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I'm looking for info on what motherboard/controller would be best suited to RAID for a gaming rig that will see a lot of general use (homework, taxes, reports, mp3s, etc,) as well as what RAID configuration is recommended.

I know the simple answer is that I should be doing backups, but I (like many others) am terrible at regular maintenance.

I think 2 drives mirrored (RAID 1) might be sufficient, but I'm relatively new to the concept of RAID and figured I'd check with the gurus. I understand that RAID 0 will be faster (in many cases) than RAID 1, but that's not what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance.

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Notes on my rig... It's not built yet. I'm heading to a computer expo this weekend. Quiet is key and I will likely not be overclocking. Planned components are:

leaning toward: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 MB
leaning toward: WD1600AAJS 160gb x2

Core 2 duo e6600
geforce 8800 640mb
2 gigs of RAM (MB dependant)
antec p180
SeaSonic S12 EPS 550W
3x Noctua Fans NF-S12-1200

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i run raid 10/0 with 4x160gb sata's with pw5-dh (intel)

the array 0,raid 10 is xp with my files

the array 1, raid 0 is stil l buggy vista rc-1 but it works after 6 months - soon to be vhp

do not run raid 5 with any mobo they always crash

raid 10 sometimes is unstable too

raid 0 seems to always work when install correctly
raid 1 - is never any problems

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I don't know what DragonSprayer is talking about w.r.t. RAID 5 crashing. I've been running RAID 5 and RAID 0 (and previously RAID 10) on an Intel D955XBK for months now. The machine has crashed on occasion, but not because of RAID. The crashes were caused by Windows Update, Norton Symantec garbage (now uninstalled), a power outage, and an earthquake (caused excess vibration -> drive errors). But never the RAID arrays.

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If your main concern is data loss - then just get a RAID 1 (2 disks mirrored)

I have an Asus P5W DH motherboard, and it comes with a feature they call ‘ez backup’ – this is basically just a little 2 port hardware array controller then is very good for a non technical person to setup RAID 1, just get 2 identical disks and plug them into the correct ports and done. Performance is identical to running without RAID, but you get the all important data backup.

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Performance is identical to running without RAID, but you get the all important data backup.

No, you get protection from hard drive failure, not "backup".

RAID 1 does not protect you from viruses, malware, accidental or deliberate file deletion, hardware or software problems resulting in file corruption, or physical damage/fire.

To protect against those items, you must have an offline (and preferably off-site) backup.

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