2 X WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM in RAID0 or single SSD?

[thetonestarr]

disolitude said:

thetonestarr said:
SSDs won't really improve gaming much. The games will load much faster, but the gameplay itself won't be affected.

The best use of a SSD is for installing your OS and most frequently loaded programs onto. If you're not using it for those purposes, it's not really going to benefit you much.

Yeah its just better load times in games I am after. Crysis 1 load time was more than halved when I got an SSD. Faster game installs, faster level loads etc...

I have a 60 GB SATA III SSD as boot drive and its awesome. Windows 7 boots in like 5 seconds after post.

I hear ya though...maybe even one of these VelociRaptors is good enough for gaming.

I guess it depends on the games you play. If it's regularly loading new content, then I suppose a SSD would benefit, now that I think about it. Or like Sims, Rise of Nations, etc... take FOREVER to load initially.

I'd consider running a SSD and a Raptor both, then. Raptor for games that load less, SSD for the ones that make you wait more usually.