Thinking about RAID0

My B-DAY is coming soon, any1 willing to 'donate' one SSD so i can do RAID0 as recommended?:P

actually i got a question ...

I am thinking about getting this:
Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Solid State Drives : Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA2 Solid State Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1).

My question is, for some reason my C:\ Partition says i am using around 70GB right now.

My Windows folder is 11.9GB
My Program files (x86) is around 13GB
My Program files is 320MB

What is taking rest 'used' memory? 80 not gonna be enough for me then for couple of games\programs + Windows 7 Pro? ://

pparks1 said:

BugMeister said:

if you want to experience terrifying speed - go for 2xSSD's in RAID0
- it's a MONSTER..!!

Is there really a noticeable gain to be had here? I agree it sounds great on paper, but I'm not sure how big of a gain it would really be like in real world usage.

I'm still waiting on OCZ to replace a duff SSD, when it arrives I'll reformat the system with the OS (plus a few other necessities..) running via the two SSD's in RAID0 - I'll let you know the real-world effects then..

- personally, I'm not one to go for the clocking stuff..!!

sfrj said:

actually i got a question ...

I am thinking about getting this:
Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Solid State Drives : Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA2 Solid State Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1).

My question is, for some reason my C:\ Partition says i am using around 70GB right now.

My Windows folder is 11.9GB
My Program files (x86) is around 13GB
My Program files is 320MB

What is taking rest 'used' memory? 80 not gonna be enough for me then for couple of games\programs + Windows 7 Pro? ://

Any1?

sfrj said:

sfrj said:

actually i got a question ...

I am thinking about getting this:
Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Solid State Drives : Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA2 Solid State Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1).

My question is, for some reason my C:\ Partition says i am using around 70GB right now.

My Windows folder is 11.9GB
My Program files (x86) is around 13GB
My Program files is 320MB

What is taking rest 'used' memory? 80 not gonna be enough for me then for couple of games\programs + Windows 7 Pro? ://

Any1?

Usually when you run into this type of thing, it's permissions, it may skip files that are hidden, and any files/folders that you don't have access to.

... but, but i just set option to see hidden files and folders, still, don't see anything unusual ... that is taking the space.

Any Windows guru here? i need to know what is happening, before i order SSD.

This is 'fresh' installed Windows, with only Call of duty Modern Warfare 2 installed and new BattleField Bad Company 2.

Please advise,
sfrj

Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister
if you want to experience terrifying speed - go for 2xSSD's in RAID0
- it's a MONSTER..!!

Is there really a noticeable gain to be had here? I agree it sounds great on paper, but I'm not sure how big of a gain it would really be like in real world usage.

I haven't quantified real world usage, but here's the read speed of my X25-Ms in RAID0:



I've enabled write caching and disabled buffer flushing so I just write to RAM and move on. That speeds things up when writing (not shown).

roadtrip

sfrj said:

sfrj said:

actually i got a question ...

I am thinking about getting this:
Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Solid State Drives : Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB 2.5" SATA2 Solid State Drive (SSDSA2MH080G2C1).

My question is, for some reason my C:\ Partition says i am using around 70GB right now.

My Windows folder is 11.9GB
My Program files (x86) is around 13GB
My Program files is 320MB

What is taking rest 'used' memory? 80 not gonna be enough for me then for couple of games\programs + Windows 7 Pro? ://

Any1?

I use TreeSize to drill down and check what's using my hard drive space. There's a free version HERE.

Very nice application, that explains everything.

Thank you so much.
sfrj