The quest to get away from a 3drive RAID 5 in my workstation

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The quest to get away from a 3drive RAID 5 in my workstation

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I'm so tired of RAID array problems and I feel this system should be be faster for what it is and the fact that it's still worth over $2k and I have over $4k in it...

Xeon E5-2620 2GHz, 6 core CPU with 15M cache (STILL WORTH $410 2+ years later) (Sandy Bridge Socket 2011)
16GB DDR3 10700 - QUAD CHANNEL RAM running at 667 MHz
2GB GTX660ti vid card running at 731MHz core clock
RAID 5 3 x 300GB RAPTOR 10k drives

I wanna switch to an SSD but I don't have an M.2 slot on my $500 motherboard (SHUCKS).

What is the best SSD drive that is less than $300-$350USD TOPS (No I don't care about size. 128GB is fine for all I care, it just HAS to be FAST!). I wanna ditch the 3 drive system entirely, wipe/reload and start over.

I have a DX79SI board with SATA 6.0 on it so no issues there.

Thoughts?

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Re: The quest to get away from a 3drive RAID 5 in my worksta

#2 Post by WittgensteinSergeant »

Rob, thessdreview.com, tried it? toughasnails maintains it so he can help too I guess.

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Re: The quest to get away from a 3drive RAID 5 in my worksta

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SSD drives in raid would be even faster/////////////////
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Re: The quest to get away from a 3drive RAID 5 in my worksta

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Here is what I got! :)
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Re: The quest to get away from a 3drive RAID 5 in my worksta

#5 Post by toughasnails »

That's one of the Hot drives to get for sure...good choice Rob
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