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    Raid 0 VS Seagate 1TB SSHD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Sinn3246, Aug 20, 2015.

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    Sinn3246 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So, I have a rather curious question.

    AW M17X R3
    A08 Unlocked
    2670QM
    Dell OEM GTX 680m
    20GB RAM

    Raid 0 2x 500 GB Seagate Dell OEM 7200 RPM drives
    or
    Seagate 1TB SSHD + 1x 500GB Seagate 7200 RPM drive.

    Now I know the mechanical part of the Seagate is 5400 RPM, I didn't really look it up before I purchased it and luckily I'm still under the exchange period.

    My question is and hopefully someone can possibly shed some light.

    Why would the Seagate 1TB SSHD seem to load applications faster, especially noticeably in Battlefield 4 and Star Citizen than my previous Raid 0 2x 500GB 7200 RPM drives.

    I know the SSHD is also running at SATAIII where as the HDD is running at SATAII. Just to clarify, I'm not comparing my current SSHD on SATAIII to the HDD on SATAII. The fact that it seems that my current situation is actually faster than my previous which was the raid 0 setup with the 2 7200 drives.

    This isn't a bootup argument either. If I'm correct I should see OS boot time decrease due to the SSD portion of the drive, although correct me if I'm wrong.

    Thanks to all for their insight and help.
     
    Sinn3246, Aug 20, 2015
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