ALERT MUST BUY

**DJ Mr. White** · 03-21-12, 09:29 PM

Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

550MB/s Read
515MB/s Write
120GB
Sata III
$129

**ElFuriosoGato** · 03-21-12, 10:09 PM

Its been a while since I've looked at SSDs. Can they easily be put in RAID and is it even worth it with 550MB/s reads?

**RhysJD3** · 03-21-12, 11:19 PM

Yes and yes to the best of my knowledge. Some of the interworkings confuse me a bit but I think most don't support OS trim support in RAID. Higher quality SSD's do it internallly but I don't know if that works when they are in RAID. I'd think so. 550MB/s will saturate a SATA II connection. I think SATA II gets like 275MB/s max.

**RhysJD3** · 03-21-12, 11:21 PM

I was able to pickup a Corsair Force 3 180 for about 179 after rebate at Microcenter. One of the best purchases I've made lately. I moved from dual GTX 260's to a single 570 and that didn't come close for performance increase. Going to SSD for game/map loading move me from a minute to like 10-18 seconds in BF3.

**DJ Mr. White** · 03-21-12, 11:24 PM

In Mass Effect 3, I know there are tips on the loading screens...I just have no idea what they say since things load so fast. Windows loads and is functional in under 10 seconds (excluding the pause to let me have a chance to load the bios if I want to). Programs install so fast I rarely see a bar. It is sexy.

**SapiensErus** · 03-21-12, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by RhysJD3

I was able to pickup a Corsair Force 3 180 for about 179 after rebate at Microcenter. One of the best purchases I've made lately. I moved from dual GTX 260's to a single 570 and that didn't come close for performance increase. Going to SSD for game/map loading move me from a minute to like 10-18 seconds in BF3.

I am running two of those in RAID0 and it is stupid fast... BF3 map changes are basically instant...

**SapiensErus** · 03-21-12, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by ElFuriosoGato

Its been a while since I've looked at SSDs. Can they easily be put in RAID and is it even worth it with 550MB/s reads?

Biggest non-graphics performance improvement you will ever see. It will really surprise you when you switch to see how much of a bottleneck the mechanical HDD is.

**SapiensErus** · 03-21-12, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

550MB/s Read
515MB/s Write
120GB
Sata III
$129

Its a good deal. I picked one up a couple days ago for my media rig...

these in particulat rate and review well, so this is a steal.

**ElFuriosoGato** · 03-21-12, 11:38 PM

I have a single 64GB C300, but I've found that it just hasn't been big enough for my needs (Can't install any game files). I have SATA III on my mobo (EVGA X58 FTW3), but the onboard Marvell SATA III controller scares me when it comes to RAIDing my boot drive. I will have to do some more research.