Raid Card vs Onboard Raid

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Limp Gawd
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Will a Raid Controller Card out perform an onboard raid. These will be set up in Raid 0 and will be using two Raptors 150's. I plan on using an external drive for my back ups. I am really just concerned with the everyday "feel" of these drives. Benchmarks don't really mean anything to me. I just like my computer to boot fast and feel snappy. I've been using the onboard setups in my last two builds. I am just wondering if a card will make things feel quicker.
Here are the two I'm looking at. These will be used with Vista Ultimate 64
HighPoint RocketRAID 2210 PCI-X SATA II Controller Card RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD

areca ARC-1210 PCI-Express x8 SATA II Controller Card RAID 0/1/1E/3/5 JBOD

Would I just be wasting my money? Or, will one of these be a worthwhile investment? Will something else fit my needs better? I really don't want to spend more than I need to.
 
Since you are raiding Raptors in 0, just use onboard. The performance you are going to see with raid 0 (pretty much none) isn't worth spending extra on (extra controller).
 
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