, but as for memory space I'm going for 64gb. Is it 2.5"?
     
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