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    Setting up Raid 0 on G53J

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Nick Ollie, Sep 2, 2011.

  1. Nick Ollie

    Nick Ollie Newbie

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    just installed 2 x 500 gb hybrid ssd drives into my laptop, but now im flicking through the bios and I cant find a way to get it to set up in raid, any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
     
    Nick Ollie, Sep 2, 2011
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  2. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    it never had a raid controller
     
    Geared2play.com, Sep 2, 2011
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  3. Nick Ollie

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    ah right, so theres no way to set up raid?
     
    Nick Ollie, Sep 2, 2011
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  4. Yiddo

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    Nope as mentioned it has no RAID controller. Most people just do the next best thing which is to chuck in an SSD as your primary and use the secondary mechanical drive as storage. Works well for me! :)
     
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  5. JOSEA

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    Nick are you going for max performance - Raid 0 or Redundancy - raid 1
    ? If max per. is the goal Dallers is spot on invest in an SSD.
    For redundancy - do regular images to an external hard drive.
     
    JOSEA, Sep 2, 2011
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    Upgrade to a SSD. It will perform better than a 2-drive RAID. On my desktop, I have a 3-drive RAID-0, and the 120GB Vertex 1 performs just as well.
     
    Chastity, Sep 2, 2011
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