Velociraptor WD3000GLFS Stripe Size Raid 0

Azphira

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What's the best stripe size for gaming for two WD3000GLFS in raid 0?

Since I put Windows 7 on USB for install it only takes moments to test.

I've seemed to notice 16k and 32k seems like the sweet spots. 128k seems ok, 64k seemed like it was not so good.

What have those here using these drives in this manner have discovered to be best for this specific drive in overall use?
 
Also tempted to do method two.

No raid, OS and old games on C, Newer games on D.

They are both 10k drives, they will be fast solo, but data will be safer, there will be less overhead on cpu-usage/cache-negotiation from the raid, and with the new games on the second drive, the OS's fiddling won't make things jitter during micro loads in games.
 
I had 2 (two) Velociraptors WD1500HLFS in RAID0 and used a stripe size of 32KB, found that this the best size for "general" usage...
 
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