Windows 7 and SSD in raid performance

Hemulen

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Hello,

I have two of these SSD's, and I have set them up in raid0 (with motherboard raid-mode setup as I dont have any raid controller).

My Windows 7 uses pretty long time to boot, especially with SSD's in raid.


What is causing this?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i7-2600
Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth
Memory
Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 2133MHz 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 6990
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ 24" LCD G2411HD x 3 with Eyefinity
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar® GreenPower 1TB
Western Digital Caviar® 250GB x2 raid0
Western Digital Caviar® 2000GB
Western Digital Caviar® 2000GB
Intel X25-M SSD 80GB
PSU
Fractal Design Newton R2 800W
Case
Antec NineFractal Design Define R3 Black Perl
Cooling
Noctua NH-C14
Keyboard
Razer TRON
Mouse
Roccat Kone
Internet Speed
16.0 Mbps
I can tell you that the boot process has a lot of variables...and the hard drives are just one. RAID with SSDs (especially just two disks) isn't really that useful, because you gain in some areas, but suffer in others that are key to Windows usage.

That being said, is the boot time really that important? How often are you rebooting? How does the system run once it is fully booted?
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7-2600
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
Memory
12 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GTX 470
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell UltraSharp 2209WA
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS
PSU
OCZ ModStream 700W
Case
CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced
Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
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