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Sugo SG03 build

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Stan

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I'm looking to make the following build:

Core i5 750
Radeon 5850/5870
4GB DDR 3 G. Skill Rip Jaws
Asus Maximus Gene III
Corsaid HX650
64GB x 2 SSD TRIM support

I'm hoping you guys can give me a bit of advice for the best 64gb $/performance ssd out right now that supports trim. And also If these 2.5" drives will fit inside the sugo without a 3.5" bracket. I will want to raid 0 them in the future, but I've read that they don't support trim yet?

Thanks for your input guys.
 
As you said, RAID arrays don't pass the TRIM command (yet). Anyway, SSD RAIDs are just silly: the major performance improvement is from HDD to SSD, not from SSD to SSD RAID. Set yourself up with a nice boot SSD and a storage drive. If you want 2.5" for storage there are some pretty good 7200rpm laptop drives or maybe even a Velociraptor...
 
NichoTL said:
As you said, RAID arrays don't pass the TRIM command (yet). Anyway, SSD RAIDs are just silly: the major performance improvement is from HDD to SSD, not from SSD to SSD RAID. Set yourself up with a nice boot SSD and a storage drive. If you want 2.5" for storage there are some pretty good 7200rpm laptop drives or maybe even a Velociraptor...
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SSD Raids are not silly in the least little bit. Any what way you slice it its still just plain faster & given the size restrictions with SSD's its easier to raid 2 smaller drives then buy 1 larger one. At least for most that may not be buying them at the same time. I have about 275 wrapped up into the 2 Intel x18m's (80gb) in my gaming rig. That gives me a windows usable space of about 148 gb. I Would have to spend 400+ to get that out of a single drive & I then I still wouldn't have my sustained write speeds of 140 MB/s or the read speeds of 400 MB/s. So I definitly dont see how a SSD raid is silly.

Also as for trim. Its proven that the less capacity your SSD has used the less you need trim. So doubling your capacity will greatly reduce the need for TRIM. Not to mention that with decent drives trim is barely a feature anyhow.
 
I stand by what I said. The only good argument you make is when you buy drives one after the other. Capacity? For most manufacturers the jump from 64GB to 128GB is at the same cost per GB more or less. Besides I don't think people buy SSDs for capacity. Sustain sequential write speed? Not much use apart from Photoshop scratch disk. It's random 4K writes that matter usually for system disks (which your setup is probably very good at). TRIM barely a feature? you've gotta be kidding. It has been the single most important attribute since SSDs came along.

Yeah I know it's [H] and the badder the better, but what makes a lot more sense is a good SSD for system/apps and 1 good storage HDD.
I'll say it again: the jump from HDD to SSD is a game changer because certain characteristics are not in the same ballpark (I/O, latency) and it makes a massive difference in usability. If you want good sustained sequential writes (for a data disk for example) buy a velociraptor it's a lot cheaper per GB.
 
Stan said:
And also If these 2.5" drives will fit inside the sugo without a 3.5" bracket.
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I have an SG-03, an SSD in it, and no credibility... 'cos I just have the SSD sitting on the floor of the case without a bracket :D
 
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