Best Bang For Buck

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Hi,

Just want a bit of advice.

I have a Sata 2 mobo and am considering raiding two Intel 320 40GB drives in Raid 0. Is this a good idea or could I get better bang for buck by going to a single SSD of a different brand (if so which one?)

Edit: Also, is TRIM disabled once you Raid the drives in 0?

Cheers

[Computurd]

raid will give you some spreading of writes, allowing you to avoid throttling, and enjoy more Overprovisioning (each drive has set amount).

[zalbard]

I'd just get a single Intel 320 since the smaller models have reduced performance, thus raiding is not that big of a performance improvement.
Plus you get TRIM, which is nice.

[SteveRo]

Mr. Z is correct if you want simplicity.
Trim for intel drives may not be needed, I have a pair of 1st gen intel 80s in my primary desktop that haven't seen trim for a year and they are dong great.
Paul is right that R0 of a pair should be significantly faster depending on what chipset/mobo you use.

[TV Addict#2]

my array does good as a boot with no trim