Very strange GPU and CPU usage.

[hansangb]

Don't do the RAID. The cons FAR FAR outweigh the benefit. The read/write speed of RAID0 made sense when using magnetic disks even though your increasing your chances of losing data. But for SSD, you're not hurting for RW speed.

 

 

 

NVMe prices are coming down, so any reputable vendor will be OK.

[BitMaster]

Don't do the RAID. The cons FAR FAR outweigh the benefit. The read/write speed of RAID0 made sense when using magnetic disks even though your increasing your chances of losing data. But for SSD, you're not hurting for RW speed.

 

 

 

NVMe prices are coming down, so any reputable vendor will be OK.

 

 

Do not do the Intel Sata-SSD Raid setup if you have a choice. This is no setup you should strive for for many reasons as hansangb has already pointed out.

All those reasons root in a bad catchback if the sh!t hits the fan. Since you are new to Raid itself, please follow this advice and do 1 large NVMe or 1 large SSD over 2 raided SSD's of any kind on a cheap Intel chip.

 

 

The thing is, Raid-0 misses the "R" of the it's definition, REDUNDANCY.

[ElCuco68]

Do not do the Intel Sata-SSD Raid setup if you have a choice. This is no setup you should strive for for many reasons as hansangb has already pointed out.

All those reasons root in a bad catchback if the sh!t hits the fan. Since you are new to Raid itself, please follow this advice and do 1 large NVMe or 1 large SSD over 2 raided SSD's of any kind on a cheap Intel chip.

 

 

The thing is, Raid-0 misses the "R" of the it's definition, REDUNDANCY.

 

 

What do you think of this, or should I spend more on the WD Black NVMe (or just get an SATA SSD)?

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C8NNQ4Q/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

[Sn8ke_iis]

I found the 1 TB NVMe in my signature on EBay as "refurbished", it was pulled from a returned laptop if I remember correctly. Don't remember what I payed exactly, but it was well below retail.

 

And there is definitely practical benefit to a fast NVMe SSD. Windows boots faster, and DCS loads faster. The effect on FPS is probably negligible versus a standard SSD.

 

Concur with one SSD for OS and one for Games. It can save you from losing data or downloading things over again if Windows gets flaky on you.

[etherbattx]

Very strange GPU and CPU usage.

 

And there is definitely practical benefit to a fast NVMe SSD.

...

DCS loads faster.

 

how much faster is it to load dcs? does it save 10 seconds? 2 seconds?

 

we switched to a nvme ssd drive at work. no dcs installed on that machine, but the windows boot times were only 1-2 seconds faster.

Edited September 6, 2018 by etherbattx

[Automan]

Considering random read speed of NVME m.2 are about the double of an SSD of the same size, I would say 100% faster loading (half time).

[BitMaster]

It's not the 3xxxMB/sec that counts, it's the lower latency to get to that 1 stupid file you need NOW or your game will halt and have it appear as a stutter.

 

**not saying SSD produces stutter in DCS, not that I am aware of.