SteveRo
09-27-2013, 04:01 AM
Summary of recommendations from all contributors to this thread, (as of 31Oct13) -
1.) Samsung 840 Pro is probably the best drive for onboard raid but some folks have reported compatibility problems with some pci-e controllers. <edit - see - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?287673-Samsung-840-Pro-in-Raid-0-on-z77-z87-(Haswell)-and-Areca-1882 >
2.) Mushkin Enhanced Chronos G0 or Deluxe (recommended for pci-e controllers, good compatibility due to Sandforce SF-2281, actually any of the drives with SF-2281 and toggle nand might be just as good as the Mushkin.)
3.) Supersspeed S301 (also uses SF-2281, but this one has SLC memory - should be good for both onboard and pci-e due to SF-2281, SLC makes it blazing fast, even for the 64GB version :) ). < edit - see - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?287496-Supersspeed-S301-64GB-Areca-vs-Z77-S301-vs-C300-vs-Mtron-Mobi >
4.) The Sandisk Extreme II might be worth a look. From member Highendtoys - "It has good GC, nCache helps quite a bit with keeping the performance up because a lot of the small block size writes are done in cache and then sent to the MLC layer as sequential writes." I can find multiple benches of Raid 0 using onboard intel controllers but none on Areca or LSI :( The results of onboard intel raid 0 using Sandisk Extreme II look very good so far. :)
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Original 1st post -
Good morning all.
I'm looking for new SSDs for my primary "Xtreme" machine - (to be used for the OS only).
I want to be able to use both mobo intel (ich) and Areca (1882).
When I use intel onboard (ich10, pch, ...) I would only go 2x drives (I need most of the other ports for data and optical drives).
When on Areca - 4-5x raid 0 is probably as high as I would want to go - currently using 5xC300 64s.
I was thinking of going 2x supersspeed S301 SLC drives but that sandforce controller is getting "rather long in the tooth" (to use Paul Alcorn's words).
I emailed supersspeed last week to see if they had a new drive in the works but nothing back from them yet.
So whadaya think?
I gotta spend that retirement money on something!
What SSDs should I get!! :) :)
Much thanks!
Steve.
1.) Samsung 840 Pro is probably the best drive for onboard raid but some folks have reported compatibility problems with some pci-e controllers. <edit - see - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?287673-Samsung-840-Pro-in-Raid-0-on-z77-z87-(Haswell)-and-Areca-1882 >
2.) Mushkin Enhanced Chronos G0 or Deluxe (recommended for pci-e controllers, good compatibility due to Sandforce SF-2281, actually any of the drives with SF-2281 and toggle nand might be just as good as the Mushkin.)
3.) Supersspeed S301 (also uses SF-2281, but this one has SLC memory - should be good for both onboard and pci-e due to SF-2281, SLC makes it blazing fast, even for the 64GB version :) ). < edit - see - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?287496-Supersspeed-S301-64GB-Areca-vs-Z77-S301-vs-C300-vs-Mtron-Mobi >
4.) The Sandisk Extreme II might be worth a look. From member Highendtoys - "It has good GC, nCache helps quite a bit with keeping the performance up because a lot of the small block size writes are done in cache and then sent to the MLC layer as sequential writes." I can find multiple benches of Raid 0 using onboard intel controllers but none on Areca or LSI :( The results of onboard intel raid 0 using Sandisk Extreme II look very good so far. :)
__________________________________________________ ______
Original 1st post -
Good morning all.
I'm looking for new SSDs for my primary "Xtreme" machine - (to be used for the OS only).
I want to be able to use both mobo intel (ich) and Areca (1882).
When I use intel onboard (ich10, pch, ...) I would only go 2x drives (I need most of the other ports for data and optical drives).
When on Areca - 4-5x raid 0 is probably as high as I would want to go - currently using 5xC300 64s.
I was thinking of going 2x supersspeed S301 SLC drives but that sandforce controller is getting "rather long in the tooth" (to use Paul Alcorn's words).
I emailed supersspeed last week to see if they had a new drive in the works but nothing back from them yet.
So whadaya think?
I gotta spend that retirement money on something!
What SSDs should I get!! :) :)
Much thanks!
Steve.