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The only time striped arrays have ever shown a benefit was as a scratch disc for Photoshop or video editing software. You need very large files to make any difference. In the way striped arrays work, seek times can often increase, and so can rnadom small file reads and writes....the very action that normal Windows usage is made up of. Too often, people run a synthetic benchmark that shows scores not related to real world usage, and it makes them feel that a striped array is providing some benefit. It isn't and only serves to double the risk of data loss on the drives.
There are very good reasons why striped arrays died out in a hype fire 5 years ago. So, that leaves two camps of people...those who still believe in synthetic benchmarks, or those who understand why they are all hype and don't improve actual Windows performance. Now, when discussing SSDs, they are fine when used individually. That's why, as suggested, if you read up on true performance enthusiast sites, you'll find people running one single SSD, and putting that money into a better video card or extra memory...things that will show a real benefit in performance.
The reason you find sites and guides proclaiming it's greatness, is because too many people still fall into the trap of synthetic benchmarks. It plagues the drive comparison community, as well as the video card comparison community.