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[Who-V]

Just swapped in two Samsung 840 pro 512GB ssds into my 18.
Just thought I'd share my joy! Lol

 

[MattyB]

You bastard! Nice one though. Impressive.

 

[Who-V]

Now I have a question. It came with a 64gb msata drive too. When I take it out I loose the
Config screen that comes up before the boot screen. Is this going to be a problem if I want to
Switch it out for a larger msata chip? It shows up on "my computer" now and it didn't
Before I swapped the ssds in. Anyone know if this is going to be a problem?

 

[Jtravapd]

i just did the same thing except.. one of my samsungs is a msata 512gb, and the other is a samsung pro 840 512 gb. i have those in raid and then a western digital 700gb drive. the performance is insane!!

 

[forJAT]

i just did the same thing except.. one of my samsungs is a msata 512gb, and the other is a samsung pro 840 512 gb. i have those in raid and then a western digital 700gb drive. the performance is insane!!

What speeds are you getting with the msata/ssd raid config? I was thinking about doing this but heard that the msata is much slower and would drag the speed do a bit. But that it would still exceed that of just a single SSD. So now I am just curious.

 

[Jtravapd]

these are the speeds i got using the msata and ssd raid set up. i dont really see any performance dip using the msata.

 

[forJAT]

these are the speeds i got using the msata and ssd raid set up. i dont really see any performance dip using the msata.

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VERY NICE .. okay will prob go this route Thanks



-------- EDIT
well I just priced the samsung 512 msata and it looks like I will be looking for another option .. LOL -- is there a general consensus on the performance/reliability of the Muskin 512gb msata's?

 

[maxrule]

I would not recommend raid 0 with the samsung msata and a 840 pro. The msata samsung is tlc based storage and the 840 pro is mlc based. Two different kind of drives in terms or performance and long term reliability.

I have two 512gb 840 pros in raid 0 in my 18 and it reads 1164 and write 1026.

 

[shankc]

Now I have a question. It came with a 64gb msata drive too. When I take it out I loose the
Config screen that comes up before the boot screen. Is this going to be a problem if I want to
Switch it out for a larger msata chip? It shows up on "my computer" now and it didn't
Before I swapped the ssds in. Anyone know if this is going to be a problem?

My 32gb msata done the same I can only see it if I go into ahci mode. when in raid 0 with my 500gb 7200 rpm drive I can't see it.so if you still have your msata caching another drive that could be a reason you can't see it.Don't know if this will help you its the first time I've dealt with caching drives. So when I put in my 512ssd I left it caching my storage drive as their was only a second or two difference in boot up speed