Intel SSD prices: 2x120gb raid costs the same as 1x250gb!

[flobber238]

The Vortex SSDs are coming out soon, but let's just forget about them and stick with the stable Intel 510s.

120gb costs £212
-> 240gb Raid 0 costs £433
250gb costs £433

So two drives in Raid with 10gb less costs just the same. This is with that 17" model laptop.

I would say that most people would then choose the raid option because of the performance boost. I can live without a bigass secondary disk drive. Who would choose different?

Another question is can anyone find the exact performance difference of 250gb vs 240gb raid?

Kwl guys

 

[Pete]

if it were me i'd want my data on disk, doesn't matter if your ssd fails (or you just want to re-install OS) then as you only lose the OS. up and running in no time, if you're on a raid it'll mean a restore of your files as well.

 

[Nemesis]

i would choose different because of the risks involved in raid setups weighed against the fact that SSDs are already darn quick

 

[Fear]

I had Raid 0 on my last system the boost it provides in very small so will not do that again and as nemesis said above SSD's are quick.