Can i Raid 0 these two drives on my pc?

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Hello Guys , i have two hard disks : hitachi hds721950cla362 and Seagate st500dm002-1bd142 . Both are 500gb and the Hitachi is 3.0gbit/s and the Seagate is 6.0gbit/s.
The Seagate's Specifications:
SiSoftware Sandra

SCSI General Properties
Controller : 0
Bus : 0
Target ID : 0
Logical Unit No. : 0

General Capabilities
Model : ST500DM002-1BD142
Manufacturer : Seagate
Revision : KC44


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General Capabilities
Channel : Master
Type : ATA
Interface : SATA
Removable : No
Manufacturer : Seagate Technology
Model : ST500DM002-1BD142
Revision : KC44
ATA/ATAPI Version : 8.41
Cache Size : 16MB
Rotational Speed : 7200rpm
Page Size : 4kB

Drive Geometry
CHS Geometry : 16383 x 16 x 63
CHS Total Sectors : 16514064
LBA Total Sectors : 976773168
No. ECC Bytes : 4bytes
Capacity : 465.76GB

Properties
NCQ - Native Command Queuing : Yes
PEC - Physical Event Counters : Yes
LBA Support : Yes

Features
S.M.A.R.T Support : Yes
Security Support : Yes
Power Management Support : Yes
ACPI Power Management : No
Power-up in Standby : No
Packet Command Interface : No
Removable Media : No
Look-Ahead Buffer : Yes
Write-Back Cache : Yes
Host Protect Area : Yes
Microcode Update : Yes
Acoustic Management : Yes
48-bit LBA : Yes
Device Config Overlay : Yes

Active Features
S.M.A.R.T Enabled : Yes
Security Enabled : No
Power Management Enabled : Yes
Look-Ahead Buffer Enabled : Yes
Write-Back Cache Enabled : Yes
Host Protect Area Enabled : Yes
Acoustic Management Enabled : No

S.M.A.R.T Information
Version : 1.01
ATA Commands Support : Yes
ATAPI Commands Support : Yes
S.M.A.R.T Commands Support : Yes

S.M.A.R.T Data
Raw Read Error Rate (01) : 109 (6 - 99) [00005B58]
Spin-up Time (03) : 100 (0 - 98) [00000000]
Start/Stop Count (04) : 99 (20 - 99) [000005BE]
Re-Allocated/Retired Sector Count (05) : 100 (36 - 100) [00000000]
Seek Error Rate (07) : 81 (30 - 60) [087FDBD5]
Power-On Time (09) : 96 (0 - 96) [0000105C]
Spin Retry Count (0A) : 100 (97 - 100) [00000000]
Power Cycle Count (0C) : 99 (20 - 99) [000005AD]
Interface Link Change (B7) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
Bad Block/End2End Error Count (B8) : 100 (99 - 100) [00000000]
Uncorrectable Error Count (BB) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
Command Timeout Count (BC) : 100 (0 - 98) [00000015]
TBD : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
TBE : 64 (45 - 51) [24150024]
Drive Temperature (C2) : 36 (0 - 49) [00000024]
ECC Corrected/Program Failure Count (C3) : 49 (0 - 40) [00005B58]
Pending Sector/Read Failure Count (C5) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
Un-Correctable/Read Sector Count (C6) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
CRC/Write Sector Count (C7) : 200 (0 - 200) [00000000]
Head Flying Hours (F0) : 100 (0 - 253) [00001052]
Total blocks (LBA) written (F1) : 100 (0 - 253) [6CCFD1C8]
Total blocks (LBA) read (F2) : 100 (0 - 253) [9A80569D]

Sensors
Power-On Time : 174 day(s), 12 hour(s)
Disk Enclosure Temperature : 36.00°C

Transfer Modes Support
I/O Queue Depth : 32
Block Size : 16
Maximum SATA Mode : G3 / SATA600

Transfer Modes Active
Current Block Transfer : 16
Current SATA Mode : G3 / SATA600

Translation Mode Disk Geometry
CHS Geometry : 60801 x 255 x 63
Bytes Per Sector : 512bytes
Capacity : 465.76GB

Cache Information
Read Cache : Yes
Write Cache : Yes
Prefetch Buffer : No

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NOW FOR THE HITACHI'S SPECIFICATIONS:
SiSoftware Sandra

SCSI General Properties
Controller : 1
Bus : 1
Target ID : 0
Logical Unit No. : 0

General Capabilities
Model : Hitachi HDS721050CLA362
Manufacturer : Hitachi
Height : 3.5"
Interface : SATA
Rotational Speed : 7200rpm
Revision : JP2OA3EA

General Capabilities
Channel : Slave
Type : ATA
Interface : SATA
Removable : No
Manufacturer : Hitachi

Model : Hitachi HDS721050CLA362
Revision : JP2OA3EA
ATA/ATAPI Version : 8.41
Cache Size : 13.78MB
Rotational Speed : 7200rpm

Drive Geometry
CHS Geometry : 16383 x 16 x 63
CHS Total Sectors : 16514064
LBA Total Sectors : 976773168
No. ECC Bytes : 56bytes
Capacity : 465.76GB

Properties
NCQ - Native Command Queuing : Yes
PEC - Physical Event Counters : Yes
LBA Support : Yes
TC - Trusted Computing Features : No

Features
S.M.A.R.T Support : Yes
Security Support : Yes
Power Management Support : Yes
ACPI Power Management : Yes
Power-up in Standby : Yes
Packet Command Interface : No
Removable Media : No
Look-Ahead Buffer : Yes
Write-Back Cache : Yes
Host Protect Area : Yes
Microcode Update : Yes
Acoustic Management : No
48-bit LBA : Yes
Device Config Overlay : Yes

Active Features
S.M.A.R.T Enabled : Yes
Security Enabled : No
Power Management Enabled : Yes
ACPI Power Management Enabled : No
Power-up in Standby Enabled : No
Look-Ahead Buffer Enabled : Yes
Write-Back Cache Enabled : Yes
Host Protect Area Enabled : Yes

S.M.A.R.T Information
Version : 1.01
ATA Commands Support : Yes
ATAPI Commands Support : Yes
S.M.A.R.T Commands Support : Yes

S.M.A.R.T Data
Raw Read Error Rate (01) : 100 (16 - 100) [00000000]
Throughput Performance (02) : 136 (54 - 136) [0000005E]
Spin-up Time (03) : 119 (24 - 119) [00C000C0]
Start/Stop Count (04) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000DCA]
Re-Allocated/Retired Sector Count (05) : 100 (5 - 100) [00000000]
Seek Error Rate (07) : 100 (67 - 100) [00000000]
Seek Time Performance (08) : 136 (20 - 136) [00000020]
Power-On Time (09) : 100 (0 - 100) [000016FA]
Spin Retry Count (0A) : 100 (60 - 100) [00000000]
Power Cycle Count (0C) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000B51]
Unsafe Power Off Count (C0) : 98 (0 - 98) [00000DCD]
Load/Unload Cycle Count (C1) : 98 (0 - 98) [00000DCD]
Drive Temperature (C2) : 166 (0 - 166) [00140024]
Re-Allocated Data/Erase Failure Count (C4) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
Pending Sector/Read Failure Count (C5) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
Un-Correctable/Read Sector Count (C6) : 100 (0 - 100) [00000000]
CRC/Write Sector Count (C7) : 200 (0 - 200) [00000002]

Sensors
Power-On Time : 245 day(s), 2 hour(s)
Disk Enclosure Temperature : 36.00°C

Transfer Modes Support
I/O Queue Depth : 32
Block Size : 16
Maximum SATA Mode : G2 / SATA300

Transfer Modes Active
Current Block Transfer : 16
Current SATA Mode : G2 / SATA300

Translation Mode Disk Geometry
CHS Geometry : 60801 x 255 x 63
Bytes Per Sector : 512bytes
Capacity : 465.76GB

Cache Information
Read Cache : Yes
Write Cache : Yes
Prefetch Buffer : No

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my pc specifications:
Motherboard : MSI P67A-C45 B3
Cpu : I5-2400 @ 3.1GHZ
Ram : 4gb
OS : windows 7 pro 64-bit

can i raid 0 these two drives in my pc?
do i need more hardware?
 
Solution
From: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-C45--B3-.html#/?div=Detail

"- SATA3~6 ports support RAID 0/1/5/10 mode by Intel P67 (B3) PCH"

Yes you can - even if the mobo didn't support it, most O/S support software RAID, which for modern overpowered desktops is usually pretty good. Don't worry about 3gb/s vs 6gb/s, the controller won't care for the purposes of setting up a RAID and real world performance difference will be essentially ah heck all.
From: http://uk.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-C45--B3-.html#/?div=Detail

"- SATA3~6 ports support RAID 0/1/5/10 mode by Intel P67 (B3) PCH"

Yes you can - even if the mobo didn't support it, most O/S support software RAID, which for modern overpowered desktops is usually pretty good. Don't worry about 3gb/s vs 6gb/s, the controller won't care for the purposes of setting up a RAID and real world performance difference will be essentially ah heck all.
 
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