StoreMi upgrade

[Lord Flashheart]

Hi all
So yay I have got my new CPU/motherboard/memory.
So they are a 3600X, MSi B450 tomohawk & 2 x 8GB G skill Flare X low latency memory.
So there is preparation to do & some RTFM.

I have been looking into store MI & have been having issues finding the limits of what you can do.
I want to have:
3 x old 60GB sata SSD in RAID 0 - top tier
1 TB sata SSD - with games on already - middle
1 TB sata 1TB hard drive- lowest tier.

Will the $20 upgrade allow me to do this?
I think the free one you can use lest you use only two drives.
Does the software work well?
I have the storage hardware already mentioned above.

If/when the raid 0 drive fails will get an NVme ssd instead.
Everything is backed up and nothing critical will be on the tiered drive.

It will be where my games are installed.

There is another 240 GB ssd for my boot drive

Useful info appreciated.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You'd have to have a X470 or X570 board for that feature

[Lord Flashheart]

Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

You'd have to have a X470 or X570 board for that feature

Apparently it is
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-b450-chipset-launch,37529.html

Also it seems only two tiers are allowed which sucks. It seems I need to get the $60 US dollar version to do a 1TB SSD with a HD option. Of course I will double check.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes some support it, I looked up your board and that one actually does support StoreMI.

I just see no point in using it to be honest.

I also don't see much point to even bothering with those 3x 60gb ssds in the system. Unless maybe putting those in raid-0 and using them as a fast drive to have video capture go and where to do your video editing. Then when video is completed, move it over to a large file storage hdd

First I would update to the latest bios.

As well as installing the latest amd chipset, sata, raid, StoreMI drivers from amd.com under downloads, chipsets, b450

[emoticorpse]

Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Yes some support it, I looked up your board and that one actually does support StoreMI.

I just see no point in using it to be honest.

I also don't see much point to even bothering with those 3x 60gb ssds in the system. Unless maybe putting those in raid-0 and using them as a fast drive to have video capture go and where to do your video editing. Then when video is completed, move it over to a large file storage hdd

First I would update to the latest bios.

As well as installing the latest amd chipset, sata, raid, StoreMI drivers from amd.com under downloads, chipsets, b450

You sounded pretty sure of yourself when you implied his board didn't support StoreMi. Your opinion on it shouldn't rush you to sway others into not using it.

[Lord Flashheart]

Bad 💀 Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Yes some support it, I looked up your board and that one actually does support StoreMI.

I just see no point in using it to be honest.

I also don't see much point to even bothering with those 3x 60gb ssds in the system. Unless maybe putting those in raid-0 and using them as a fast drive to have video capture go and where to do your video editing. Then when video is completed, move it over to a large file storage hdd

First I would update to the latest bios.

As well as installing the latest amd chipset, sata, raid, StoreMI drivers from amd.com under downloads, chipsets, b450

Also it is a GAMING ONLY machine.
It is about using what I have to get a good result. I have no interest in video editing or doing anything at all serious on a windows machine due to the privacy issues. There is linux for that.

The latest BIOS is installed.

As far as I understand StoreMI assuming it works can save you money by having a much faster drive paired with a cheaper slower one.
I may as well use the 3 old 60 GB SSDs with the free version. I just hope the software is happy with a raid drive. Maybe a couple of 1TB hard drives in raid 0 for the 'slow' drive.
If a raid drive fails then so what it can all be downloaded and have the games backup up from time to time anyway.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just try the software out.
Plenty of good YouTube videos and also info from AMD on how it works.