RAID 0 has many other advantages outside of gaming. Any application that can benefit from increased data transfer is significantly faster. Loading large pictures in Photoshop, movie files in Sony's Vegas movie editing program and countless other prosumer applications increase your productivity. Let's not forget that even Windows will operate much smoother when the operating system is on an array.
Today we will take a look at two of the fastest consumer solid state drives in RAID 0 arrays. The Intel X25-M has held the speed crown for many months and by pairing the Intel and Kingston X25-M with the latest firmware we will see just what the pair can do in RAID 0. The challenger features the new Indilinx controller that is quickly becoming the new standard in consumer grade SSD. RunCore sent us two 128GB drives from their new Pro IV line and let me tell you, these things are hella fast! Read more at TweakTown.
The RAID 0 SSD Report - Intel vs. RunCore
Posted on Friday, May 08 2009 @ 4:06 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck