Is this a good gaming computer build?

[nilank]

@OP, one thing needs to be brought to your attention. As you said in your first post, you want to max out settings. But at 1080p resolution, there's almost no need of turning anti aliasing on at all since edges are already smooth. As already pointed out by m1gu31, keeping it off will give you a huge fps boost. Not everything needs to be maxed since some settings don't even make a noticeable visual difference.

I am telling you again, that card will be fine for you as your requirement for fps is quite less.

Please disregard my first post in this thread. That suggestion was in accordance to my taste, I need 60 fps everywhere, <60 stutters for me, I'm a super human with extra capability of noticing miniscule lags, lol (I'm not kidding!).

 

[CommandoBob]

Looks nice! I'd personally add a mechanical hard drive as well for media and other non-read-time-dependent files.

I will be using my old Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB to store backups and other large files.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Looks nice! I'd personally add a mechanical hard drive as well for media and other non-read-time-dependent files.

I will be using my old Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB to store backups and other large files.

I want to know how much more does raid improve your force 3

I have a force SSD that scores a 7.6 on WEI running raid would bring it up I assume ?

 

[CommandoBob]

Looks nice! I'd personally add a mechanical hard drive as well for media and other non-read-time-dependent files.

I will be using my old Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB to store backups and other large files.

I want to know how much more does raid improve your force 3

I have a force SSD that scores a 7.6 on WEI running raid would bring it up I assume ?

I haven't done a RAID yet, I plan to do a RAID 0 on my future Samsung SSD 840 Pro & Corsair Force 3 SSD, and keep the HDD to make backups for the RAID regularly and store large files.

 

[Solarstarshines]

I see there are Tutorials on how that is done here in that section

just want to know what kind of advantage it would have over the sandforce controller

 

[kbrady1979]

With them having 2 different controllers, I don't know how a RAID array would work. Secondly, you don't have to waste it, you can keep it in your system and install games or programs on it. You will see no REAL WORLD gains setting up RAID 0 on your SSD's.

I just looked up the Corsair Force 3, it popped into my head when Solarstarshines mentioned the Sandforce controller......you CAN'T put those two SSD's in RAID 0 because they are different sizes, 128GB vs 120GB. You would have to mess with the provisioning to get them to match up correctly and I can guarantee you it isn't worth that. The sequential read/write speeds are already at the limits of SATA III, and that is all RAID 0 affects. Plus, you are doubling your chances of failure with drives in RAID 0!

 

[CommandoBob]

With them having 2 different controllers, I don't know how a RAID array would work. Secondly, you don't have to waste it, you can keep it in your system and install games or programs on it. You will see no REAL WORLD gains setting up RAID 0 on your SSD's.

I just looked up the Corsair Force 3, it popped into my head when Solarstarshines mentioned the Sandforce controller......you CAN'T put those two SSD's in RAID 0 because they are different sizes, 128GB vs 120GB. You would have to mess with the provisioning to get them to match up correctly and I can guarantee you it isn't worth that. The sequential read/write speeds are already at the limits of SATA III, and that is all RAID 0 affects. Plus, you are doubling your chances of failure with drives in RAID 0!

Okay, I won't be setting up a RAID 0 then. Thanks for the elaborate advice you've given me!

 

[Johnnycash]

I see there are Tutorials on how that is done here in that section

just want to know what kind of advantage it would have over the sandforce controller

Yes. CommandoBob is right! I prefer getting two corsair SSD's and creating RAID on this. Force 3 are decent SSD with consistent performance. I am planning to get this going soon. Will share how this goes

 

[kbrady1979]

I see there are Tutorials on how that is done here in that section

just want to know what kind of advantage it would have over the sandforce controller

Yes. CommandoBob is right! I prefer getting two corsair SSD's and creating RAID on this. Force 3 are decent SSD with consistent performance. I am planning to get this going soon. Will share how this goes

There is no reason to put SSDs in RAID 0. You double your risk of failure, and there is no benefit. The speed increase you get is Sequential Read/Write speeds, and you will never get to utilize that unless you are transferring big files from an SSD to another SSD. If you are moving files from an SSD to a HDD, you will only go as fast as the HDD. The real world speeds, Random 4K Read/Writes and Access Times, will not get any of the boost in performance. There used to be a legitimate reason to put drives in a RAID 0 array, but not with modern SSD's.

 

[Roo66]

@kbrady1979

You say raiding SSD's is pointless, but my OCZ IBIS drive actually uses 4 60GB drives in RAID0 to create 240GB. (They are actually 64GB each if I recall, with the extra used for cell failure. The 4 drives can be seen separately on POST.)

Just sayin'....

 

[kbrady1979]

Yes, back when SSD's were crazy expensive, it was common to see people with 2 - 64gb drives in RAID 0 instead of a 128/256gb drive. Those times are over and the sweet spot in pricing falls between 128-256gb capacities. The prices have fallen to under $1/GB in most cases and have made larger drives much cheaper, eliminating the need to buy 2 SSD's and throw them in RAID 0 just for the extra capacity. I still have yet to find a reason to RAID 0 SSD's. If you have a spare, find something else to put it in........an old system someone is using, a laptop laying around, something.