Corsair 240GB Force GT RAID0 Review
Test Setup
Published: 4th January 2012 | Source: Corsair | Price: |
Test Setup
The Corsair Force GTs are part of the Cincinnati Bengal Project Rig that you may have been following on both Youtube and in our forums. To say I like orange and black is an understatement, I have to say this isnt the way I would have asked for it to have been done had I designed it but once it arrived I have to admit that TTL just got it so right the way this baby looks is just so perfect. My wife is actually worried that he seems to know this side of me better than her!
There is a lot to cover about the hardware that makes up this glorious bit of eye candy, but obviously today we're just focussing on the storage with the Corsair Force GTs.
2x Corsair Force GT 240GB in RAID0
Intel Core i7-2600K
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
16GB Kingston T1 1600MHz
Zotac GTX590
Phobya 360 Radiator
Phobya Dual-bay Reservoir
Tygon Hose
Mayhem Custom Coolant
CoolerMaster ATCS 840
BitFenix Spectre Orange LED Fans
BeQuiet Dark Power 850W PSU
I'm sure you'll agree that's quite a mouth watering specification, and we have to thank the various companies who have assisted us with putting together such a monster.
Time was so tight on the build that there are a few final bits to iron out, most obviously the lack of an acrylic window, but it's still so gorgeous it's worth a small drool.
As you can see this is more of a hint at its beauty rather than a hardcore look, which will come later on once it's finished.
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Though i know Intel is working on something to make it happen, but im yet to hear of it being available.
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Originally Posted by khorngor
Correct me if im wrong, but last i checked you can't have both TRIM support and RAID enabled, its one or the other. Though i know Intel is working on something to make it happen, but im yet to hear of it being available. |
Is this using the Intel RAID setup? Just intrigued as RAID-5 was appalling on my PC at work, whereas a straight stripe was miles better since there's no parity, but I always suspected that the driver-based RAID had some overheads even in RAID-0. It's an older board though (something MSI with an i7-850 on it, not sure what, it's an off-the-shelf HP.)
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Originally Posted by Alicarve
Thats what i thought might have changed now though |
http://www.techpowerup.com/155368/Intel-Making-TRIM-on-RAID-Possible-.html
The article i read about Intel working on it, but im yet to hear anything more about it.
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Originally Posted by Ya93sin
Doesn't this have both TRIM and Garbage Collection support? Maybe the Garbage collection works with RAID-0 even if TRIM doesn't |
Brian, the only thing you missed out was to include your postal address.
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Originally Posted by sheroo
From what I understand Trim does not work with Raid 0. However GC does. I've been running an SSD Raid 0 setup for over a year and have yet to notice any perceivable drop in performance. Brian, the only thing you missed out was to include your postal address. |
Run it over and over for about two days.
Post the results.
so jelly vb
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Originally Posted by Z0mB13
Put ATTO on your PC. Run it over and over for about two days. Post the results. |
awesome just a shame that SSDs cost so much, ill be getting a ocz synapse and a wd black 1tb |
Originally Posted by marsey99
now the sizes are getting better and the performance is insane all we need are the prices to drop so jelly vb |
I reckon very soon we could see this, past year they have dropped in price immensely
Results from my 2x120Gb Corsair Force GT Drives running in Raid 0 using the 11.0.01032 WHQL Intel RST drivers.
and saying that the 2 drives raid 0 speed halfed equates to 420mb/s doesnt really work like that tho does it?
Is there anyways we might be able to get a review of this drive but solo. To see who is the best single drive?
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What happens if you take one of the fastest SSDs on the market, the Corsair Force GT, and pair two up in RAID0? The quest for 1GB/s begins...
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