Raid vs single disk - Windows 7 boot times with 1x vs 2x vs 4x, 7200 Rpm drives.

1 vs 2 vs 4 drives in RAID 0 setup on a Core i7 2600K , 8 gb ddr3 1600 ram. All raid modes in default 128kb stripe size setting.
1 X Seagate7200 Rpm, 500 Gb hard drive,
3 X Hitachi 7200 Rpm 500 Gb hard drives

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Raid vs comparison
• Windows 7 SSD
• barracuda
• latency seek times

[dashiznit6931]

is this using sata 6? or 3?

[goldenboyfx124]

@dashiznit6931 3

[krihan66]

can you do this with 3 tb discs ?

[goldenboyfx124]

@krihan66 Sure can

[TheHobbitGamer]

Nice video. Are these bios's limited to the P67 boards, or could someone with a crosshair IV run it. If you don't know well then it's alright :)

[goldenboyfx124]

@TheHobbitGamer No idea..!

[neerajvm]

Good video. Simple and informative. Just what I was looking for! But next time try putting down your cam/phone on a desk or something! :) And yea like others mentioned refreshing choice of background music! :)

[aschris87]

what is the best block size?

[FubarVader]

@colinprprpr yes but from my understanding storage space will be reduced to 2 x 512 gb, also the slow drive will dictact speed so its a no brainer, save some cash and get two identical drives,

[goldenboyfx124]

@colinprprpr Yes, you can partition it as you like. These 500 gb drives were partititioned into 2* 250 across C: and D:

[FubarVader]

i have the ASUS z68 MB running 8 gig ram, 2 x ssc running in raid 0, i5 processor. Start up time just under 10 seconds. bin the drives mate go SSC.

[ninpon8]

Thanks for the info. This was the only vid that came up with this comparison. I found it interesting. SSDs are too much for too little IMO. It's nice to know Raid0 is a fast alt... Oh and the music is quit soothing while sitting here ...watching windows load...

[colinprprpr]

could i run a 1.5tb disk with a smaller disk (512gb?) in RAID 0 Config?