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ASRock P67 EXTREME4 - Raid Question

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I tried posting this in the Motherboards section but I didn't get any responses so I figure I'll try here ... any help is greatly appreicated

I'm pretty much a n00b at understanding the raid/sata specs for a board so perhaps someone here can give me a hand

I'm building a new rig and going to b using this board ... ASRock P67 EXTREME4

I currently have (4) Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 160-GB Hard Drive

I am looking to buy (2) SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drives

With the above board can I run the (4) 160GB drives in RAID 5 and run the (2) 1TB drives in RAID 0?

I was thinking to put the 160s in 5 for storage of important stuff and the 1TB drives in 0 for speed, games, storage of whatver

Or ... should I put the two 1TB drive is RAID1 for storage of important stuff and use the 4 160GB drives in RAID0 for games, programs, performance

Thanks!
 
drescherjm said:
1. RAID 1 (or any other raid level) does not remove the requirement of a backup for data that you want 0% chance of loss.

2. I would get the Hitachi 1TB 1 platter disks for a similar price. These will be significantly faster than the aging Spinpoint F3s.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145533
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Thanks for the suggestions, but I am more wondering if I can do what I listed above with the mobo I linked ... or would I need a seperate RAID controller
 
Aesma said:
Yes you can. But 160GB hard drives in 2011 ?
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haha yea I know ... I've had them from my old build about 5 years ago ... they weren't even used that much, so I was thinking I could just go ahead and RAID them and get some use out of them
 
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