Upgrading - need recommendations

[T3Vince]

Ah sry, wasn't gonna raid. Was just wondering if it was possible. Thanks for the reply. tried calling dell...it costs 570 pound for a 256 samsung ssd. Will try to look elsewhere but so far newegg is giving me the best price.

[granyte]

well mabye a wierd raid 1 is possible bu anyother no

[dave-p]

Ah sry, wasn't gonna raid. Was just wondering if it was possible. Thanks for the reply. tried calling dell...it costs 570 pound for a 256 samsung ssd. Will try to look elsewhere but so far newegg is giving me the best price.

there are several listed on Ebay for $ 400.00 USD, sure there are some EU sellers out there as well

[T3Vince]

I see. It all comes down to how well do these SSD improve the gaming performance. Would it help much? I've heard people say they're good at loading times but what about in game performance?

[lancorp]

I see. It all comes down to how well do these SSD improve the gaming performance. Would it help much? I've heard people say they're good at loading times but what about in game performance?

There is supposedly some issue with the M17xR2 and smaller file sizes (4k blocks) that is way underperforming. Some have complained that standard hard drives in the M17xR2 load games and maps, etc., faster than the same M17xR2 with an SSD.

Typically, I believe SSD's do not help your in-game experience much.

I still stand by my assertion that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with a RAID 0 SSD setup. You're just a screwed with a SDD + HDD setup should something fail, and you have a higher chance of such because HDD's are typically more prone to failure. I think people are scared of RAID 0 because they're mentally thinking of RAID 0 HDD's (which have higher odds of failing) but with SSD's, I'm very comfortable and love the performance.

[T3Vince]

Ok. After some searching, I've come to the ssd by OCZ.
OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G) [] Internal Hard Drives Solid State Drives 120GB - 256GB

Would this thing be compatible with the m17x? And what about ssd's that use PCI-E?

[Mechanized Menace]

There is supposedly some issue with the M17xR2 and smaller file sizes (4k blocks) that is way underperforming. Some have complained that standard hard drives in the M17xR2 load games and maps, etc., faster than the same M17xR2 with an SSD.

Typically, I believe SSD's do not help your in-game experience much.

I still stand by my assertion that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with a RAID 0 SSD setup. You're just a screwed with a SDD + HDD setup should something fail, and you have a higher chance of such because HDD's are typically more prone to failure. I think people are scared of RAID 0 because they're mentally thinking of RAID 0 HDD's (which have higher odds of failing) but with SSD's, I'm very comfortable and love the performance.

It's not that they are worried about drive failure so much its that TRIM is not supported in SSD's in a RAID config so as performance might be great now once you unraid you will see the performance decrease, and even with GC it still will degrade faster than non RAID systems.

[Mechanized Menace]

Ok. After some searching, I've come to the ssd by OCZ.
OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G) [] Internal Hard Drives Solid State Drives 120GB - 256GB

Would this thing be compatible with the m17x? And what about ssd's that use PCI-E?

stay away from those PCI-E SSD's as the performance is limited and any sata 2 drive will be compatible with the M17x