best , cheapest sata2 x4 true raid card ?

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spawn447

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looking for a card that will work on my 780i setup.
most likely going for speed (raid 0), i should see a boost compaired to the onboard raid ?

right now im running 2 x 320's raid 0 , 1 x 320 backup.
hd tach gives my access time @ 13.5
avg read 115.6
burst 226.1 MB/s

also will a pci-x work on my board ????
 
Cheapest would be a PERC 5/i. For RAID 0, you really won't see much of a speed increase. Sometimes, it is actually worse. PCI-X will work in your board, but it would be considerably slower than PCIe.
 
I have a 3ware 9650 se 8 port and really like it. But i think you need more drives or faster drives to see much of a performance increase.
 
You're not going to see much of a difference with only two drives. You may not even see a difference with three drives in RAID 0. Four you would.
 
alright , so with 4 drives i should see a difference.
so i should just buy more drives , forget the raid card and use the onboard ?
 
i dont know enough about storage to recommend you what path to consider (software vs. hardware), but i would like to point out that the perc 5i requires a SASx4 to 4xSATA cable that most ebay auctions do NOT include. that cable will run you an extra 20-30, depending on where you get it. you should take that into account if you are going to pursue a hardware raid card.
 
stainremover said:
i dont know enough about storage to recommend you what path to consider (software vs. hardware), but i would like to point out that the perc 5i requires a SASx4 to 4xSATA cable that most ebay auctions do NOT include. that cable will run you an extra 20-30, depending on where you get it. you should take that into account if you are going to pursue a hardware raid card.
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You can find them for ~$10 these days. Even paying $20 for a cable isn't bad when you consider the overall cost.
 
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